If you have twenty minutes, make the time to watch this incredible video from Mark Rober about Zipline.

https://youtu.be/DOWDNBu9DkU

Amazing Invention- This Drone Will Change Everything

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@rklau wow thank you for sharing.

Best part is when my 11 yr old comes in and within 5 seconds of hearing the video says “Is that Mark Rober?”

@dan @rklau The video was awesome. Should I know who Mark Rober is?
@arainert @dan I think we are “old” so no. But for the yutes I hear he’s a big deal 😂
@rklau @arainert His company looks pretty cool https://www.crunchlabs.com/
CrunchLabs: Where kids & adults learn to Think like Engineers

Best gift ever! CrunchLabs offers monthly STEM subscription box (toys & robots) for kids, teens & adults, designed by former NASA engineer and YouTuber Mark Rober. With our fun AND educational Creative Kits, Build Boxes, and Hack Packs, you'll learn to think, create, build, and hack like an engineer!

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@arainert @dan @rklau He's pretty famous for the Glitterbomb anti-theft smart device … a YouTube hit

But my big respect for him came when his last iteration led down the path of uncovering some networks of international scammers

This included a collab with another YouTuber who knows how to reverse-spy on the Indian call centres that create 90% of our automated scam calls in western countries — and has videos where he calls the scam victims and tries to save them

Not only did I learn how he found their exact address, but I learned how the business model thrives on a 0.00.00.01% hit rate

This is why you should never be particularly proud of spotting and hanging up on them — they literally need you to do that, since they haven't got time and need to find an easy target like a kind old grandma instead — but you might be helping a victim indirectly, if you can keep them talking for an hour

@whophd @dan @rklau ah thanks so much for sharing that context!