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[ { "start": 0, "end": 4.24, "text": " My name is Jennifer Doudna. I'm a professor at University of California," }, { "start": 4.24, "end": 9.48, "text": " Berkeley, and I work on something called gene editing. I think in the future it" }, { "start": 9.48, "end": 15.16, "text": " will be possible to use gene editing to help species that are under tremendous" }, { "start": 15.16, "end": 18.92, "text": " pressure from the environment in different ways. And you know the example" }, { "start": 18.92, "end": 24.04, "text": " that I like to think about actually is protecting trees, trees that are under" }, { "start": 24.04, "end": 29.1, "text": " real duress due to the bark beetle. What if we could actually put protective" }, { "start": 29.1, "end": 32.760000000000005, "text": " genes into the trees that would protect them or possibly going the other way" }, { "start": 32.760000000000005, "end": 36.660000000000004, "text": " make modifications to the bark beetle so they don't have the capability to attack" }, { "start": 36.660000000000004, "end": 41.2, "text": " the trees. I think scientists have been really tethered to a few model" }, { "start": 41.2, "end": 45.36, "text": " organisms that could be manipulated genetically and now with this tool we" }, { "start": 45.36, "end": 50.120000000000005, "text": " have a way to change the DNA in essentially any type of organism. And so" }, { "start": 50.120000000000005, "end": 53.480000000000004, "text": " what we're seeing in the scientific world is that this is opening up" }, { "start": 53.480000000000004, "end": 58.52, "text": " opportunities to understand life in many new niches. Being able to make a single" }, { "start": 58.52, "end": 64.68, "text": " letter change in the DNA of the human genome in a way that would for example" }, { "start": 64.68, "end": 70, "text": " cure genetic disease. The gene editing technology that is available today is" }, { "start": 70, "end": 76.84, "text": " already you know sufficient to cure the defect that causes sickle cell anemia in" }, { "start": 76.84, "end": 82.24000000000001, "text": " cells that are cultured in the laboratory. By 2021 we will certainly see" }, { "start": 82.24000000000001, "end": 87.32000000000001, "text": " more clinical trials going forward. Right now the trials that are approved are all" }, { "start": 87.32, "end": 92.67999999999999, "text": " for cancer and therefore doing a particular type of editing that might be" }, { "start": 92.67999999999999, "end": 97.36, "text": " impactful in treating cancer namely being able to program a patient's own" }, { "start": 97.36, "end": 103.08, "text": " immune cells to target and destroy their cancer cells. But I think that going" }, { "start": 103.08, "end": 108.44, "text": " forward we will see increasing efforts to address genetic diseases of the blood" }, { "start": 108.44, "end": 113.33999999999999, "text": " of the eye of the liver and then probably farther down the road diseases" }, { "start": 113.34, "end": 118.32000000000001, "text": " that affect other tissues. The opportunities to really understand and" }, { "start": 118.32000000000001, "end": 122.80000000000001, "text": " we hope in the future to effectively treat or even cure genetic disease in" }, { "start": 122.80000000000001, "end": 128.92000000000002, "text": " humans is just profound. You know there's a lot of interest in what's called" }, { "start": 128.92000000000002, "end": 133.68, "text": " de-extinction. The idea that you could bring back an organism that is no longer" }, { "start": 133.68, "end": 140.32, "text": " walking the earth by using gene editing to make modifications to a genome of an" }, { "start": 140.32, "end": 144.4, "text": " existing organism let's say that it reintroduces genes that have been lost." }, { "start": 144.4, "end": 148.95999999999998, "text": " Whether you could really bring back a dinosaur you know that's a much harder" }, { "start": 148.95999999999998, "end": 154.44, "text": " challenge. We don't really know the DNA sequence that would encode a dinosaur" }, { "start": 154.44, "end": 158.2, "text": " and you know in Jurassic Park you may remember that the premise of Michael" }, { "start": 158.2, "end": 162.12, "text": " Crichton's story was that you know that there were insects trapped in resin that" }, { "start": 162.12, "end": 167.79999999999998, "text": " contained blood from dinosaurs that had DNA still available for sequencing and" }, { "start": 167.8, "end": 172.72, "text": " unfortunately DNA just is a chemical that doesn't last 65 million years so I" }, { "start": 172.72, "end": 176.56, "text": " think you know being able to do that is not so likely but you know maybe it's" }, { "start": 176.56, "end": 180.96, "text": " possible to by sort of bootstrapping piecing together information we have" }, { "start": 180.96, "end": 185.32000000000002, "text": " about amphibians about birds it might be possible to start sort of walking in" }, { "start": 185.32000000000002, "end": 188.32000000000002, "text": " that direction and I don't know how close you could get to a real dinosaur" }, { "start": 188.32000000000002, "end": 193.44, "text": " but certainly we'll learn a lot about the genetic traits that are encoded in" }, { "start": 193.44, "end": 198.2, "text": " DNA that give rise to some of the traits that we think dinosaurs had. Another area" }, { "start": 198.2, "end": 203.04, "text": " that is a little bit farther afield but I think again might intersect in" }, { "start": 203.04, "end": 209.4, "text": " interesting ways with gene editing is imaging being able to visualize cells at" }, { "start": 209.4, "end": 213.52, "text": " a level that has been impossible in the past so what if you could really look" }, { "start": 213.52, "end": 220.24, "text": " inside of a cell and see molecules watch them behaving watch them functioning I" }, { "start": 220.24, "end": 223.24, "text": " think this is going to be incredible and I think this will probably really" }, { "start": 223.24, "end": 228.32000000000002, "text": " again be a very transformative type of effort that will happen over the next" }, { "start": 228.32000000000002, "end": 233.52, "text": " few years is to really start allowing us to see the cellular world in ways that" }, { "start": 233.52, "end": 255.08, "text": " have been impossible before." } ]

[ { "start": 0, "end": 6.24, "text": " There's a saying in photography that the best camera is the one that you have on you." }, { "start": 6.24, "end": 9.120000000000001, "text": " So what if that statement was literally true?" }, { "start": 9.120000000000001, "end": 12.1, "text": " What if you could wear a camera almost all the time?" }, { "start": 12.1, "end": 15.4, "text": " That's the promise of Snap Spectacles." }, { "start": 15.4, "end": 21.68, "text": " And they're pretty awesome." }, { "start": 21.68, "end": 25.2, "text": " Now Spectacles are the first hardware product from Snap Inc, the company formerly known" }, { "start": 25.2, "end": 28.66, "text": " as Snapchat, and they really deliver on that promise." }, { "start": 28.66, "end": 32.36, "text": " Even for someone like me who carries around a camera all the time, I'd really consider" }, { "start": 32.36, "end": 34.480000000000004, "text": " bringing these with me as well." }, { "start": 34.480000000000004, "end": 37.28, "text": " And a part of that is that they tie right into the Snapchat app." }, { "start": 37.28, "end": 40.6, "text": " Every video you shoot on these glasses gets sent right to your phone, and from there you" }, { "start": 40.6, "end": 42.96, "text": " can edit it and upload it or share it to your friends." }, { "start": 42.96, "end": 46.879999999999995, "text": " I've spent about a week with Spectacles and I've found three really good use cases for" }, { "start": 46.879999999999995, "end": 47.879999999999995, "text": " them." }, { "start": 47.879999999999995, "end": 52.04, "text": " One is experiential videos, two is face-to-face interactions with the people that you know" }, { "start": 52.04, "end": 56.96, "text": " and love, and three is making videos that look and feel like memories." }, { "start": 56.96, "end": 60.88, "text": " Now Spectacles are good at experiential videos because they leave your hands free." }, { "start": 60.88, "end": 65.12, "text": " It lets you interact with whatever you're doing without having to juggle a camera." }, { "start": 65.12, "end": 68.84, "text": " There's also a really wide angle lens on this, not quite as wide as a GoPro, but it works" }, { "start": 68.84, "end": 72, "text": " in the same way as sort of stretching the image and making everything look a little" }, { "start": 72, "end": 75.32, "text": " bit more exciting, especially if it's only at arm's length." }, { "start": 75.32, "end": 80.04, "text": " Landscapes and open scenes look pretty good in Spectacles, but where you're really going" }, { "start": 80.04, "end": 84.2, "text": " to see it shine is when you're holding something in your hands or playing around with something" }, { "start": 84.2, "end": 85.2, "text": " at arm's length." }, { "start": 85.2, "end": 90.64, "text": " Spectacles are also really good at filming interactions with people and that's because" }, { "start": 90.64, "end": 95.08, "text": " Snap went out of its way to make sure that everybody knows that you're recording and" }, { "start": 95.08, "end": 97.32000000000001, "text": " that's what this whole recording light is about." }, { "start": 97.32000000000001, "end": 102.12, "text": " Instead of an ominous red light that's telling everybody that you're filming them, it's this" }, { "start": 102.12, "end": 107.12, "text": " friendlier white wheel of lights that spins and sort of lets everybody participate in" }, { "start": 107.12, "end": 108.60000000000001, "text": " the experience if they want." }, { "start": 108.60000000000001, "end": 112.04, "text": " Hi dude, can I get a Schachburger fries and a large iced tea?" }, { "start": 112.04, "end": 114.04, "text": " You got a drink tray?" }, { "start": 114.04, "end": 119.72, "text": " I needed that." }, { "start": 119.72, "end": 123.36000000000001, "text": " Part of that is the fact that the camera shoots at 60 frames a second." }, { "start": 123.36000000000001, "end": 126.60000000000001, "text": " Another part is the wide angle lens, but it's really actually all about the fact that the" }, { "start": 126.60000000000001, "end": 129, "text": " camera sits there right at eye level." }, { "start": 129, "end": 132.70000000000002, "text": " It's almost impossible to get that point of view with basically any other camera and it" }, { "start": 132.70000000000002, "end": 134.16, "text": " makes a world of difference." }, { "start": 134.16, "end": 139.24, "text": " Even if you're not in the video in the end, being able to capture something the way that" }, { "start": 139.24, "end": 142.08, "text": " you saw it is a really powerful thing." }, { "start": 142.08, "end": 146.72, "text": " There were boring videos that I shot of me pouring coffee or opening the door that I" }, { "start": 146.72, "end": 150.84, "text": " still felt an emotional connection with that I wouldn't normally feel if I had shot them" }, { "start": 150.84, "end": 152.36, "text": " with anything else." }, { "start": 152.36, "end": 156.60000000000002, "text": " And then of course there were more emotionally impactful moments like greeting my dog at" }, { "start": 156.60000000000002, "end": 164.36, "text": " the end of the day or going out on a date with my girlfriend where it really shines." }, { "start": 164.36, "end": 166.36, "text": " So there's two big problems with spectacles." }, { "start": 166.36, "end": 170.68, "text": " They don't really ruin the experience, but you are going to have to live with them if" }, { "start": 170.68, "end": 171.92000000000002, "text": " you want to use these." }, { "start": 171.92, "end": 178.23999999999998, "text": " One is if you shoot a lot of videos with spectacles, transferring those videos can be a pain in" }, { "start": 178.23999999999998, "end": 179.23999999999998, "text": " the ass." }, { "start": 179.23999999999998, "end": 184.16, "text": " Right now we've spent a good chunk of the day shooting this video and shooting videos" }, { "start": 184.16, "end": 189.2, "text": " on spectacles and it is now trying to import 83 videos." }, { "start": 189.2, "end": 194.64, "text": " The problem as it builds a bunch of those videos up and waits to transfer them is it" }, { "start": 194.64, "end": 195.64, "text": " takes a lot longer." }, { "start": 195.64, "end": 200.2, "text": " If you shoot maybe 5 or 10 videos, it'll take you about 10 seconds of video to transfer," }, { "start": 200.2, "end": 205.64, "text": " but if you shoot 83 of them, it sort of bogs down and it's taking a lot longer than 10" }, { "start": 205.64, "end": 206.64, "text": " seconds." }, { "start": 206.64, "end": 207.92, "text": " It's taking like 20 or 30 seconds." }, { "start": 207.92, "end": 211.28, "text": " The other big problem with spectacles has to do with the user interface." }, { "start": 211.28, "end": 214.57999999999998, "text": " With spectacles you shoot the video on the glasses, you have to wait for them to transfer," }, { "start": 214.57999999999998, "end": 219.76, "text": " and then once they've transferred, the app dumps them all into day by day groups." }, { "start": 219.76, "end": 225.44, "text": " And so you have to go into each day and slide all the way over to find the video that you" }, { "start": 225.44, "end": 226.44, "text": " want." }, { "start": 226.44, "end": 230.48, "text": " Then tap again to edit or do whatever you want with it, and then tap again to be able" }, { "start": 230.48, "end": 231.56, "text": " to post it to your stories." }, { "start": 231.56, "end": 238, "text": " It's just three or four times as long of a process, if not longer, than any other interaction" }, { "start": 238, "end": 239.6, "text": " you do inside the Snapchat app." }, { "start": 239.6, "end": 241.8, "text": " And that's after you figure all that stuff out." }, { "start": 241.8, "end": 245.76, "text": " There's definitely still a learning curve here if you haven't used Snapchat a lot." }, { "start": 245.76, "end": 249.44, "text": " But if you take a couple steps back, I feel like there's more going on here than these" }, { "start": 249.44, "end": 251.8, "text": " just being a supplement to Snapchat." }, { "start": 251.8, "end": 255.68, "text": " I think the reason that Snap is calling itself a camera company now is that it's starting" }, { "start": 255.68, "end": 260.92, "text": " to test out bigger ideas, like being able to capture videos from your point of view" }, { "start": 260.92, "end": 263.08, "text": " that feel like memories." }, { "start": 263.08, "end": 266.68, "text": " And in that sense, spectacles feel more like a beta test for what's coming next." }, { "start": 266.68, "end": 271.24, "text": " Sure, they're $130, they're really hard to buy right now, and the video quality isn't" }, { "start": 271.24, "end": 272.24, "text": " quite there yet." }, { "start": 272.24, "end": 277, "text": " But the ideas that spectacles represent are much bigger than what we have today." }, { "start": 277, "end": 283.44, "text": " No, I got this, hold on." }, { "start": 283.44, "end": 287.4, "text": " Google Glass or a GoPro." } ]

[ { "start": 0, "end": 6.8, "text": " Virtual reality headsets are sometimes described as a computer that you wear on your face." }, { "start": 6.8, "end": 8.48, "text": " Which is not entirely untrue." }, { "start": 8.48, "end": 13.08, "text": " But what if there was a virtual reality headset that had all the components of an all-in-one" }, { "start": 13.08, "end": 17.3, "text": " PC and you didn't have to be tethered to a separate computer?" }, { "start": 17.3, "end": 22.92, "text": " That's what Intel is pushing with Project Alloy, its new prototype design for merged" }, { "start": 22.92, "end": 23.92, "text": " reality experiences." }, { "start": 23.92, "end": 28.94, "text": " Now this isn't a headset that Intel is going to sell directly to consumers, but instead" }, { "start": 28.94, "end": 33.38, "text": " it plans to partner with companies like Microsoft to create a headset that it thinks is going" }, { "start": 33.38, "end": 36.24, "text": " to offer a unique experience." }, { "start": 36.24, "end": 41.160000000000004, "text": " I don't know about you, but I could use a little break from actual reality lately, so" }, { "start": 41.160000000000004, "end": 45.8, "text": " we went down to Intel's headquarters in Santa Clara to try on Project Alloy and find out" }, { "start": 45.8, "end": 49.84, "text": " a little bit more about what merged reality is supposed to be." }, { "start": 49.84, "end": 51.38, "text": " This is Project Alloy." }, { "start": 51.38, "end": 56.040000000000006, "text": " It's a prototype headset that Intel has built to show potential hardware partners what it's" }, { "start": 56.040000000000006, "end": 57.040000000000006, "text": " capable of." }, { "start": 57.04, "end": 61.96, "text": " It has a bunch of processors and Intel's RealSense cameras built directly into it." }, { "start": 61.96, "end": 65.92, "text": " And it runs on a battery, so you don't have to be tethered to anything, although it could" }, { "start": 65.92, "end": 67.72, "text": " work that way too." }, { "start": 67.72, "end": 71.84, "text": " The mobility of Project Alloy along with this concept of merged reality are really what's" }, { "start": 71.84, "end": 74.4, "text": " supposed to set it apart." }, { "start": 74.4, "end": 78.92, "text": " Merged reality means that you can bring real world objects into a virtual environment and" }, { "start": 78.92, "end": 80.56, "text": " then make them virtual too." }, { "start": 80.56, "end": 84.4, "text": " And you can also see other people in the room in your virtual world." }, { "start": 84.4, "end": 88.24000000000001, "text": " It's kind of bizarre and cool and disorienting." }, { "start": 88.24000000000001, "end": 92.18, "text": " If Microsoft's HoloLens is all about augmented reality, meaning you can see all of the real" }, { "start": 92.18, "end": 97, "text": " world with a layer of computing over it, and Oculus Rift is all about virtual reality," }, { "start": 97, "end": 102.2, "text": " meaning you're entirely in a virtual world, this lies in this crazy place in between." }, { "start": 102.2, "end": 106.4, "text": " So for example, while we were shooting this video, I found myself in a completely virtual" }, { "start": 106.4, "end": 110.48, "text": " environment, but one where I could still see my verge colleagues and the other people in" }, { "start": 110.48, "end": 111.48, "text": " the lab." }, { "start": 111.48, "end": 115.04, "text": " I could use physical objects to play a virtual game." }, { "start": 115.04, "end": 118.08, "text": " If someone handed me a piece of paper and pen, I could still see well enough to write" }, { "start": 118.08, "end": 120.96000000000001, "text": " a note with it while I had the VR headset on." }, { "start": 120.96000000000001, "end": 125.52000000000001, "text": " I could even check the time on a real physical watch or take a selfie while I was wearing" }, { "start": 125.52000000000001, "end": 126.52000000000001, "text": " the headset." }, { "start": 126.52000000000001, "end": 131.2, "text": " So a VR headset like this is arguably safer because it means you're not blocking out everything" }, { "start": 131.2, "end": 135.12, "text": " around you and maybe you'll be less likely to walk into something." }, { "start": 135.12, "end": 139.36, "text": " It also means you don't need complex sensors or fancy hand controllers in order to have" }, { "start": 139.36, "end": 141.84, "text": " a more interactive experience." }, { "start": 141.84, "end": 145.58, "text": " The model I tried is only version one of Project Alloy." }, { "start": 145.58, "end": 148.44000000000003, "text": " It was pretty clunky and honestly didn't fit all that well." }, { "start": 148.44000000000003, "end": 153.36, "text": " It also felt heavy on my head, even though Intel says that in an ideal world, Project" }, { "start": 153.36, "end": 157.68, "text": " Alloy headsets won't weigh more than around one and a half pounds." }, { "start": 157.68, "end": 162.24, "text": " And a lot of the real world objects that appeared in my virtual world, whether it was a person" }, { "start": 162.24, "end": 168.4, "text": " standing in front of me or even my own hands, were sort of pixelated and difficult to see." }, { "start": 168.4, "end": 173.04, "text": " But Intel says a second, updated Project Alloy headset is coming sometime in the new year" }, { "start": 173.04, "end": 176.16, "text": " with better internals and a sleeker design." }, { "start": 176.16, "end": 180.56, "text": " It will have the newer Intel Core processor, Kaby Lake, an improved computer vision chip" }, { "start": 180.56, "end": 184.4, "text": " from Movidius, and the option for a discrete graphics card." }, { "start": 184.4, "end": 187.98000000000002, "text": " Intel also has a series of dedicated labs set up in its offices where the company is" }, { "start": 187.98000000000002, "end": 189.88, "text": " constantly testing things like latency." }, { "start": 189.88, "end": 194.72, "text": " In other words, how many milliseconds it takes for real world stuff to show up in your computerized" }, { "start": 194.72, "end": 195.96, "text": " world." }, { "start": 195.96, "end": 200.12, "text": " So far, only Microsoft has publicly committed to working with Intel on this project, but" }, { "start": 200.12, "end": 204.48000000000002, "text": " Intel is hoping that Project Alloy is intriguing enough that other companies will want to jump" }, { "start": 204.48000000000002, "end": 206.12, "text": " on board as well." }, { "start": 206.12, "end": 208.36, "text": " So right now, VR is kind of all over the place, right?" }, { "start": 208.36, "end": 212.14000000000001, "text": " You have these super simple experiences where you can just throw your phone and a piece" }, { "start": 212.14000000000001, "end": 215.68, "text": " of cardboard or even a cloth headset and use it that way." }, { "start": 215.68, "end": 220.4, "text": " And then you have really advanced VR experiences that usually require tethering to some sort" }, { "start": 220.4, "end": 222.04000000000002, "text": " of computer system." }, { "start": 222.04, "end": 226.4, "text": " Intel is hoping to strike the balance between something that offers mobility and something" }, { "start": 226.4, "end": 230.56, "text": " that's powerful, which so far has been really difficult to achieve." }, { "start": 230.56, "end": 233.98, "text": " But in alternate reality, I guess anything's possible." }, { "start": 233.98, "end": 236.04, "text": " Throwing your phone and a piece of card bearer..." }, { "start": 236.04, "end": 237.04, "text": " Card bearer..." }, { "start": 237.04, "end": 238.04, "text": " Card bearer..." }, { "start": 238.04, "end": 239.04, "text": " That card-beared headwear." }, { "start": 239.04, "end": 240.04, "text": " Super cool, you know what I mean?" }, { "start": 240.04, "end": 241.04, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 241.04, "end": 242.04, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 242.04, "end": 252.12, "text": " belong to the Phantom Authors & Timersставля One." } ]

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"end": 245.68, "text": " Probably would be cooler if I wasn't getting that C stand in the shot too though." }, { "start": 245.68, "end": 247.68, "text": " Max this is a sick shot dude, look at the camera." }, { "start": 247.68, "end": 248.34, "text": " Get this stillmachine?" } ]

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small, it can go up to 40 miles an hour," }, { "start": 91.28, "end": 93.84, "text": " meaning you can pull off some really tricky tracking shots" }, { "start": 93.84, "end": 96.32, "text": " in some really high octane environments." }, { "start": 96.32, "end": 98.64, "text": " Now there is a downside to being so small." }, { "start": 98.64, "end": 101.75999999999999, "text": " The Mavic has a harder time standing up to strong winds" }, { "start": 101.75999999999999, "end": 106.16, "text": " and while it's trying to stabilize against those winds, it's burning a lot of battery." }, { "start": 106.16, "end": 109.36, "text": " If you're a professional looking for something that's going to hold up in strong winds," }, { "start": 109.36, "end": 111.92, "text": " rough conditions, the Mavic may not be best for you." }, { "start": 111.92, "end": 114.8, "text": " But for the average consumer, it's the clear choice." }, { "start": 114.8, "end": 118.56, "text": " It has all the features of a 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146.48000000000002, "text": " Some kind of battery issue maybe?" }, { "start": 146.48000000000002, "end": 149.44, "text": " And GoPro has decided to recall the product entirely." }, { "start": 149.44, "end": 152.72, "text": " So until they get that sorted out, we're going to set this one aside." }, { "start": 155.04000000000002, "end": 159.52, "text": " The Typhoon H drone from Unique seemed really promising when we saw it at CES earlier this year." }, { "start": 159.52, "end": 164.72, "text": " But it's finally here now with all of the promised features and it's too much too late" }, { "start": 164.72, "end": 166.72, "text": " in the sense that it's just too big." }, { "start": 166.72, "end": 172.08, "text": " There's no reason to have a six rotor drone that comes inside of a giant carrying case anymore." }, { "start": 172.08, "end": 175.76, "text": " Now the footage that you get from a Typhoon H is crisp and smooth" }, { "start": 175.76, "end": 177.92, "text": " and it can definitely stand up to strong winds." }, { "start": 177.92, "end": 182.4, "text": " So if you're thinking about going out and shooting on a regular basis in punishing conditions," }, { "start": 182.4, "end": 183.68, "text": " this might be the drone for you." }, { "start": 183.68, "end": 187.2, "text": " It can even lose a rotor and safely stay in the air and land itself." }, { "start": 187.2, "end": 190.64, "text": " But in terms of portability, this drone is a joke." }, { "start": 190.64, "end": 193.84, "text": " It comes in a huge case, it takes a long time to set up," }, { "start": 193.84, "end": 196.64000000000001, "text": " and it's definitely not the sort of thing I would think about bringing on a hike." }, { "start": 198.16, "end": 202.24, "text": " We've been doing these drone overviews for three years and the fundamental pillars remain the same." }, { "start": 202.24, "end": 204.48000000000002, "text": " Price, performance, and ease of use." }, { "start": 204.48000000000002, "end": 207.92000000000002, "text": " So there's a fourth dimension to a good drone now, portability." }, { "start": 207.92000000000002, "end": 212.96, "text": " With something like the DJI Mavic Pro, you have a drone that you can easily throw into a backpack or a purse." }, { "start": 212.96, "end": 215.36, "text": " You can even fit it into a big jacket pocket." }, { "start": 215.36, "end": 218.4, "text": " Now the same thing was also true of the GoPro Karma," }, { "start": 218.4, "end": 221.28, "text": " but unfortunately that drone isn't on the market right now." }, { "start": 221.28, "end": 225.12, "text": " Still, I'm hopeful that other manufacturers will take up this new form factor" }, { "start": 225.12, "end": 227.52, "text": " and start designing drones that are easy to carry," }, { "start": 227.52, "end": 230.64, "text": " not a piece of gear you have to worry about bringing along with you." }, { "start": 230.64, "end": 233.36, "text": " In fact, I'm hopeful that by this time next year," }, { "start": 233.36, "end": 236.8, "text": " we'll have a high quality camera drone that anybody can slip into their pocket." }, { "start": 245.04, "end": 247.2, "text": " Like the Mavic Pro, to go..." }, { "start": 247.2, "end": 250.64, "text": " So... yeah, okay, you ready?" }, { "start": 250.64, "end": 270, "text": " Like the Mavic Pro, the..." } ]

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36.519999999999996, "text": " In fact, it's often better to think of the Touch Bar as a little touchscreen portion" }, { "start": 36.519999999999996, "end": 39.64, "text": " of every app, and as a series of ever-changing keys on your keyboard." }, { "start": 39.64, "end": 43.64, "text": " I've been using the Touch Bar for a week now, and I have mixed feelings about it." }, { "start": 43.64, "end": 48.239999999999995, "text": " In some apps, the Touch Bar makes itself immediately useful, creating clear keyboard shortcuts" }, { "start": 48.239999999999995, "end": 49.76, "text": " and letting me get my work done faster." }, { "start": 49.76, "end": 53.46, "text": " But there are a lot of other places where the Touch Bar is too complicated, or just" }, { "start": 53.46, "end": 55.16, "text": " fails to make itself useful." }, { "start": 55.16, "end": 58.879999999999995, "text": " On the right side of the Touch Bar is an always-available set of buttons for controlling brightness" }, { "start": 58.879999999999995, "end": 60.959999999999994, "text": " and volume and activating Siri." }, { "start": 60.959999999999994, "end": 64.92, "text": " You can change these, which is good, because I never use Siri, and would rather put something" }, { "start": 64.92, "end": 67.22, "text": " I do use there, like Spotlight." }, { "start": 67.22, "end": 70.32, "text": " These buttons take a little getting used to, but I'd almost completely adjusted to them" }, { "start": 70.32, "end": 71.32, "text": " within a day." }, { "start": 71.32, "end": 75.28, "text": " They aren't better than physical keys, but they aren't any worse either." }, { "start": 75.28, "end": 78.6, "text": " That brings us to the middle of the Touch Bar, which is where the real action is." }, { "start": 78.6, "end": 82, "text": " Third-party developers will be able to customize this to suit their apps, but for the time" }, { "start": 82, "end": 84.56, "text": " being I've only been able to test what Apple's apps are 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110.06, "end": 113.28, "text": " or hotels, and Safari will show you a preview of every tab you have open." }, { "start": 113.28, "end": 117.24, "text": " I never actually used that, but I can imagine other people liking it." }, { "start": 117.24, "end": 120.28, "text": " It's the more complicated controls that can be hit and miss." }, { "start": 120.28, "end": 122.96000000000001, "text": " Here's two examples from Apple's Photos app." }, { "start": 122.96000000000001, "end": 127, "text": " When you're using the healing brush, a slider pops up that lets you adjust its size." }, { "start": 127, "end": 130, "text": " So I can do that with one hand and move the cursor with the other." }, { "start": 130, "end": 132.52, "text": " It's great, but elsewhere it gets to be too much." }, { "start": 132.52, "end": 134.96, "text": " Here there are three different sliders to switch between." }, { "start": 134.96, "end": 138.2, "text": " It's not entirely clear what each of them does, and I keep 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when you're typing are particularly odd." }, { "start": 164.44, "end": 167.2, "text": " They're so slow that they don't even update until you've finished typing." }, { "start": 167.2, "end": 169.2, "text": " And some apps make puzzling use of space." }, { "start": 169.2, "end": 172.64, "text": " You should really be able to customize the touch bar for how you want to use it, but" }, { "start": 172.64, "end": 174.23999999999998, "text": " not every app lets you do that." }, { "start": 174.23999999999998, "end": 177.92, "text": " The touch bar can be useful, but it's going to take Apple and third-party developers a" }, { "start": 177.92, "end": 180.57999999999998, "text": " while until they figure out best practices for it." }, { "start": 180.57999999999998, "end": 184.32, "text": " When that happens, I think the touch bar really will help people better use the apps they're" }, { "start": 184.32, "end": 185.64, "text": " already in all day." }, { "start": 185.64, "end": 189.48, "text": " But it's not going to revolutionize the Mac, and I suspect the future looks a lot more" }, { "start": 189.48, "end": 194.51999999999998, "text": " like a dull but useful row of virtual buttons than a strip of DJ controls." }, { "start": 194.51999999999998, "end": 198.79999999999998, "text": " Okay, so we already have a video covering the MacBook Pro without a touch bar, and you" }, { "start": 198.8, "end": 201.44, "text": " should check that out for a detailed look at the computer's hardware." }, { "start": 201.44, "end": 202.8, "text": " I'll just give you the quick version." }, { "start": 202.8, "end": 205.60000000000002, "text": " This is one of the nicest laptops Apple has ever made." }, { "start": 205.60000000000002, "end": 208.56, "text": " Which is to say, it's one of the nicest laptops anyone's ever made." }, { "start": 208.56, "end": 212.72, "text": " It's impressively small, has an incredible screen, and I even love the shallow new keyboard." }, { "start": 212.72, "end": 213.82000000000002, "text": " Now for the differences." }, { "start": 213.82000000000002, "end": 216.46, "text": " This higher-end version has a Touch ID fingerprint sensor." }, { "start": 216.46, "end": 219.72000000000003, "text": " It's better than typing in a password, though for some reason MacOS doesn't always give" }, { "start": 219.72000000000003, "end": 220.92000000000002, "text": " you the option to use it." }, { "start": 220.92000000000002, "end": 225.06, "text": " Having four USB-C ports instead of two is a bit more convenient, but not that much more" }, { "start": 225.06, "end": 227.92000000000002, "text": " convenient because you're still going to need new adapters and cables for everything." }, { "start": 227.92, "end": 231.88, "text": " For the most part, this is a fast laptop, but if you're looking for serious pro work," }, { "start": 231.88, "end": 233.16, "text": " your mileage will vary." }, { "start": 233.16, "end": 237.6, "text": " I was able to get pretty smooth playback editing 1080p video in Premiere, but I wasn't able" }, { "start": 237.6, "end": 238.76, "text": " to handle 4K." }, { "start": 238.76, "end": 242.6, "text": " This laptop is well made in the way that Mac laptops always have been, and I'm sure a" }, { "start": 242.6, "end": 244.88, "text": " lot of people will like it for that reason alone." }, { "start": 244.88, "end": 248.6, "text": " But it feels like this incarnation of the MacBook Pro is shooting for a future it can't" }, { "start": 248.6, "end": 249.6, "text": " quite reach." }, { "start": 249.6, "end": 252.51999999999998, "text": " One where it can be impressively thin and powerful enough for pros." }, { "start": 252.51999999999998, "end": 255.22, "text": " Where it can be super light and have all-day battery life." }, { "start": 255.22, "end": 258.48, "text": " Where its ports and keyboard work perfectly to the needs of every user." }, { "start": 258.48, "end": 261.36, "text": " That future might be out there, but it's not in this machine." }, { "start": 261.36, "end": 291.2, "text": " Thanks for watching guys, and I look forward to see you next time!" } ]