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Tomorrow Daily - 130: Firefighting robots, BitTorrent's original content plans and more

2015-02-17
on today's show a robot fights fires aboard a Navy ship bittorrent has decided to make original content bit torrent of all people it torrent and an air conditioner that follows you around a room kind of like those paintings at the haunted mansion they're watching you Cale tomorrow daily greetings citizens of the internet welcome to tomorrow daily the best geek talk show in the known universe I'm your co-host ashley's together Jodi's always punch in the sky kale anonymous what's up what is it Tuesday Tuesday oh we mentioned we mentioned we're actually pretty taping the show it last Thursday I guess if you're watching this on Tuesday because my dog is having surgery or has already had surgery if you're watching it on Tuesday yeah so what's up future people so hey kosher how's your dog feeling uh you know I'm hoping she hasn't died at this point but don't go into a giggity things went perfect she's resting in a cone comfortably at the house and I'm watching her and also here at the same time which is really bizarre very cool we're gonna have some really awesome guest posts coming in this week and then also a little bit next week all day Joss Whedon right yeah Joss Whedon and we also have Robert Downey jr. is going to show all of Avengers Avengers 2 so it's gonna be good we're gonna run age of Ultron just for you guys on the show we're gonna do that um but you know we are gonna do we are gonna hit the headlines by God all right so there's a robot it's fighting fire it's a fire fighting robot this is crazy i saw this video and I was just like whoa this is madness uh this is called safer s AFF I our shipboard autonomous fire fighting robot that's what is surely more it's developed by virginia polytechnic institute and virginia tech they work together they designed it to be at and this is kind of cool part of the firefighting equipment on ships so this robot is like designed at some point they want it to be part of the equipment on a ship for fighting fires like activate the robot that's the idea sir you say it's like a fire on the shipper like get the robot like that's instead of the fire extinguisher like activate the robot super weird um so he's pretty tall he's five foot ten he's about 5 foot 10 oh I mean anyways about 140 pounds so he's actually the size and weight of a person which is pretty awesome you see him right here in this video he's got a hose and he's gonna come but he's gonna fight this fire that happening moves so slow he does move a little bit slow and fires don't exactly move that slow so here's sort of the long-term goal of this project i'll explain so this has been a four-year project just to make that robot he can walk autonomously and grab a hose so that's at least one thing he can do alone okay but he does need the help of an instruction from a human operator so someone else would be controlling this robot away from the fire so that it was not dangerous but the robot would then go and fight fire so here's here's what it looks like i'll tell you what's on there so he has dual cameras on board cool his two cameras he's got laser sensors for distance measuring to know like how far away he is from a fire that's miles things like that he's also got thermal cameras of course to detect where there might be fire so that's how he decides like oh there's a fire over here like I know where I'm going because here on my thermal camera there you see right there oh nice there's the fire it's 99% sure that that's a fire so um in the future they want to do a couple things with these robots and so again we like to talk about goals here on the show so the goal of this robot there was a goal a they want these to be these robots safer to be able to be on all navy ships and act as firefighting equipment which is really cool but the other part of that is is they want them to be smarter obviously over time and have a better battery usage over time better battery but the other thing they want to do is they want to make other robots similar to this robot that detect things like corrosion and leaking in ships oh that would be great yeah which is really smart and so on and also one of the big things with this robot is the goal is is that sailors are not being put in danger if there's a fire on board yes and in this robot it's much less they're in danger enough already exactly being in the middle of the ocean so that is mean being in the Navy oh that's your fire yeah that's it does seem like a thing and in danger of each other because they're in tight quarters you just like probably goes that's supposed to mean anyway correa's like Lucky's putting out that fire right there and it's gonna be awesome that that they can do that and that there's a robot that can live on a ship like that's pretty uh pretty right so that's safer the fire fighting robot who works for the Navy okay there you go nice like waiting list of robots yeah for some listing now like that's crazy well it's cool another rescue robot they're all kind of its like its detection kind of rescuing safety sort of thing so awesome yeah pretty good I dig it yeah alright so now okay let's talk about bittorrent because this story is crazy to me okay but I think that you of all people who kill is really into like the business of Internet original content so I have a feeling you're gonna have some really great insight into this if this if this goes off like BitTorrent wants it to be this is going to be really good at like it as in comparison to a lot of the other digital original content that's being made so k right off the bat bittorrent is hoping to make original series they're partnering with rapid I studios to make content the first run of the content of the platform well so basically the content is gonna run on BitTorrent for 30 to 60 days that you know okay yeah okay and then it'll move elsewhere okay so what's crazy about this is they're hoping for a 9010 split in the revenue with the ninety percent going to the Creator okay Wow which is like quite a lot so there's a lot of reason to gravitate and put your content and make it with rapid eye and bittorrent okay um so also bit torn is bragging and saying that they will they have a larger audience they're saying that they can reach more people than amazon prime video netflix and hulu combined home combined okay so not only that's actually not only a user base come to us we have a bigger audience than all three of those jerks this is what they're saying and also you get more money so it's like can't we pay you like this so you can make it rain there's gonna be free and premium versions of the original content wow that's so I mean this sounds really cool like I don't I don't have a date of the that they plan to launch yeah I'm sure they'll announce all that stuff but that's pretty cool this is good torrent of all places you I guess they're trying to add some stability so ya know what they're doing well I'm sure that like the torrent the torrent business is getting a little harder to be in it is shaky so I I would imagine this is kind of a good move on but this seems like a run at YouTube because there's been so many YouTube creators really dissatisfied with the revenue share oh yeah and so this feels like a really big like okay let's make a run at YouTube well a lot of people are just getting frustrated with the YouTube platform in general because it's really hard to just make a splash on YouTube right and also you have to fully fund it yourself and then hope that you make revenue somehow because its nickel isn't done and this is BitTorrent giving money to creators to make whatever they need to make right then get 9010 rub yeah I've set a time and time again this is the net this is the next step for people that actually want to put some work in time and have a dream and stuff like that into this newer digital media content because it yeah you want to make this higher level content but all the people playing video games and cat and blogging and stuff like that are gonna get way more views for than you because they can do routine content right I'm quick tone turnover so that's interesting no and it's it's definitely great that there's another challenger entering the arena that's very true to it more competition just means better stuff for you and me and everybody watching so I always like that I'm a bit Tory that is pretty delightful yeah that's a fun one yeah I like that so uh the hashtag of the day ooh today is TD torrent and the question is what is your favorite illegal download that you've done no although it could have been the question of the day is what kind of content do you want to see BitTorrent make like do you want them to do sort of the netflix route of let's make dramatic like high budget stuff like house of cards orange is the new black like maybe bring back some other canceled short like Arrested Development or do you want to maybe see them go in indie route and really kind of find these sort of unknown up-and-coming makers who are kind of that community like it should they foster that or should they go with like high-end contact probably going to have to gravitate towards the towards the indie stuff because right out of the gate it looks like you're making the content ish and you're not going to be able to get IPS I mean that's why I'm Netflix and Amazon are able to get that is because they already have the like the revenue Wow yeah I think I would like to see them be able to take like make a fallout series like a bioshock sirs or some sort of like a fun IP that people are like there could be so much more there's so much potential there I was going to say what should one thing that no one else is doing like Netflix Amazon Prime and that seems like one of the things that not really we're seeing I know we saw Xbox we saw Microsoft Studios yeah halo night yeah I'll think about it that was really cool I had all that stuff in one place and like there was like it was all the track content it would be a really great launch for bittorrent too because people are already this is already stuff they have in their brain and they'd be like oh yeah I want to see that I'll go to bed tour so yeah that's what I want what about you I i would say i would like to see them fostering content i do agree that it needs to be indie and i would like to see them fostering content and maybe doing things like do you remember a project greenlight on HBO yeah yeah i'd like to see them do some sort of thing like that where they can get viewers involved in choosing the kind of content like Amazon doesn't I like see them right I'd like to see them do stuff like that with really young creators so like they unlike they even said their demographic is like 14 to 25 oh really so I'd like to see that that's her main demographic a bit torn I'd like to see them taking kit like kids like 14 to 16 years old like what can you do what's your ideas like how can we make this into a series and I that'd be really hopeful yeah I get this some of the revenue and hopefully make more content right exactly and also like I feel like that age group is thinking of things that people our age are just not thinking of because it's just they have so much imagination and lost it we've you know we've lost a little bit of that magic that you have when you're that age and I feel like that's a really big opportunity for bittorrent it would be a waste if they didn't take advantage I'm definitely keeping my own bittorrent is definitely gonna be a really interesting one yeah really i even i am i am just like maybe I have an idea in my noodle I want an ID to pursue yeah exactly beyond ninety percent of your revenue it's super attractive to anybody make me sick favorite any cream all right cool let's talk about smart air conditioning cuz I thought this was AI thought this was pretty cool um no no pun intended uh cooling I didn't actually do that on purpose I probably know but it was Christmas awful so MIT has this lab and it's called sensible City lab and they do all kinds of weird stuff and their surrounding like how to make places more efficient energy wise water-wise all this stuff so they paired up with his Italian architect named Carla Roddy to create this weird ceiling installation so that's what we're seeing on the screen right now you see these they almost look like Pistons hanging from the sky yeah and they have LED lights in them and you can see there's some sort of like mist coming out it looks like they're basically trying to knock people out like in a superhero movie or the limo haha I've got you now and I'm gonna knock you out yeah alright but actually what it is is all of these installations these pieces work together and they sense when a person is under them and they spray a cooling mist on to them so as you're walking through and only sprays where it should be like where you are so it follows you around the room and sprays you and keep you cool now here's why cuz that seems really weird yeah it seems kind of jump it is now the place that they unveiled this in is Dubai and Dubai is a place that is extremely difficult to keep cool during the during the summer which it can get very very hot there especially outside so and you also are wasting a lot of water when if all of these were on at the same time yeah so all these were on same time you wasting quite a bit of water and in places like Dubai probably not the best idea ever to waste waters so this is solution to a problem then I'm totally a solution to a problem so um they asked they said you know it's so hot and it's so water intensive to use a traditional air conditioning system anywhere like why don't we just individually cool people as opposed to a space and so this is what they're kind of doing so the mist cools the air as it sprays out so the mist comes out it starts cooling there around you but it also cools you down and so it saves energy and water compared to traditional AC and they unveiled it at the Museum of future government services during a UAE summit last week all right um which is I and this is the other thing I like about this architect is that apparently before this he had come up with this heating system that actually and this sounds insane infrared beams that follow you through the walls and keep you warm so base it's like a heat beam like through a wall like following you through a building and that's how it keeps you warned like that's the heating system this guy's scary it's like really it's intense little bit like I kind of like his ambition and he's got some really cool like futuristic kind of weird ideas but I really like this and I thought that was so funny we were really helpful if you're like carrying around a dolphin too they keep him wet keep him wet yeah well like this in case there's a beach dolphin and do by which i mean we see that a lot so our beach did like a seal or something that you just need to keep moist you just walk it under just help please that's cool yeah just really interesting I just thought that was really fun and also this architect just has like wacky ideas about you know heating and cooling and other stuff too and um he also did you uh that robot bartender on the I don't know if it's the cruise ship one but like he also has a mixing like a bartender sort of escrow this guy's awesome so he's like really into futuristic design but anyway that's it for our headlines we will be right back we have new releases because it's Tuesday and then we also have instead of user feedback we're gonna do itunes reviews and of course a phone talker for the day so don't click away it's tomorrow daily welcome back to the show we've returned it is now officially time because it's Tuesday to talk about all the cool stuff that's coming out this week that you can get your hands on if you're so inclined so this is new releases all right first up highly anticipated PlayStation 4 game the order 1886 my skin looks beautiful it really does look really good if you like that action adventure stuff mm-hmm I mean it do you know what it's about it's like alternate history London mm-hmm it's like a whole secret organization fighting like these half-breeds human look really really be it looks like so real looks super good yeah I 73 was it last year yeah incredible looking can I just say at e3 the line for this game was insane like I've never actually taken back I've seen lines longer than that at e3 but that line was crazy and i would i would go so far as to say maybe one of the longest lines at the show last year that was this was like one of the things everybody wanted I don't know evolved was pretty long involved was pretty long did you hear about everybody like the uprising the evolved uprising people are real mad about the DLC anyway yeah let's take this moment for yeah this is all about the order so if you want to play the order it's on PlayStation 4 it is out actually today so you can go grab it if you're if you have a play session for laying around oh yeah um it's not Thank go pick up a playstation 4 and then get the order don't do it the other way around cuz i would be weird or not sponsored by now and then also coming out later this week kales favorite game of all time i'm guessing just an advanced already go beyond the rainbow curse yay kirby kales uh chemspider and kales fighter in Smash Brothers is d today King Dedede yep that's the scales jam king of Dreamlands so he's all about Kirby yeah and this one is just about Kirby for but it's a as always Kirby it does a curvy as a property always does some weird things there was a pinball game there was one where he could ride things there was one of these diamonds and in this one you you basically lead him like on a pad like a roller coaster nation rope and you can do multiple players to this is like up to four players and it looks again once again unique but it's using the same character so it's a lot of fun it looks like a lot of fun it and I heard that it's not as expensive as normal games like forty dollars I want it yeah I want to say it's not the fool 59 99 everybody's asking for her game but if you just picked up a new DS you know why not try it out oh yeah you can use some of your amigos including the ddd one which comes out on friday which you are gonna be standing in line for i kinda wish I can't wait um and then also coming out this week today actually is dead or alive 5 last round which you know like I like the Dead or Alive series yeah I'm a battle arena toshinden girl okay really listen that's my fight jam like I really like that one but a lot of people are excited about this because for the first time as far as I'm aware this is dead or alive 5 is gonna be available on PC which means people going to be able to mod it oh no that's not good well yes first thing the developers Team Ninja is basically saying like they're really the if people do inappropriate things with modifying this game which I'm sure they will that they will that this is basically a test of the users and if they can behave themselves then maybe they'll release another game on PC so i'm gonna go ahead and guess this is all the first and last Dead or Alive released on PC yeah I'm putting money on the on the girl on that one she just kicking that guys but she was um but yeah so that's out today if you want to pick that up for xbox one xbox 360 playstation 4 and PlayStation 3 and then movie wise this week Hot Tub Time Machine 2 is coming out oh yeah so I'm really excited about that I love Craig Robinson he's like one of my favorite comedians and this I thought this is really interesting like basically they had all used the original hot tub to go make themselves like famous and rich and all this other stuff and then they find out things I've been horribly wrong as their famous rich selves and they have to go back and find out like where exactly things went wrong and so they go to fix it and like all that stuff yeah some fun time travel goofiness yeah some really i mean it's absolutely ridiculous obviously ridiculous premise but it's a hot tub time machine but i love know what you're getting when you go see this movie exactly i don't complain exactly right and i loved it in this movie Craig Craig Robinson makes up the song stay by Lisa Loeb and that's like one of his hits yeah he rips off other musicians yeah it's fantastic um so that is your new releases now that we're done with that that means it is time for your user feedback what I I'm kind I like maybe a little bit I sit on a throne of lives today we're not actually doing user feedback because we didn't have a hashtag of the day Clyde but I decided to pull some of our itunes reviews that I never redress though I pulled a couple of them that I i thought was delightful and we should want to say thank you for writing these nice things about us manic schizoid wrote to wrote in and said I like the topics the host come up with the discussions are more along the lines 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sending this picture of his dog and said hello there guys I'm a huge fan of the show from Greece oh he sees all the way in Europe I want to go to there he said you are big in Europe no we're not I don't think we are but you know what George to you we are and that's what matters that is all that matters to us here are a couple of photos taking on the iphone 6 plus love you guys um I picked this one because I just that dog is so cute what's your dog's name let's name the dog they never named the dog I'm gonna go ahead and say that George is actually the dog and took the picture is it I got you know I George's actually George is the dog and the George watches the show we're huge in Europe amongst the dog community and the owner is also named George Oh perfect yeah is it jet do you think this dog is little George or big George this is definitely big George George man I agree I big George um uh your dog is adorable little George um I think it's the best ever George George of Greece yes oh 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