Gadgetory

and i'm jeff kannada and it's time for headlines first the robots came for our jobs and now it turns out they're coming for our world records ever wind company and limited made one thousand seven robots all danced together breaking the previous Guinness World Record for most robots dancing simultaneously I almost double the number of robots so how did they make it happen every robot was controlled by a single mobile device and encryption technology ensured that there would be no interference from nearby devices they had to complete a synchronized dance for a full minute a handful of robots couldn't keep up but more than enough made it through the time to capture the new record besting Chinese company up tech robotics 540 robot record will this start a new dancing robot race between companies only time will tell I like this kind of technology race if we're gonna make robot armies let's make them dance I think yes I think dancing she solved by dance competitions with robot yeah I think that is um I think that is that is the most delightful robot story I've seen in a while ever since VR started gaining traction we have literally been waiting for a story just like this Erin Posey is a game developer with a very specific mission he wants to bike across Britain but he's not jumping onto a frame and hitting the road no no he wants to make the trip while staying in one place and never leaving his house using a samsung gear vr headset a cadence monitor and an exercise bike Jose uses Google Street maps for a surreal but interesting VR ride across the UK he started the journey back in May and recently reached the halfway point he's been keeping a diary of his travels and says he has a new appreciation for nausea and VR after getting sick a few times while writing it's definitely not a perfect process there are lots of glitches and weirdness while poos a rides through the areas but it's a start toward virtual reality applications made this sort of tourism slash exercise well clearly we're not there yet cuz he's puking well yeah but I mean you could argue that if you bike too hard you make yourself sick anyways in real life I guess but man I don't know I didn't realize how much he would get sick because he is very apparently he found out he was very sensitive to nausea well also they're not using an app that's dedicated for this right it's it's using just kind of jank together Google Maps of course you're gonna throw together Google Street maps with these white cubes that look like you're playing pacman yeah of course you're gonna throw up it's I'm sure the framerate is awful too it's like come on bro so what do you like more dancing robots or I mean I think that VR one is bears more conversation yeah I mean the dancing VR robots are adorable but I think the I think VR and bikes and exercise and this sort of like people talking about doing bike tours in Italy and and in the UK and stuff and this is exactly that except it's very sort of primitive yeah I like it I like the marriage of active VR and I also like the idea of being able to visit places and do things that we normally couldn't yeah that's pretty cool so if you guys were gonna use an exercise machine to explore an area of the world where in fact would it be use hashtag hey TD VR rowing machine rowing down the Amazon I would say a rowing machine but at the Great Barrier Reef cuz you don't get back you go underwater they're good too cool um so yeah hey TD is the hashtag hit us up on Twitter tell us what you would want to do for exercise in virtual reality because I'm dying to know yes you can also follow us individually on twitter @ashleyesqueda yes oh that being said everybody it's time for our phone of the day today's photographer is Scott who took this glorious photo on his iPhone 5s Scott wrote us an email and said Ashley Jeff and producer Logan I am deeply saddened of the news that tomorrow daily will no longer be part of my dreary existence I've enjoyed the show since the very beginning and without the sparkling ray of light your show brings I may have to resort to actually doing my job to fill the time as a parting gift I thought I would share the best photo I ever took this was taken back on the morning of December 7th 2013 on my old iPhone 5s as I was flying from Sacramento to Los Angeles you of course have my permission use it on the show missing you guys already Scott pronounced like hot but with an S see instead of an H oh I love that he gave us the pronunciation Scott you're a real Joker yeah we like it on it awesome photo I always whenever I fly and I get to see that that like blanket of clouds I always feel like I should just I just dive into it and let landside bounce I know I just like be hugged by the clouds yeah I agree but you probably just fall through to your death it's the reality I'm sorry it's a shattered dream I guess I won't leap out of the plane then so yeah if you guys want to send your photogra feet we're accepting font ographers until next week yep and we're looking for the best picture you've ever taken like Scott did see stuff hot Scott um and you can email them to tomorrow at cnet.com and you have to do four things four things let us know how to pronounce your name like Scott did well that's gone tell us what device you took it on so we know cuz we like tech yes give permission to use it on the show because we don't like lawsuits legal check mark and a little story about why this is the best photo you have ever taken indeed and if you want to like shade some of the other photos and be like no mine this is why mine is not only the best photo it's also better than everyone else throw down listen guys throw down now's the time we're in the last like week and a half of the show so once again we will be spinning down from our daily on the 18th so that's the next Thursday Jeff will not be here tomorrow or Thursday so make sure you get in your stuff a ASAP so we can discuss and check things out early next week and that is it for today's show I will be back tomorrow with a brand new rocket of science faculty in science fiction but until then be good human