Gadgetory

and I'm Jeff kanata and it is time for headlines the first of which is about toys the New York Toy Fair is spinning down and there's some really high-tech toys this year particularly from Mattel the toy maker announced two products in particular that caught our eye first they unveiled an updated thing maker but instead of the goop baking box from the 1960s this time around it's a 3d printer for kids complete with an app to design custom toys Mattel also brought Barbie's Dreamhouse into the 21st century complete with voice commands color changing lights and other Internet of Things compatibility both products will each cost three hundred dollars and will hit retail stores later this year interestingly Hasbro went with a much more analogue approach kind of the opposite from what Mattel was showing off our rivals to the bitter end yeah but I'm well we may have to talk about that later this week I think maybe that's a Thursday topic in the week it might be so let's talk about Vanderbilt University there is a team of scientists they are using a $40 cotton candy machine to create artificial human capillaries human capillaries are very very small about one-tenth the diameter of a human hair so creating artificial capillaries has proven pretty difficult for scientists but the Vanderbilt team is using a store-bought cotton candy machine to spin up sugar strands then they pour gelatin over the cotton candy which coats each individual strand and once that gelatin cures they dissolve the cotton candy inside each gelatin channel creating a system that could be a first step towards artificial vasculature to sustain lab-grown organs amazing stuff the next step for the team is to find a way to get cells through those channels without clogging them up I'm hoping they go with gummy bears gummy bear cells amazing it is it's incredible this is like one of those science things that you you just it blows your mind to use this product they got in a target can't even they got an ultimate mod ultimate mod squad yeah sure so if you guys want to talk about the topic that we pick for Thursday's show you can use the hashtag hey TV yeah we love it when you shout at us over social media and then if we like what you say we'll incorporate it into our discussion our deep dive discussion on Thursdays speaking of which what do you think we should choose well I know you got really excited about all the toys I like talking about toys you know I think even more interestingly as the Hasbro approach I feel like we have to talk about that ok and and why they might be moving in that direction for this year I think cotton candy organs is pretty crazy but yeah I'm with you let's go toys we we have a wild card so we might be able to pick two from one day but well maybe they don't give us their recommendations as well using that hashtag hey TV that's right so now that that's all been said let's check out our phone tog refer the day today's phone tog refer of the day is Chuck who took in this infrared photo on his iPhone 6 using a a fancy-pants attachment yeah he writes us and says Jeff and Ashley loved the show attached as a photo of my two golden retrievers snoozing the picture was taken with an iPhone 6 with an IR adapter by Fleur SLI our the shot shows different degrees of heat from the dogs white is the warmest on the dog in the front you can see his warm breath you have my permission to use this photo on your show Chuck this is good for when you're playing metal gear solid with your dogs in real life that's right you're looking for them and you need to make sure they're sleeping you check them out in the dark bottom you don't want to turn the light on because they might realize you're there and then it's gonna be just licks all day long you're gonna jump all over you and give you a little dog slurps your your heat map how much hot it's all ruined so then it's all ruined so yes that's very handy for making sure your dogs are asleep in the pitch dark of night very cool photo though it takes a lot if you want to be our phone tog refer of the day send us your photo tell us what device you took it on give us a little story about it and make sure you give us permission to use it on the show as well yeah our email address is right down here tomorrow at Cena comm and then of course you can find us all over social media we are all over the show on the Internet guys yeah we love hearing from you and we will be back tomorrow with more headlines and then Thursday we're gonna hit you with some deep that stuff so yes and we will have a guess having to do with gravitational waves oh man I'm very excited I love science yeah don't miss Thursday's show that was it for the show guys until next time be good humans