The drone control problem is that like the approach that each country is taking to address the issue really kind of shows their true color as a country like who they are. Like, the Dutch for example, they use birds it's this very elegant approach. Whereas Japan uses bigger drones to attack smaller drones in America we developed like a shoulder fired rifle that takes them down probably the most American thing we could do. Australia is going to use boomerangs to take out drones. Russia is probably going to use surface to air missiles and then Canada is going to use hockey sticks duct taped to Moose and then they're going to apologize after they do it. "I'm sorry, Canada, that was something you didn't deserve." So really this whole thing just reminds me of that story of when like NASA spent millions of dollars to develop the ballpoint pen so that astronauts could write in zero gravity and then the Russians just used a pencil. This is pretty much the same thing except instead of us using like millions of dollars to develop drones to take down other drones, the Dutch are just using birds.

Alright moving on. 23 in me do you guys know what 23 in me is? It's the company that does basically mail order DNA testing for $99. They will send you a test tube which you spit in and then you mail it back and they use fancy machinery to sequence your entire DNA genome. It's pretty cool because with this information they can tell you all kinds of stuff. They can tell you your ancestry, your ethnicity, and whether or not you're genetically predisposed for certain diseases. The stuff that they're revealing is finally starting to roll out one of the latest studies which was actually published in the Journal of Current Biology this week actually found that there are 50 specific genes associated with being a morning person. And this isn't just some small study, over 89,000 people actually agreed to take part in this study. The genetic correlations among these people suggest that your genes do in fact play a role in how early you typically get up every morning. It's crazy, the first thing I thought when I read this news was like "Damn, I got to get my DNA tested right away because that is probably the best excuse that you could possibly have for being late to work or school." Or being late to whatever.

Last but definitely not least, plants that can count recently reported in the publication Current Biology. A new study from Germany has actually proven that Venus fly traps have the ability to count. Let me back up the way that a Venus fly trap works is that when a bug lands in the plant's jaws it disturbs these little trigger hairs on the inside of the mouth. Each time a hair is disturbed, it sends a little electrical signal that travels through the plant cells and if enough of these hairs are triggered, the trap actually closes. And then the plant excretes digestive enzymes. It's hard to say but the plant also doesn't want to expend too much energy because if it just opens and closes every time that a piece of dirt or water lands in it then it would just be using too much energy. Scientists actually wanted to figure out how the plant avoided these false alarms so they wired up a few plants with electrodes so they could see the trigger process in action. What they found was that the plant actually has a very simple counting system built into it. In their experiments, they found that the trap will only close if more than two hairs are triggered in a span of about 20 seconds. And the plant will only excrete digestive enzymes if more than three hairs are triggered. What's ridiculous about this isn't that the plant can count those specific impulses from the trigger hairs but rather that it can count to 20 and reset if not enough hairs have been triggered in that F A Time. Plants can count to 20 or Venus fly traps can count to 20. That's crazy, it's scary. They're carnivorous now they can count. I'm going to start using this at parties when people try and brag to me about their kids like "Oh my kid can say da da whoopy doo." I have a house plant that can count to 20, give it a few more years evolution. I bet my Venus fly trap will be able to make better macaroni art than your baby.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhat's up guys welcome to just for the tech of it I'm Drew Prindle and I will be bringing you weird and Wild Tech news from the fringes of the web first up let's talk about the Netherlands so in an effort to combat this increasing problem of drones flying over places like airports and stadiums illegally um the police in the Netherlands are experimenting with a new Eagle training program where they literally train these giant Birds to take down unauthorized uavs so the Dutch national police have actually partnered with a local Raptor training company which specializes in training large birds of prey like golden eagles and bald eagles now these birds have been trained to identify and attack drones and then land them in a safe place away from people and crowds so that they kind of minimize the risk of the things plummeting from the air and then injuring people below it's definitely not a foolproof plan but it's arguably a hell of a lot cheaper than some of the other approaches we've seen the funny thing about this whole drone control problem is that like the approach that each country is taking to address the issue really kind of shows their true color as a country like who they are like the Dutch for example they use Birds it's this very elegant approach whereas Japan uses bigger drones to attack smaller drones in America we developed like a a shoulder fired rifle that takes them down probably the most American thing we could do Australia is going to use boomerangs to take out drones Russia is probably going to use surface to air missiles and then Canada is going to use probably hockey sticks duct taped to Moose and then they're going to apologize after they do it I'm sorry Canada that was that you didn't deserve that so really this whole thing just reminds me of that story of when like NASA spent millions of dollars to develop the ballpoint pen so that astronauts could you know write in zero gravity and then the Russians just used a pencil this is pretty much the same thing except instead of us using like millions of dollars to develop drones to take down other drones the Dutch are just using birds all right moving on so the next thing is 23 in me do you guys know what 23 in me is it's the company that does basically mail order DNA testing for 99 bucks they will send you a test tube which you spit in and then you mail it back and they use fancy Machinery to sequence your entire like DNA genome it's pretty cool because with this information they can tell you all kinds of stuff they can tell you your ancestry your ethnicity and whether or not you're genetically predisposed for certain diseases and the stuff that they're revealing is finally starting to roll out one of the latest studies which was actually published in the Journal of current biology this week actually found that there are 50 specific genes associated with being a morning person and this isn't just some small study over 89,000 people actually agreed to take part in this study and the genetic correlations among these people suggest that your genes do in fact play a role in how early you typically get up every morning it's crazy the first thing I thought when I read this news was like damn I got to get my DNA tested right away because that is probably the best excuse that you could possibly have for being late to work or school or anything it's not my fault that I showed up to work at noon in pajamas it's just because genetics you can't fire me I'm genetically predisposed to wearing pajamas to work check my 23 and me results you'll see it's not my fault I showed up to work naked all right last but definitely not least plants that can count recently reported in the publication current biology a new study from Germany has actually proven that Venus fly traps have the ability to count sort of so let me back up the way that a venus fly trap works is that when a bug lands in the plant's Jaws it disturbs these little triggers hairs on the inside of the mouth each time a hair is Disturbed it sends a little electrical signal that travels through the plant cells and if enough of these hairs are triggered the Trap actually closes and then the plant excretes digestive enzymes digestive enzymes it's hard to say but the plant also doesn't want to expend too much energy because if it just opens and closes every time that a piece of dirt or water lands in it then it would just be using too much energy scientist actually wanted to figure out how the plant avoided these false alarms so they wired up a few plants with electrodes so so that they could see the trigger process in action what they found was that the plant actually has a very simple counting system built into it in their experiments they found that the Trap will only close if more than two hairs are triggered in a span of about 20 seconds and the plant will only excrete digestive enzymes if more than three hairs are triggered did I say enzymes right or did I mess it up again enzymes what's ridiculous about this isn't that the plant can count those specific impulses from the trigger hairs but rather that it can count to 20 and reset if not enough hairs have been triggered in that F A Time plants can count to 20 or Venus fly traps can count to 20 that's crazy it's scary enough they're carnivorous now they can count I'm going to start using this at parties when people try and brag to me about their kids like oh my kid can say da da whoopy dooo I have a house plant that can count to 20 give it a few more years Evolution I bet my venus fly trap will be able to make better macaroni art than your baby that's it for this week be sure to tune in next week for more weird and Wild Tech newswhat's up guys welcome to just for the tech of it I'm Drew Prindle and I will be bringing you weird and Wild Tech news from the fringes of the web first up let's talk about the Netherlands so in an effort to combat this increasing problem of drones flying over places like airports and stadiums illegally um the police in the Netherlands are experimenting with a new Eagle training program where they literally train these giant Birds to take down unauthorized uavs so the Dutch national police have actually partnered with a local Raptor training company which specializes in training large birds of prey like golden eagles and bald eagles now these birds have been trained to identify and attack drones and then land them in a safe place away from people and crowds so that they kind of minimize the risk of the things plummeting from the air and then injuring people below it's definitely not a foolproof plan but it's arguably a hell of a lot cheaper than some of the other approaches we've seen the funny thing about this whole drone control problem is that like the approach that each country is taking to address the issue really kind of shows their true color as a country like who they are like the Dutch for example they use Birds it's this very elegant approach whereas Japan uses bigger drones to attack smaller drones in America we developed like a a shoulder fired rifle that takes them down probably the most American thing we could do Australia is going to use boomerangs to take out drones Russia is probably going to use surface to air missiles and then Canada is going to use probably hockey sticks duct taped to Moose and then they're going to apologize after they do it I'm sorry Canada that was that you didn't deserve that so really this whole thing just reminds me of that story of when like NASA spent millions of dollars to develop the ballpoint pen so that astronauts could you know write in zero gravity and then the Russians just used a pencil this is pretty much the same thing except instead of us using like millions of dollars to develop drones to take down other drones the Dutch are just using birds all right moving on so the next thing is 23 in me do you guys know what 23 in me is it's the company that does basically mail order DNA testing for 99 bucks they will send you a test tube which you spit in and then you mail it back and they use fancy Machinery to sequence your entire like DNA genome it's pretty cool because with this information they can tell you all kinds of stuff they can tell you your ancestry your ethnicity and whether or not you're genetically predisposed for certain diseases and the stuff that they're revealing is finally starting to roll out one of the latest studies which was actually published in the Journal of current biology this week actually found that there are 50 specific genes associated with being a morning person and this isn't just some small study over 89,000 people actually agreed to take part in this study and the genetic correlations among these people suggest that your genes do in fact play a role in how early you typically get up every morning it's crazy the first thing I thought when I read this news was like damn I got to get my DNA tested right away because that is probably the best excuse that you could possibly have for being late to work or school or anything it's not my fault that I showed up to work at noon in pajamas it's just because genetics you can't fire me I'm genetically predisposed to wearing pajamas to work check my 23 and me results you'll see it's not my fault I showed up to work naked all right last but definitely not least plants that can count recently reported in the publication current biology a new study from Germany has actually proven that Venus fly traps have the ability to count sort of so let me back up the way that a venus fly trap works is that when a bug lands in the plant's Jaws it disturbs these little triggers hairs on the inside of the mouth each time a hair is Disturbed it sends a little electrical signal that travels through the plant cells and if enough of these hairs are triggered the Trap actually closes and then the plant excretes digestive enzymes digestive enzymes it's hard to say but the plant also doesn't want to expend too much energy because if it just opens and closes every time that a piece of dirt or water lands in it then it would just be using too much energy scientist actually wanted to figure out how the plant avoided these false alarms so they wired up a few plants with electrodes so so that they could see the trigger process in action what they found was that the plant actually has a very simple counting system built into it in their experiments they found that the Trap will only close if more than two hairs are triggered in a span of about 20 seconds and the plant will only excrete digestive enzymes if more than three hairs are triggered did I say enzymes right or did I mess it up again enzymes what's ridiculous about this isn't that the plant can count those specific impulses from the trigger hairs but rather that it can count to 20 and reset if not enough hairs have been triggered in that F A Time plants can count to 20 or Venus fly traps can count to 20 that's crazy it's scary enough they're carnivorous now they can count I'm going to start using this at parties when people try and brag to me about their kids like oh my kid can say da da whoopy dooo I have a house plant that can count to 20 give it a few more years Evolution I bet my venus fly trap will be able to make better macaroni art than your baby that's it for this week be sure to tune in next week for more weird and Wild Tech news\n"