Mark Rober, Friend of Science - Still Untitled: The Adam Savage Project - 1/14/20

[@tested]

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[@SyBernot]

A parabolic mic with a parabolic speaker that would cast a person's voice back at them with a few hundred milliseconds delay.

[@STUCASHX]

Done. 😁👍

[@skezus]

This guys problematic. Yes, property crime is bad, but so is vigilantism. Is the public shaming and property destruction (yes glitter could conceivably destroy property) that comes along with petty theft proportional to the crime? It's not for Mark Rober or anybody but a judge to say.

[@GT.Jon.B]

@@skezus you seriously think shooting glitter in their house is more damaging than the act of them stealing items worth hundreds of dollars from your home? Get real. It's harmless payback and 100% deserved.

[@OmairArif]

@@SyBernot that is a speech jammer.

[@d3Rm0Nk]

This is like my childhood + young adulthood dream crossover come true

[@lokuzt]

a collaboration with Brian Brushwood and Jason Murphy, the guys of "The Modern Rogue" would be great for those pranks

[@Astral_Ocelot]

YES, THIS!

[@hrolfurleo8230]

Agree totally. Those guys are way too underrated!

[@robcarnaroli269]

You should flash mob the coffee shop guy. Everyone stands up simultaneously and walks around while talking loud on conference calls. Would love to see his reaction!

[@ElectronicTonic156]

Adam Savage to Mark Rober: "In 2020, let's build something together." 2020: "Haaaahahaha! Oh, that's so cute."

[@Merennulli]

This hits different seeing it late. "I have 2020 planned out" - Oh no....

[@whitecat1441]

Marvel: "Infinity war is the most ambitious crossover in history!" Tested: *This video*

[@derrellbiffle2736]

Indeed

[@jeepspeedracer]

Just watched this and it's bizzare/funny to hear plans and be like "oh if you only knew what was going to happen after March 2020"

[@SyBernot]

In my house that drawer is the scissor drawer. It's the drawer where the scissors are supposed to be but instead everything in the house you haven't seen in a decade ends up there and there is never a pair of scissors.

[@nevar108]

I take pride in myself that I dont fan boi when i meet people i admire, but if i walked into a coffee shop and saw these three guys sitting and chatting, and i would probably loose it. There is just to much awesome represented in this video.

[@Veptis]

Make the TV in the coffeeshop run a story on exactly that guy is talking about is a breaking news report.

[@cduncan3713]

Great idea

[@jonathankey6444]

“I’ve got 2020 all planned out” hokay

[@user-tb5ns7hc5i]

Not using turn signals before switching lanes, littering, talking on Cell phones while interacting with other humans simultaneously. Love listening to these guys brainstorm ideas!

[@Wizardofgosz]

The primitive technologies guy doesn't make it a secret he's down under. I've only seen a few of his videos and *I* know it.

[@Wizardofgosz]

@@schlomoshekelstein908 What does that even mean? Please elaborate.

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Mark Rober is a legend

[@RC-1290]

It's 2022, and I finally watched this. The sentence "2020, let's build something together"... just feels so sad now :(

[@Brave_Sir_Robin]

When are we getting a collab with Mark and Adam?!

[@jfr03hl1ch]

wow, couldn't find it in the comments yet: cars parking on bike lanes.

[@matenagy5854]

That would be totally awesome

[@MakersLane]

I love Mark, he is a huge inspiration for my channel!

[@jessicamckinney5248]

Such a great set of Makers

[@thecutieboutiqueboutique7100]

I just Subed to your channel! great channel!!

[@bobvance9842]

Bob Vance of Vance Refrigeration here, just wanna say I APPROVE!! Love the “MAKEalorian”. Nice spin👍

[@hammyman9513]

Mark is Awesome 👏

[@AmusementLabs]

As a theme park guy the one social norm you should tackle... LINE CUTTERS!!!

[@JusticeDragon]

Catching up on some Still Untitled episodes I've been meaning to watch and this is maybe the most tragic in retrospect!! "2020 let's build something together. Let's make it official." 😭

[@OrigamiMarie]

Mark: yeah I have 2020 so planned out and a start on 2021. Universe: about that . . .

[@czarkaztik1617]

Mark a show suggestion : (gonna be tough in today's society) children who aren't supervised in public ..... we've all seen em. Scenario #1 The kids absolutely wrecking a table at a restaurant with food and napkins and coloring on everything EXCEPT the provided paper all while mommy or daddy is on the phone or something. Scenario #2 kids destroying a toy isle while parents are nowhere to be found. The possibilities are endless just any of these bad parenting situations. Like I said not gonna be easy. Love both you guys and it was awesome to see you chat !!

[@afroman527]

Mark, please do and episode getting revenge on people that litter or leave their trash for others to clean up. Also in the same category, I'd love to get some payback on people who discard their cigarette butts anywhere. Its dangerous! There have been brush fires started by people discarding their butts out on the side of the road while driving, and I had to personally put out a trash can fire that started because someone threw their still lit cigarette in the trash. Smokers can be so inconsiderate. I hate it when they smoke in their cars on the road and in other public areas, essentially forcing you to breathe in that disgusting and toxic odor.

[@jurjenbos228]

Any discussion between Adam and Mark is worth listening to. You guys are great!

[@ExplosiveDisregard]

I just love them talking about the domino machine and the coin flipping machine. You just see the wheels turning for each of them as they think about all the different issues they would have to deal with.

[@GothamTrotter]

*People that step onto a mostly empty train car but decided to stand right at the doors, as if there weren't others trying to get on the train behind them (argg)

[@sagerobot]

Great to see Mark on here and Im SUPER looking forwards to the collab!!

[@kuronosan]

Cut the bottom out of a trash can, put some sort of membrane on the bottom. Use a motor to pull the membrane down, release, repeat. Fix camera to top of trash can. Take a photo every time the motor turns. Process images.

[@AGKRex]

I love seeing the creative mind work. Adam and Mark give some example of some kind of device and then next thing you know they're both trying to build it in their heads.

[@Maker_Jake]

Senator Santorum was actually one of the reasons I got into STEM; he used to host our FIRST robotics club at his house in VA. Super great family regardless of what people may feel about their values system.

[@alex_roivas333]

have you heard the story of what they did with his wife's miscarried fetus? great family! XD

[@MikrySoft]

RF jammers are illegal, but audio ones are not (IIRC, IANAL etc.). Directional microphone + directional speaker (AM modulated tight band of ultrasonic, possibly even with beamforming, last I heard some vending machines use them to play ads in a very localized area) and play his own voice back to him with a tiny delay. It messes with the ability to even speak.

[@whysrumgone]

"I have all my videos for 2020 planned out"..... Oh buddy

[@thegenerousdegenerate9395]

Mark really is taking that myth busters torch and running with it. In spirit anyways. I really hope they find more ways to collab cause they most certainly have good chemistry. They also share a common interest in science based content so it just "feels" right. Maybe Adam could do a guest spot with him on Jimmy's show. Either way they're both legends and the world really is a better place them in it. Cheers!🍻

[@MrEstate]

What a fantastic interview, that was amazing. Looking forward to seeing the show.

[@kareldobbelaere1870]

People that don't use direction lights on their car when they going to take a turn or an overtaking move on the highway. or on a roundabout where the use of direction lights is essential for the flow of it.

[@DanielRieger]

Simone would have been a great addition to this.... just because

[@racingmommy]

Two of my favorite builders, yayyyyyy! Thanks for granting my wish Adam!

[@MichaelCouture87]

Awesome guest! You should totally try and link up with Destin from Smarter Every Day, as well. Love his content, and I'd love to see Adam and him collaborate on some kind of pod or project.

[@hazonku]

Genuinely interested to see how the network tries to fiddle with the way Mark does things. It'll be really interesting to see how his sort of work translates to TV.

[@ebarboni226]

Idea for romba2: make a hopper full of dominoes suspended from the celing and feed the pieces via a hose to the romba2.

[@Leo-hk6qg]

I was thinking of a big domino carrying "robot", just a simple container with wheels that's slaved to the Roomba and feeds it dominoes.

[@onerian8178]

i was kinda thinking like a massive 3d printer with dominos and a little solenoid dropper on the bottom

[@ebarboni226]

Well... Since it clearly says romba I assumed it was a romba vacuum cleaner re programmed with steppers motors setting the keys... Like the Lego one made by Mathias Wendell

[@acidxero]

Surely you could construct an umbrella to function as a mobile/incognito(ish) partial Faraday cage. Not really a cage per se, but considering the geometry between cell tower height and a person on the ground, I'd expect you could fairly easily interrupt the signal. Walk/stand next to the person with the cell phone, that sort of thing. Also, I have to mention how glad it makes me to see two of my favorite makers shooting the breeze.

[@chanofrom69th]

ADAM DO A COLLAB PROJECT WITH MARK THE WORLD NEEDS IT

[@alexslattery6955]

This was an excellent conversation. Loved it on so many levels!

[@jklredeemed]

@markrober Violated Social Norm: People who run or walk in the road even though there's a sidewalk right beside them. Happens all the time when I go to work. They (a lot of the time) expect you to go around them too.

[@OmegaNineProfile]

I cannot wait to see this show. Hope it makes it up to Canada.

[@TimoRaunio]

Oh nice! Mark on the Podcast. Love this group of people.

[@finnsetchell3594]

I hate it when people wearing headphones or on their phones just walk into the road or block a pavement but don't move out if the way. What could someone make to tackle this issue.

[@richardmatthews3522]

I'm waiting for your 2020 videos Mark Rober. I'm excited to see what you release this year on youtube! (: As far as TV goes, I think I speak for everyone who enjoys watching your youtube videos, we will definitely follow you with you rather your on youtube or tv. Have no fear, only confidence my friend! You have a brilliant mind!

[@CosRacecar]

The coil flipping machine has my brain going. I'm thinking of basically one of those carnival/arcade coin pushers, but with a hinged "table" above it. Robot flips the coin, drops on the table, wait for it to settle, take a reading, then drop it into the hopper underneath. From there coins get pushed to the end, stacked, and transported back to the flipper-bot.

[@lolzhunter]

actually i came up with a really simple idea, just stretch a balloon or rubber across to make it flat and then pull it back and let it twang, if a coin is on the surface it will flip, but it probably wont land on its side which sucks, needs to land on a hard flat surface really

[@jlondon1441]

I keep coming back to a planter style machine for the dominos. Able to straddle rows and systematically drop/place dominos within a parameter to avoid blemishes and obstacles in the flooring. Such as cracks and detritus that make dominos unstable. A surface reader and cleaner in front of the drop zone and maybe a shuttle system for preloaded cartridges for the domino refills. That would involve keeping a working road to the machine, kind of like dump trucks at a job site. You wouldn’t want the shuttle to plow through dominos already set. Lots of variables, looking forward to the solutions eventually implemented. Love the podcast and how excited Adam still gets problem solving and discussing different dynamics. Particularly in this one where he brought in his knowledge of tv production to someone about to start on their new show.

[@AlexLaw_Qld]

Coinflip - muse a metal disk with two difference anodized "coatings"

[@VoIcanoman]

That coin-flip device is actually not too hard. Use a narrow vertical wind tunnel setup (just a 3 inch ABS pipe would do) with a coarse mesh screen at the bottom, and baffles placed at random spots (and of random sizes) jutting into the tube for the coin to deflect off of (screws would work...like 100 screws sticking in and through it at odd angles). Pump enough air into the tube to lift the coin to the top (which would be some appropriately-scaled rough surface on which the coin would find unique resting positions, held there by the air, each time), and then turn the air off, and let the coin bounce around as it falls. When it lands, a camera could be pointing up at the coarse mesh screen (which would be appropriately illuminated)...use machine learning to teach it to identify heads vs. tails (or easier still, just color one side of the coin with black Sharpie, and the other with an equal weight of red Sharpie, and use a red light to illuminate it, so that the red Sharpie becomes basically invisible). The camera could be inside the air pressure chamber (if you make the chamber wide enough to accomodate it), or it could be looking up at an angle, through a clear pressure chamber. Whatever result is shown is the opposite of the actual result (since the camera sees the bottom of the coin, not the top). Automate it so that there's 5 seconds to get the coin up to the top, 5 seconds for it to fall, and however long (maybe 2 seconds) for a computer hooked up to the camera to identify what side is facing down. The above flipping machine would give you 5 flips a minute...it would take 2 weeks to get 100,000 flips. But if I was doing this, I would build maybe 9 separate tubes, each with a different arrangement of baffles, arranged in a 3X3 square. You'd need a bit more air pressure to get 9 coins to the tops of their respective tubes, but a computer could just as easily tell the side facing down of 9 coins as it could 1 coin. That would get the time under 2 days. [Incidentally, I'd do it this way over having multiple coins in the same tube, because if there were more than 1 coin in a tube, they could land on top of eachother, and that would be a harder problem to solve. Besides, it would be interesting to compare the results of each tube, and a computer could easily record them all separately, so that you could see if one of the tubes was somehow weighted towards heads or tails...or whether if it hit heads one time, it was more likely to hit heads the next or something. Knowing this, you could adapt that tube, and later get a more random result.]

[@sbsasser]

Free public cell phone charger stand inside a sneaky Faraday cage 😂

[@pleasedontwatchthese9593]

This guy is a thinker

[@warpman74]

Hahaha, yes, THIS!!!

[@fuduzan5562]

That isn't a response to someone breaking social norms... That's just being a dick.

[@richardchigga1055]

My high school physics teacher has that exact thing in his classroom

[@ContentToHover]

"I have everything planned for 2020". January. Oh no.

[@wagyourtai1]

flip coin with air cannon in closed acrylic tube. optical recognition on the bottom. air holes on the side to keep coin from probably landing on edge...

[@nicdennis]

Social Norm Violation: Being on your phone during a movie (at the theater or at a friend's home). Pouring yourself a cup of coffee before the brew is done so that you get the richest part and leave weak sauce for everyone else. Cutting in line in any form or circumstance. Not giving someone your seat on the bus or subway who needs it (i.e. elderly, mothers, disabled, etc.)

[@Khronogi]

I dont particularly care if a friend checks their phone for a moment during a movie at my house. I'm unfortunately one of those people who pauses and explains the background of movies to people, and make sure they understand what is happening. Thankfully the people I watch with find that better because then they can follow the story. Helps for movies like lotr. As for at the movie theaters hell yeah.

[@miles951]

It's really anoying when when you are walking behind a smoker/vaper. Maybe you could fill the area with fog. Or somehow put the cigerette out.

[@cracked]

you should do a one day build of the trick knife from knives out, and then send it to me??

[@bowestbrook6527]

and YOU should make some content. Miss yall.

[@boy638]

Norm is aptly named to represent us as normal people stuck between to stars chatting bout unrelatable stuff such as being famous, been on talkshows & having a TV show.

[@paulpetzar7401]

I found this interaction absolutely fantastic.

[@RedShoesSmith]

Lovely to see the stem educators and makers come together. And Norm, this wouldn't be possible without your help. (GO TEAM) or something like that.

[@Sam-hy9ht]

That was inspirational. Looking forward to seeing a build, and mark’s new show!

[@Dreoni_]

Anyone have a link to the Matt Parker and Adam video? Cant find it anywhere

[@elishmuel1976]

9:17 They're probably still walking on a glitter filled carpet a year later, every time thinking "F**k Marc Rober" 😂 That was such a good project!!

[@jack_brooks]

Social Norm for Mark's show: The people that use their phone during a movie at the movie theater, even after they run the pre-roll ad about turning your phone off. I love those people. =D

[@ve2dmn]

That would be 'easy'. Just a live feed of them talking on the phone on the big screen with a notice: "No phone I said!"

[@daquekenfor6901]

Did they ever build anything together?

[@camelscrafts]

Chewing with lips open is my number one pet peeve. I do not want to hear you chew!! You both are such inspirations! I hope to be among you, the greats, some day!

[@WhenGeeksCraft]

People that facetime in public....or WHILE DRIVING. just dont! you dont need to see the other persons face all the time!!!! It happens here in MKE all the time. people are constantly walking and face-timing!

[@andyjohnson4907]

With the loud phone guy, you could play back what he's saying a split-second later. It makes it incredibly hard to concentrate on what you're saying, and makes it nearly impossible to form sentences. Anyone that's had a crap connection or crap headphones when playing online and experienced this will agree. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delayed_Auditory_Feedback

[@markyfrencho]

Could you guys do a one day build setting up a new table for this? I can’t see Norm.

[@BROON71]

Norm has always hidden himself on this podcast. It's his thing...

[@peterkelley6344]

It may be Norm's thing to hide, but I'ld like have him there seen. If he's going to host; have him seen!

[@BROON71]

@@peterkelley6344 All that he would have to do is move over a little bit so that he's not sitting directly behind that microphone. Will he do it? I doubt it...

[@peterkelley6344]

@@BROON71 I know it, and you know it, but will we convince Norm that it might be the right thing to do. We will see. He can still sit in the back seat and not say much (no offense intended on that point).

[@MrHeroicDemon]

I didn't know his name until now lol

[@butterz5876]

Adam needs to watch Michael McIntyre's 'Man Drawer' routine...

[@d2doctor]

You must pay him in Drachma! :D

[@skezus]

When people talk really loud on the phone I started whistling as loud as I can. They will normally give the "you are being very rude look" and then realize that's what they are doing. It works 100% of the time. My preferred song to whistle is the Peter and the Wolf theme.

[@gpegasusm]

Looking forward to the colab!

[@toastom]

My two favorite people collab? I think this is a dream

[@flyingardilla143]

I want to see the portable impromptu Faraday cage

[@johntheexplainer]

It's said that Bono used to give younger, up-and-coming rock stars 'The Talk', where he would share his knowledge of how to survive the lifestyle. This episode feels like the Adam Savage version of 'The Talk'.

[@aliciawijaya]

I'm still waiting for the collab! Hahaha please also invite Simone into the build!!! It must be exciting to watch three of you build a thing together 😆

[@nonegiven2830]

In the UK, our water companies use "professional dowsers" on their payroll, should have just used them, making corporations look stupid is pretty fair game.

[@peterkelley6344]

The discussion of editing is really worth it's time! it looks like Mark actually gained a little more confidence in being able to say, "That's not right." Coin Flipping: I can see a competition on this one. Savage vrs Rober, vrs a half dozen others ... Loud Phone conversions: I see/hear that so often here in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area; and it bothers the hell out of me. It's like didn't your parents tell you about OTHER persons privacy zones?

[@curtisbme]

Love the cell phone douche idea but I would say people who have their phone on speaker phone in public space. Walking around grocery story talking to people holding their phone out so not only can the person on the receiving end hear on the noise but we have to hear them and the caller seems to feel the need to be extra loud because they are on speaker. I'd also add the douche that plays music on their cell speaker walking around inside buildings.

[@air-headedaviator1805]

25:14 that makes a lot of sense. Nothin perhaps seems more free, more adventurous, more experimental than being an independent creator on a playform you can’t control (lel). A lot of the mystery and intrigue of space has been removed due to its exclusivity and low progress.

[@tommyhetrick]

I assume the TV show was delayed because they couldn’t really film all year

[@CameraManBlaise]

just have 4 people with a quarter of a faraday cage walk up to the guy and surround him cutting his call off then just walk away saying nothing.

[@nathankouris8491]

To build on Adam. I work in hospitality and I loathe people that talk on the phone through their interaction with me. I would love to see revenge on someone who talks though a customer service experience!

[@wasbeen]

You have had some great podcast guests..... but I think I have a new favourite!

[@LCM4x4]

Where is this episode with Matt Parker? I can't find it anywhere :'(

[@frozenhorse8695]

No suggestion from me sorry. But i just had to go see the slow motion slap. :) I never laughed so hard in my life. Thanks Adam for taking one for the team. hahaha

[@jshap1797]

the show was in brisbane australia i was there!!

[@kamikami9291]

Mark, when you plan a rest, come to Budapest, Hungary.

[@SirConfectionery]

I love your channel! I used to watch the old myth busters as a kid.

[@BottleBass1977]

Yeah, the coin-flip machine is a real non-trivial exercise. Pretty sure I remember a program on UK terrestrial TV back in the 90's with Tim Hunkin and Rex Garrod where they designed a machine to flip coins and sort them Heads and Tails. It was all made in Rex's garage-cum-workshop. A tribute to Heath-Robinson (Rube Goldberg) machines......

[@kindlessthing]

People talking during the movie at a theater, or checking their phone (thinking their turned down brightness isn't annoying, but I'm here to tell you, it is), dropping their phones in the process. Just in general distracting me from the two hours I paid for..

[@closecall9665]

If you flipped the coins on an oscillating table that would add just enough horizontal momentum as to not allow the coin to balance on edge.

[@peterkelley6344]

Or even in a circular general motion but on the same idea above.

[@MatsNorway]

Point is that the edge case is also a part of coin toss.

[@SteveSummers]

Mark R, thanks for what you do on YT.I agree that your editing makes your videos special . Same way I feel about my editing. I couldn't imagine someone editing for me. Way to go man! Keep it you.

[@wirekat]

Great cast. Can't wait for Mark's attack of the social norm breakers!

[@donaldasayers]

Seven year is my cutoff, I f I haven't used a thing in 7 years out it goes. You never know when summat might be useful. It's only useful if you can remember that you have it.

[@AlexLaw_Qld]

Magic is where the coin always lands on its edge, except when it turns into a beetle...

[@caseysovey4027]

Curiously enough, the only thing that went through the mind of the bowl of petunias as it fell was Oh no, not again.

[@dotails]

I could do the coin flip with an electromagnetic solenoid a cone to collect it back to that flipper and a camera to read the top with off the shelf recognition.

[@SlothfulTom]

looking forward to seeing what you'll build.

[@stephenpahl7538]

LOVE your show and guests, would love to see you and Tim Dodd (Everyday Astronaut) do a pod cast. Your love of space and rockets is matched by his (and he's buds with Elon)