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welcome to Serrano daily the best geek talk-show in the known universe yes talk shows have one more person we know that's big bill I'm looking right at it looks pretty awesome it's coming along soon soon let's hit the headlines our first story today on tomorrow dailies a subject we love to talk about 3d printed prosthetics and this time around this robotic hand can give you a handshake rob Scharf is a Delft University of Technology graduate with an interesting new project a soft hand that has the ability to gauge the grip of the person shaking it and adjust itself accordingly this prosthetic was a product of his soft robotics research project which aims to find ways to integrate robots with tactile materials so that robot human interactions are more natural and comfortable to people so how does it work air chambers inside the hands palm transfer air to the fingers in the robotic hand when it gets squeezed so when a person reaches out and shakes that robotic hand the grip increases or decreases depending on how hard or soft that handshake is it's currently a prototype but skarf thinks that this can be used beyond simple prosthetics you can use it in orthotics or maybe even physical therapy just pretty amazing all things considered okay so robotics in physical therapy means doctors and speaking of doctors we have to talk about this kind of cool wearable that might change the way doctors do surgery and it's not Google glass this is vivvy and it's a simple plastic device that can be clipped onto a headband it has one single goal which is to deliver crucial easy to reference information about a patient's vital signs on a doctor's operating table it was developed by method a company started by two anesthetists who felt that other wearables were either too cumbersome or too complicated for the task they thought about using existing wearables like Google glass but the voice commands and swiping to navigate doesn't quite translate well to operating rooms which can be messy sometimes and noisy plus a lot of doctors already wear glasses or protective gear over their eyes during operations vivy they say offers only the core data doctor needs and can a notification device if vitals change suddenly method says the smartphone app will allow doctors to choose which patient vitals they need to keep an eye on and we'll keep doctors eyes on the patient instead of constantly looking away during a procedure vivy isn't exactly trying to redefine the wearable space but that's okay they really just want to offer a companion device for doctors to use during surgery they also think they might be able to use it for things like cyclists and runners who want to check their vitals while they're on the go all right our last story today has nothing to do with future technology but honestly was just so cool I couldn't not share it with you let's talk about this lego combination safe jason a'lamin from jkbrickworks.com nation safe out of Legos it's a three combo lock and a tour of the inside of the creation shows the mechanisms and how he got them to work the way he put together the safe makes it pretty tough to disassemble but the area for keeping values is also pretty small it only holds a few of Allemands gold bars I mean bricks if you forget your combination or if you are the worst cat burglar in the world you can break the safe by forcefully chucking it into the ground but you'll probably break some pieces in the process brick works has the full build up on their site right now so you can get to work right away if you need to lock up your smallest valuables alright those are our headlines let's move on to crowdfunding scanners that can create super accurate high quality resolution 3d models can be pretty expensive I mean we're talking around at least $10,000 but II auro-3d wants to change that your 3d scanner is a small portable scanner that's powered by your Android or iOS smartphone they say their scans are precise to sub 100 microns with a resolution of up to 8 million vertices that's no small feat considering how tiny the device itself is the app is meant to be easy to use and models can be stored in the cloud with Dropbox integration built-in uses a green laser for scanning as opposed to the standard red laser that you might have seen before and doesn't require a turntable to 3d scan an object although you can add that in the campaign if you would like one they wanted $80,000 for the campaign and the auro-3d has blown right past that goal with over four hundred and thirty thousand dollars raised as of right now with just 23 days left in the campaign and the price well wildly reasonable at just two hundred and twenty nine bucks which is the earlybird backer level currently available and once it hits retail they expect to sell your 3d for $330 so it's a nice savings and honestly I feel like I kind of want to back this even though I have no idea what I would use it for but you know I guess that's the mark of a really good crowdfunding campaign all right guys that's it for back at our Hackett let's check out your pretty pretty pictures today's phone tag refer is Ingo who took this with his galaxy s5 he wrote to us and he said hey guys I just wanted to share a photo I took with my galaxy s5 I took this picture while taking family on a tour of the San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge which is immersed like it is most days by Carl the fog you have my permission to use the photo looking forward to the new set and stories best and go and go this picture is amazing it kind of reminds me of a little you I mean the fogs they'll Silent Hill is just sort of creepy it kind of fits in with fall it's super good and appropriate for this time of year if you guys want to submit your photogra fee to be considered to be featured in photogra for the day you can email us tomorrow at cnet.com send us your picture send us your name give us permission to use your picture and also tell us a little story about your photo because we 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