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greetings citizens of the internets welcome to tomorrow daily the best geek talk-show in the known universe i'm jeff kannada and you are watching one of our shorter daily episodes on thursdays we deep dive into all the news you see here so be sure to check out those but right now let's hit the headlines when you think of futuristic robots you usually think of humanoid forms automatons human communication well this is none of those things no this is a multi-function robot that looks like your pet snake that's the project MIT tangible media group is currently working on it's called line form and it's a soft robot that looks kind of like a super smart snake and Arduino mega controls the dozens of servo motors on board and its skin is actually a spandex tube covered in sensors that can detect touch in the video MIT shows offline form changing from a wrist wearable that offers haptic feedback to a phone with multiple forms to a responsive flashlight and even to a device that could constrain motion and replay specific movements there are other uses shown up in the video including manipulating vectors and using the robot as a ruler and a shape guide the best part of the paper though public reaction to the robot quote one initial observation is that the large line form can startle users when it quickly changes form unquote yeah I'm sure it will also startle users when it strangles them in their nightmares tonight line form no down line form bad blind form all right I have to tell you about Ford's drugged driving suit before the smart snake kills me Ford unveiled its drugged driving suit recently it's a companion suit to the drunk driving suit it created about a year ago and aims to show young drivers the dangers of driving under the influence of drugs strategically placed bandages and weights slow reaction and balance headphones play random sounds to increase distractions and a tremor generator makes the driver's hands shake to complete the suit vision impairment glasses add tunnel vision flashing lights and colorful auras to distort a driver's perception Ford believes using suits like this in its driving skills for life program will help young drivers understand just how dangerous driving under the influence can be even if they think they feel fine that program is actually free and you can learn more about it on their website I want one of those suits just for Halloween alright you've heard about powdered milk and you've heard about powdered sugar but how about powdered blue a team of researchers at the Osaka Institute of Technology have developed a new kind of glue that starts off in a powder form there are actually tiny beads of liquid inside a layer of solid particles each bead is a few millimeters wide and the glue works by pressure activation so you pour in some of these little glue beads and when you smash them the adhesive is exposed to whatever surface you're trying to glue together so why powdered glue the research team thinks their glue could be used in repairing or assembling objects that require adhering parts with complicated shapes because you pour the spheres and have control over where they're placed gluing together weirdly shaped parts or getting glue into precise locations inside a product would likely be helpful just don't store them next to your dippin dots also note to self glue is not food alright it's Monday that means it's time for crowdfunding today we're discussing crowdfunding for a 3d printer that claims it's going to be the fastest one on the market this is the nexus ridi and x1 next the 3d says this is the 3d printer for everyone from hobbyists to professional makers next is biggest boast over other 3d printers is they claim the NX one can print very fast one minute for every centimeter in height the company claims it's up to 40 times faster than other 3d printers on the market it's Wi-Fi enabled and uses a standalone OS so you'll be able to control it from a PC tablet or smartphone a special cartridge system supposedly makes refilling resin tanks easy so this might be a good choice if you're new to the world of 3d printing there's just under 30 days left in the campaign and they're a little over a third of the way to their goal of a hundred and seventy thousand bucks if you want in you'll have to shell out at least one thousand four hundred and eighty eight dollars but if you miss the earlybird you'll be paying 1,700 for a standard-issue NX one man I am ready for 3d printing but 1,700 bucks is a little steep it's not gonna go mainstream until they can get that price down all right speaking about getting down let's get down to some of your photos with photogra for the day today's photographer of the day is Jimmy who took this picture on an iPhone 6s plus Jimmy writes hi Ashley and Jeff my job sometimes takes me across the country and I took this photo on my iPhone 6s plus white on the coast of Oregon I hope this photo brings you some Zen and an otherwise busy day you have my permission to use this photo Thanks well thanks Jimmy I can always use a little more Zen in my life if you want to be our photographer of the day send your photo to us you can send it to tomorrow at cnet.com always remember to give us permission to use your photo and let us know what device you took it on we love hearing that hey that's gonna do it for this episode of the show thanks for watching you can always follow us on twitter i'm at jeff kannada also you can follow Ashley at ashley Esqueda or at logan moy our illustrious producer who's always awesome behind the camera also guys don't forget especially this Thanksgiving week be good humans