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NASA is using HoloLens to explore Mars (Tomorrow Daily 369)

2016-05-23
greetings citizens of the internet welcome to tomorrow daily the besties talk show in the known universe I'm Ashley sceva jeff cannata will be out for the next three days he is on assignment so for now let's hit those headlines NASA JPL scientists are walking on the surface of Mars with the help of hololens on site is a mixed reality software tool that was made via a collaboration between NASA JPL and Microsoft it allows researchers to put on a hollow lens headset and to investigate the red planet's surface images received from the Curiosity rover are run through on-site to create a 3d scene for scientists to observe as if they were actually millions of miles away from Earth JPL says its goal is to deploy this tech to Mission Operations this summer to control Rovers on Mars using on-site by july of this year and use the information gathered to help plan future Mars missions which is pretty amazing so nice work guys if your real life Nathan Drake but you love yourself some hot pockets and top ramen have I got a deal for you this is the adventurer a small handheld microwave that can fit inside your backpack it's battery-powered and can heat either food or drink just not at the same time a company wavy says the adventure is great for locales where lighting a fire is illegal and can be used in a variety of situations ranging from military to personal nature expeditions recharging can be done quickly and it provides around 30 minutes of cook time it heats food using RF tech instead of vacuum tubes that you would find in a regular conventional microwave and it will be available sometime next year for the low low price of one hundred and ninety-nine dollars which you know if you go camping a lot seems like it might actually not be a bad deal since Jeff is not here I get to choose what story we talked about on thursday so i'm going to say Mars because who doesn't love one hololens mixed reality is the best and two who doesn't love space so I think we got to go with on-site if you guys want to get in on the conversation hit us up on twitter with the hashtag hey TD and tell us where you would like to go with a hollow lens if you could get information from anywhere in the universe and down link it to your hollow lens make a 3d map and walk around somewhere where would you want to go tell us all about it if you guys have any questions about it stuff like that ask us hey TD and if you like your stuff will use it on Thursdays show that being said let's check out our fantastic phone tog refer the day our phone tog refer of the day today is Mike who took this picture on his Galaxy s7 he wrote dear Ashley and Jeff I would like to submit these photos of lilacs for your consideration of the may theme of spring taken at sunset in my backyard in Minnesota with my Galaxy s7 edge I absolutely love how the sunlight was making parts of them pop of course you have my permission to use if you deem worthy Mike you have been deemed worthy these photos are great you're right the picture the flowers really pop they look gorgeous that s7 edge takes great pictures great pictures and you did all the right things if you guys want to send your phone tog raphy be like Mike email it to tomorrow at cnet com tell us your name tell us what device you took it on give us permission use your picture on the show and tell us a little story about it and if your name is difficult to pronounce tells how to pronounce it that is it for our show you can find us on social media if you'd like to share tomorrow daily with a friend we love that it's tomorrow daily.com it is that easy and we are tomorrow daily all over the internet so come find us and hang out that is it for today we will be back tomorrow or i guess i will be back tomorrow with producer logan with a brand new docket of wonderful sides back meeting science fiction but until then vegan humans see you guys next time
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