And a vaccine to treat the relapse of heroin addiction has been proven effective in drug

addicted rats and they're working on starting human trials...

Vsauce! Kevin here. This is Mind Blow.

A six inch skeleton found 10 years ago in Chile has finally been proven to be human

remains and not as some had claimed - an alien. Gary Nolan an immunologist at Stanford University

discovered the DNA was modern and high quality, indicating that it's only a few decades old

and undoubtedly human. He concluded that the bones were around the age of a 6-8 year old

and he hypothesizes that he or she either died in the womb and suffered from a rapid

aging disorder or less likely lived with a severe form of dwarfism to that age.

TweetPee lets parents know when their baby has peed. Using a device that measures moisture

and looks like a twitter bird, its been developed for huggies diapers in Brazil. The sensor

measures the wetness and alerts parents with a tweet or text message when their baby has

peed. 

Terrafugia of Massachusetts is working on making a flying car for the everyday person.

The TF-X will take off vertically like a helicopter then once in the air rotor blades drop and

a rear mounted gas engine takes over. The computer in the flying car lands it for you

and there is an emergency parachute if needed. It has a nonstop flight range of 500 miles and

should only take 5 or so hours for the average person to learn how to use. They expect to

start selling it around 2020 and assume the price will be similar to any high end luxury

car.

Brightest explosion ever observed! (35 billion times brighter than visible light and 3.6

billion light years away)

Students from Royal College of Art in London developed a set of headphones that can enhance

the user's sight and hearing. One device is a mask that sits over the mouth and ears where

a directional microphone captures audio and is processed to neutralize background noise.

It's then passed through to the listener so it's as if there is someone talking inside

your head. Applications are for the hearing impaired and possibly to help children with

ADHD focus in classrooms. The second fits over the eyes and allows the user to see special

effects. Head mounted cameras captures imagery where it is processed and played to the wearer.

Applications would be helpful for sports teams (events) and performing arts. 

The Bounce Imaging Explorer helps first responders evaluate dangerous situations before having

to go in themselves. Developed by Francisco Aguilar it has a shock absorbing shell with

6 cameras. LED's to light up dark rooms, and a digital microphone. After synching it to

a smartphone or tablet, you throw the ball into the dangerous area. It immediately begins

to take pictures and testing for toxins and high temperatures. Aguilar hopes it can be

used by police, firefighters, soldiers, search and rescue teams, and industrial inspections.

New sundew species of meat eating plant found in Japan

Xerox plans on rolling out Ignite, a service that turns copiers, scanners, and printers

into paper grading machines. Not only will it be able to grade papers like the commonly

used scantron system, it will have the ability to turn right and wrong answers into web accessible

data that will let teachers know whether a student or group of students are consistently

having trouble with certain math problems. Making it easier for the teacher to plan lessons

and help specific students in certain areas and tailoring homework to the academic strengths

and weaknesses.

The Pallas long tongued bat eats using a really long blood-swollen tongue. They have tiny

hairs along their tongues that engorge with blood when they need to get nectar from a

plant. The hairs act sort of like a mop grabbing as much nectar as possible with each swipe.

Previously biologists thought the hairs were inactive and just sat there, but recent studies

have shown they are very active and the process is the same that makes the male reproductive

organ erect in mammals. 

Finally Vincent and Emily created by artists Nikolas Schmid-Pfahler and Carolin Liebl are

a robotic couple made as an examination of human relationships that react to signals

around them. 

I'm gonna leave you with a legged leaping robot and as always thanks for watching...