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ICYMI: Robots, disappearing medical skin and more
#fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-336110{display:none;} .cke_show_borders #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-336110, #postcontentcontainer #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-336110{width:570px;display:block;} try{document.getElementById("fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-336110").style.display="none";}catch(e){}Today on In Case You Missed It: We are rounding up a few interesting robot and car stories at the top of the show because simply too much happened since last week to just chose one. The University of North Texas drug-sniffing car needs a mention, and so does the US Army's new bomb bot. Also, researchers from MIT developed a gel that dries as a totally clear second skin. It could be used to do something as simple as smooth out wrinkles (see ya, botox!) or deliver topical medicine, covertly. And Harvard's Wyss Institute came up with a cheap way to test for the Zika virus; hopefully at-risk states take notice. If you like Rube Goldberg devices, this one with magnets and marbles might blow your mind. As always, please share any great tech or science videos you find by using the #ICYMI hashtag on Twitter for @mskerryd.
MMO film Second Skin gets trailer
We're getting mixed signals from this new trailer from the upcoming film about MMOs, Second Skin. On the one hand, it seems like an exaltation of the incredible phenomenon of virtual communities, but we're also getting the vibe that we may be asked to feel sympathy for MMO addicts, something we're not inclined to do. If the film manages to walk that line successfully though, it may just be required viewing.The team behind it has its fingers crossed for a SXSW showing, which could lead to theatrical or cable distribution, so hopefully we'll be able to judge it in full soon. You can learn more about the film, as well as see a higher-quality version of the trailer, on the official site.
