The Incredible Engineering: A Journey with Cash

I'm going up the stairs, buddy. Check me out. I want to shout out the incredible engineers at Scewo who spent the last decade perfecting the technology required to make a stair-climbing self-balancing wheelchair. Buddy, I did it! You made it! They've had so many setbacks and failures and challenges along the way just like my buddy Cash. Could help you, but you wouldn't know that you could do it on your own. But also, just like my buddy Cash, they've had the resilience to push through and ultimately succeed in making a positive impact on the world.

And to me, that's what it means to think like an engineer. I got my Nerf gun. WHOA that is big! In fact, it's why I named the toy company I started that has the expressed goal of teaching kids to think like engineers: CrunchLabs. It's because things are supposed to crunch and break and fail along the way. All right, here I go. Not gonna lie, this is a little bit terrifying but, you know what, I trust in good engineering. And so if I can get them to do more than just watch a video and build something alongside me while pushing through those setbacks, as I talk about the physics of what's going on, then the principles will really sink in.

So if you want to have a ton of fun while building up that resiliency muscle in your brain so you can be more like my buddy Cash. Head to CrunchLabs.com or use the link in the video description. It's a little nerve-wracking at first. I'm not going to lie, but then you get pretty comfortable with it and now I'm back down. Is that cool? Yeah, while I was coming back, I noticed something, though. I can't be shooting the Nerf gun and driving at the same time. And that is exactly where the third and final mode comes into play. Battle mode, where the toggle switch now communicates with a microcontroller that activates two 150 kilogram high torque servos swinging yourself into action at which point the green button declares war.

It goes on, yeah. Then when you're done, just flip to the toggle switch back. Okay, abort! Abort! Whoa. Like nothing ever happened. And so, like any good engineers would... Starting line up for the Battle: Daddy Me and Mark Rober! Heck yess! We put the whole system to one final test. Let's go! Let's go! Yeah! Okay, okay, pause pause! Ow! Let's go yes. We won! Yes! We won! Did one of you guys hit me in the ear? Charli... Was that you? Can you handle any more surprises? Yes. Can you handle one more surprise? YES!

Okay! Okay!! Come over here. And this was hands-down the biggest surprise so far introducing the Cash Cannon. Because the Cash Cannon is not only a custom turret we designed which foreshadows a huge announcement in my next video but by using the iPad on his chair, he's instantly connected to a private live-feed of CrunchLabs from anywhere in the world giving him the ability to remotely aim the Cash Cannon until he finds me in the crosshairs. So whenever he's with his friends at school and he wants some street cred by terrorizing Mark Rober real time with an overclocked Nerf cannon, Ah! Cash! No!

That's just the thing he can do, now. Man, CrunchLabs, is not going to be safe from here on out. Unbeknownst to cash, hidden right under his seat was my one final mega surprise. But before I unveil that, we took a little break, Jump had a little lunch and did a little science. Whoa! Ten out of ten. And that earned Science Bob more than just a simple round of applause. And how about a round of Nerf guns? This is what you do for ten out of ten?

And not only can this chair more easily travel off the beaten path than a typical wheelchair and easily slide into the back of a car using any kind of simple board as a ramp but it has a tall mode which enables you to reach all those higher spots or finally dunk on your dad. Yeah! Let's go! And so as I let him get in on a little driving practice ahead of the final massive surprise hiding here, his dad let me in on a little secret. He wants to be the greatest basketball player there ever was whether that's Paralympian or able bodied.

And while admittedly that seemed insanely ambitious to me at first, as he talked further I realized if anyone was going to do it, it would be Cash. The motto for him from us is "Don't watch the clock; do what it does: keep going."

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enThis is the world's greatest wheelchair.Not only can it spin in placeby balancing on just two wheels,but it can also go both upand down stairs.On top of that,there are some additional featuresthat involve things like disco balls,train horns, spinnersand dual mounted Nerf guns.Because all the featuresfor this wheelchaircame from the brain of this kidright here.it was theHis name is Cash.And Cash is quite possiblythe toughest kid I've ever met.You fell down?Yes!Let me see you recover.Get up.Push off.Push off your wheel.Now push off your bed right there.There you go.That’s what I’m saying boy!I could help you, but you wouldn't knowthat you could do it on your own.You know what I’m saying?!Yes!Sometimes in life you fall.But guess what?What?You just pull yourself back up.Yeah.Come on. Come on. Get up there.Get up there, get up there.And it doesn't take long to realizehe's got a good set of parentswho are there for every challenge.When you get on that lip, you pushwith everything you've got.Ready. Go.GoPop your wheelie.Pop your wheelie.There you go.Go, Go. Don't fall back.Don't fall back.Go! Push. Push!Both arms. Push, push, push.And especially there for every triumphPush. Quit rocking itThere you go.There you go.THERE YOU GO!don’t go back–There you GO BOY!!!Yeah ha ha ha!!That’s how you get it buddy!That’s how you get it baby!In fact, Cash's story beginswhen his parents went in to get a routinepregnancy ultrasoundand were told his spinal cordwould never develop properlybecause he had a conditioncalled spina bifida.And even though doctors saidthat 75% of the timepregnancies like these were terminatedCash's parents refused.And so that refusal to give up, despitethe odds, has been his storysince the very beginning.and whether he’s fostering his diehardpassion for basketballor just challenging himselfby ripping out more pull-upsin a row than I've ever done.You’re a dawg!you quickly realizehe just doesn't waste time with excuses.So once I learned about Cash,I was so inspired by his attitudeand resilience,I knew I had to make my way out to Texasto research what it would taketo surprise him by building the wheelchairof his wildest dreams.And since the key to a good surpriseis a good disguisewe got right to work.This makes me want to pen a rock balladI've now transformed into Rogerfrom the wheelchair supply company.It's very nice to meet you.All right, here we go.Well, hello there.Hi.My name's Roger.I'm from the wheelchair Supply company.It’s nice to meet youI'm doing research.How do you like this wheelchair?It's good.There's no motor on that thing?Haha THESE!Okay!Roger clearly hada lot to learn from Cash.Such as wheelchair dimensions.Wheelchair disembarkment.Holy cow.How to bomb a rainmaker.Ohhh!Yeah!Wow!And yes, even proper wheelchair motorsize.Three and a half.Not even Steven Curryhas muscles that big.Stephen CurryYeah, right there. Steven Curry.He is Stephen.Stephen! That’s rightHe's good at shooting a –what is it, a 4 pointer?Three!Oh three!What are you talking about?Is there anything aboutyour wheelchairyou wish that it hadthat it doesn't have?Like a cup holderThat makes sense.And if he just stopped therethis could have been my leastexpensive video ever.What if it could go upstairs?(gasps)That would be cool.But we didn’t.And it didn't take muchto really open the floodgates.Nerf guns.Cool, glowing lights.Yeah, every day.Chocolate.What's your favorite color?Purple.Would you want a train horn?Yes!A CLOWN HORN!Or what if it was like a toot?Huh?Like somebody passed gas?Or just stick with clown horn...Yeah, of course.That's poor taste.And with that, Roger decidednot to push his luck any further.Seeing as Cash had already given usthree months of workwe'd have to compress downto a ten second build montage.And so, a few months later, it was time.Just got word.They are 5 minutes away.It's time to transform back into Roger,the wheelchair salesmanfor the big reveal.And Roger was practically my alter egonow, so I didn't need any makeup artist.Oh crud.Kind of wanted one, though.Let's frickin do this.The family arrivedat what the kids thoughtwas Roger's wheelchair supply company.And of course, it's designed tojust be a boring old waiting room.But to CashFISHES!Nothing is boring.Oh he’s huge.I want to smile, but I can't.It was timefor Roger to make an appearance.If he could just keep his face on.My mustache is falling offbut there was no time to readjust.Wait...Oh she just found one of the camerasI just got to go.Dad. There's a cam–Roger!Well hello there.Good to see you againHow are you?Good.What are you looking at over there?That giant fish over there!You’re seeing a big fish?It looks like a lizard.It was time for Roger to come clean.I'm just going to give youa tour of the wheelchair factory.Yes!I also have something else to tell you.Okay. This isn't my real hair.What!This isn't even my real mustache.What?This isn't my real goatee.Huh?My name is actually Mark.I make YouTube videos.I saw your boxes.You’ve seen CrunchLabs boxes?Yeah!We have even cooler stuff herethan the fish.Ready to have some fun today?Let’s go!And Cash wasted no timeWhoa.in kicking off a self-guided tour.There he goes.Welcome to CrunchLabsYeah!Flex those biceps.You remember how big they were?Probably 19 inches.Whoa a bit of inflation!Come in here, pal.Whoa.This is the world's largest Nerf gun.This is like a poolnoodle and a toilet plunger.Aw what are you getting?BasketballYou went right to thatthing, didn’t you?And the tour was going greatFirst try.Give me some. until we hit a snagthat allowed us to get down to business.I think it'd be funif we had a Nerf battle.The only thing is we'll have to go upthose stairs.My dad will have to carry me.Wouldn't it be cool if your wheelchaircould go up those stairs?Yes.Can I show you something?Okay, I want you to stay.Move that bookshelf.One, two, three.Move that bookshelf!Okay you stay here, pal!May I proudly present.Oh my goshThis 4 foot tall gyroscopicallystabilized marvel of engineeringwith two self-balancing wheelsand a cupholderAKAThe Wheelchair of Cash's DreamsWho's driving that?A ghost?A ghost, I guess.Don't move.Donut!Donut!You see the back what it says?Cash Cab!because that right there?that's yours.(gasps)Wanna go test it out? Yeah,It was safety always coming.Yes!With safety always coming firstit was important we started slow.You ready to go forward?YesOoh.Good.Mama I was about to run you over!I know!But before long,Cash found his confidence.Okay.All right, all right, all right.Easy!Now in addition to the custom purple under-lightingand the blinged out wheel-spinnerssporting the colorsof his favorite basketball team,we cooked up three different modeshe could switch betweenby simply sliding a different module downour custom rack hot swap system.The first was party mode,where flipping the toggle switch activatesa linear actuator raising the disco ballfor maximum visibilitywhile the green buttonreally gets the party started.The second mode is for the dayswhen you need to navigate a crowdbecause now the green buttonwill activate the train horn.Here we go.3... 2... 1...This mode also includes a P.A. system.You roll up to school and you want to leteveryone know you're there.Got a new wheelchair!Yeah!as well as a soundboardhooked up to the loudspeakerso we could play any custom sound, whichwould of course include the clown horn.But that's not all.Push that one.Awww that’s low-brow.Sorry.That should not be on there.But then don't catch yourself sleepingon the number one requested featurea custom 3D printedpurple cup holder.Hey, sis!. Bring me a drink of water!What's the magic word?Please!There you go.And that cupholdersthe perfect spot to hold a glass of milk.He could pair with the contents ofthe secret under-seat hidden stash spot.CHOCOLATE!And as for Cash’s verdict on Feastables?You got lucky, JimmyHe likes it.And so before I introduce him to the thirdand final module,appropriately named Battle ModeI had a demonstration for him.Ready to see it go upstairs?Yes!!I've seen this done, but I wantedto wait till you were hereto do it for the first time myselfand I might want to put on my seatbeltjust in caseSafety first.Okay, now all I do ishit this stairs button,and when I do that, a set of trackswhich are connected to the wheels viaa chain drive are lowered into placeby a linear actuator.And then you just tank-tread your way upany set of stairs.PeaceYou’re going!You’re going!And, while I'll take the blamefor the most ridiculousmodifications of his wheelchair,including the fart speaker andsome others you’ll see here in a minuteI'm going up the stairs, buddy.Check me out.I want to shout outthe incredible engineers at Scewowho spent the last decadeperfecting the technology requiredto make a stair-climbing self-balancingwheelchairBuddy, I did it!You made it!They've had so many setbacksand failures and challenges along the wayjust like my buddy Cash.I could help you, but you wouldn't knowthat you could do it on your own.But also, just like my buddy Cash,they've had the resilience to push throughand ultimately succeedin making a positive impact on the world.And to me, that'swhat it means to think like an engineer.I got my Nerf gun.WHOA that is big!In fact, it's why I named the toy companyI started that has the expressed goalof teaching kidsto think like engineers: CrunchLabsit’s because things are supposed to crunchand break and fail along the way.All right, here I go.Not gonna lie,this is a little bit terrifyingbut, you know what,I trust in good engineering.And so if I can get them to do morethan just watch a videoand build somethingalong side me while pushingthrough those setbacks, as I talk aboutthe physics of what's going on,then the principles will really sink in.So if you want to have a ton of funwhile building up that resiliency musclein your brain' so you can bemore like my buddy Cash,It works!head to CrunchLabs.comor use the link in the video description.It's a little nerve wracking at first.I'm not going to lie,but then you getpretty comfortable with itand now I'm back down.Is that cool?Yeah.While I was coming back,I noticed something, though.I can't be shooting the Nerf gunand driving at the same time.And that is exactly where the thirdand final mode comes into play.Battle mode,where the toggle switch nowcommunicates with a microcontrollerthat activates two 150 kilogramhigh torque servosswinging yourself into actionat which pointthe green button declares war.It goes on, yeah.Then when you're done,just flip to toggle switch back.Okay abort! Abort!Whoa.Like nothing ever happened.And so, like any good engineers would...Starting line up for the Battle:DaddyMeAnd Mark Rober!Heck yess!We put the whole systemto one final test.Let’s go!Let’s go!Yeah!Okay, okay, pause pause!Ow!Let’s go yes.We won!Yes!We won!Did one of you guys hit me in the ear?Charli...Was that you?Can you handle any more surprises?Yes.Can you handle one more surprise?YES!Okay!Okay!!Come over here.And this was hands-downthe biggest surprise so farintroducing the Cash Cannon.Because the Cash Cannonis not only a custom turret we designedwhich foreshadowsa huge announcement in my next videobut by using the iPad on his chairhe's instantly connected to aprivate live-feed of CrunchLabsfrom anywhere in the worldgiving him the abilityto remotely aim the Cash Cannonuntil he finds me in the crosshairs.So whenever he'swith his friends at schooland he wants some street credby terrorizing Mark Rober real timewith an overclocked Nerf cannon,Ah! Cash! No!that's just the thing he can do, now.Man, CrunchLabs, is not goingto be safe from here on out.Unbeknownst to cash, hidden right underhis seat was my one final mega surprise.But before I unveil that, we took a little break,Jump!had a little lunchand did a little science.Whoa!Ten out of ten.And that earned science bob morethan just a simple round of applause.And how about a round of Nerf guns?This is what you do for ten out of ten?And not only can thischair more easily traveloff the beaten paththan a typical wheelchairand easily slide into the back of a carusing any kind of simple board as a ramp.But it has a tall modewhich enables youto reach all those higher spotsor finally dunk on your dad.Yeah!Let’s go!And so as I let him get inon a little driving practiceahead of the final massivesurprise hiding here,his dad let me in on a little secret.He wants to be the greatestbasketball player there ever waswhether that's Paralympian or able bodied.And while admittedly that seemed insanelyambitious to me at first, as he talked further,I realized if anyone was going to do it,it would be Cash.The motto for him, from us is\"My resilience is greater than my resistance\",so we don't really have any resistancebecause if there is anywe're going to atleast attempt.If we fail okaybut we'll get right back at it.Well buddy, I got to tell you,you know how I said thatwas the last surprise?Yes.We actually have one more surprise.Remember when I was at your house,you had two bobbleheads on the shelf.Stephen Curry and LebronSo, sis open the pouch,see what's in there.I looked up to see who-Tickets to a Warriors game!?Who else are they playing?The Lakers!!The Lakers!It’s today!!It’s today!So after we leavewe need to go to this game!Thank you Mr. Mark!All right, buddy!Let’s go!C’mon!So we headed into the arena,booted up in party modeso Cash could attend his first real lifewarriors game in style.I want that disco ball.And we were turning heads left and right.Whoa!Dude!Hey I need one of those.But the biggest reactionof all came from Cashwhen he saw his favorite playerfor the very first time.CURRY! CURRY!Oh there he is!Curry!Curry!And sitting next to Cash was by farthe most fun I've ever hadwatching a basketball game ever.And not just because in the end...He’s coming to get it!Let’s go!Steph triumphed over LeBronin a hard fought battle.And as we were leaving the gameI realized Cash turns headsno matter how he gets aroundbecause he's one of those rare humans withsuch an infectious enthusiasm for lifewho openly embraced the tough challengesas an opportunity to get stronger.And so as we said goodbye, I found myselffeeling equal parts gratefulI could experience his incredibleattitude of resilience firsthandand hopeful he'd go easyon me with the Cash Cannon.My favorite thing about this wheelchairis how the incredible engineersat Scewo used the superpowerof engineeringto literally will something into existencethat is now improving so many livesAnd as it says on the box,my goal with CrunchLabsis to get you to think like an engineer.That means you know how to think criticallyand break a problem downinto manageable steps.Thinking like an engineermakes you a better soccer playeror piano practicer or math studierbecause just like Cash you’re resilientand you know the importanceof failing a bunchbefore you finally hit that breakthrough.So the way it works is every montha really fun toy comes in a box like this,and when you open it,there's a link to a videowhere you not only build it alongside me,but I teach you all the juicy physicsprinciples behind how the toy works.And the best part of all is each monthwe randomly select one box.To slip in a platinum ticket.And if it happens to be your box,CrunchLabs!then you're coming outright here to CrunchLabs to designwith me and my team for a daySo if you want to unlock the superpowerof learning how to create and buildwhatever you can dream upjust go to Crunchlabs.comor use the link in the video descriptionand order your build box subscription today.Thanks for watching.\n"