Science, Tech and Gadgets

http://youtu.be/f0z8PXpibII If you could travel faster than the speed of light, where would you go? Mars? The nearest star system Alpha Centauri? The distant stars in far galaxies? Does faster-than-light travel have its limits? For all we know, nothing can travel faster than light. Lightspeed seems to be the universal speed limit for everything that’s moving in space. Transcript and sources: https://insh.world/science/what-if-we-had-working-warp-drive-technology/ Watch more what-if scenarios: Planet Earth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-HhCwYD7rc&list=PLZdXRHYAVxTJCzxwmCq0NNpYq9N9wyb2l The Cosmos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfuJyVkMH_g&list=PLZdXRHYAVxTJno6oFF9nLGuwXNGYHmE8U Technology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS3bBO05fpU&list=PLZdXRHYAVxTIeRY3JtgXgoGqSEB7kDdKO Your B...

http://youtu.be/Hvqtzt8O_fw Welcome to a world of teleportation! A world where you can wake up in a remote corner of the world, teleport to work in Tokyo, meet for lunch in Mexico City, and end your day by catching the opera in Rome! This idea of beaming yourself from one location to another used to be just the stuff of science fiction, but now scientists are starting to uncover the technologies that can make it a reality. Transcript and sources: https://insh.world/science/what-if-teleportation-was-possible/ Watch more what-if scenarios: Planet Earth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-HhCwYD7rc&list=PLZdXRHYAVxTJCzxwmCq0NNpYq9N9wyb2l The Cosmos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfuJyVkMH_g&list=PLZdXRHYAVxTJno6oFF9nLGuwXNGYHmE8U Technology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS3bBO05fpU&...

http://youtu.be/KhZo6uAo_Ms What if, someday, we decided that the usefulness of our planet had run its course, and humans needed to scour space to find somewhere new to live? But, instead of finding a potentially habitable Earth-like exoplanet light years away, we built our own artificial world in our own Solar System? What kind of technology would we need to manufacture a new planet? Where would we find enough raw materials for our future world? Thumbnail by the amazing Rafal Banasiak: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/d0Rd3 Transcript and sources: https://insh.world/science/what-if-we-built-an-artificial-planet/ Watch more what-if scenarios: Planet Earth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-HhCwYD7rc&list=PLZdXRHYAVxTJCzxwmCq0NNpYq9N9wyb2l The Cosmos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...

http://youtu.be/WHg82Z6CKy4 Imagine what it would be like to have miniature version of our Sun right here on Earth. Would this artificial star provide us with an infinite supply of clean energy? Would we even need all the coal and nuclear power plants that give us electricity today? Transcription and sources; https://insh.world/science/what-if-we-could-build-a-replica-of-the-sun-on-earth/ Watch more what-if scenarios: Planet Earth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-HhCwYD7rc&list=PLZdXRHYAVxTJCzxwmCq0NNpYq9N9wyb2l The Cosmos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfuJyVkMH_g&list=PLZdXRHYAVxTJno6oFF9nLGuwXNGYHmE8U Technology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS3bBO05fpU&list=PLZdXRHYAVxTIeRY3JtgXgoGqSEB7kDdKO Your Body: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmXR46TrbA8&list=PLZdXRHYAVxTJNsV9FFeNA...

http://youtu.be/Q_EKjr4G1qA Not too far from Earth is a giant space rock that has silently played host to just twelve people in its entire history. What would happen if we put our cosmic satellite to work by covering it with solar panels? What would it take to build an enormous power plant on the Moon? How big would this facility be? And how much time would it take to finish this mega-construction? Transcript and sources: https://insh.world/science/what-if-we-covered-the-moon-with-solar-panels/ Watch more what-if scenarios: Planet Earth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-HhCwYD7rc&list=PLZdXRHYAVxTJCzxwmCq0NNpYq9N9wyb2l The Cosmos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfuJyVkMH_g&list=PLZdXRHYAVxTJno6oFF9nLGuwXNGYHmE8U Technology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS3bBO05fpU&list=PLZdXRHYAV...

http://youtu.be/v3uXy1hGVAo What if your reality was nothing more than a complex computer simulation? And if you were just a program on someone else’s hard drive, how would you know? Who would be controlling your every move? What kind of technology could make the simulation possible? And how could you break out of the matrix? Transcript and sources: https://insh.world/science/what-if-were-living-in-a-computer-simulation/ Watch more what-if scenarios: Planet Earth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-HhCwYD7rc&list=PLZdXRHYAVxTJCzxwmCq0NNpYq9N9wyb2l The Cosmos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfuJyVkMH_g&list=PLZdXRHYAVxTJno6oFF9nLGuwXNGYHmE8U Technology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS3bBO05fpU&list=PLZdXRHYAVxTIeRY3JtgXgoGqSEB7kDdKO Your Body: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmXR46T...

http://youtu.be/3W_YgX6tepI What are the ingredients for an industrial revolution? It’s simple! Take some new energy sources, add a dash of cutting-edge communications technology, and top it all off with an emerging mode of transportation! When our society goes through an industrial revolution, we spur economic growth, and completely change the world we live in. We’ve seen the effects of two already, so how would things change if we had a third? Transcript and sources: https://insh.world/science/what-if-there-was-a-3rd-industrial-revolution/ Watch more what-if scenarios: Planet Earth: http://bit.ly/whatif-YT-Earth The Cosmos: http://bit.ly/whatif-YT-Cosmos Technology: http://bit.ly/whatif-YT-Tech Your Body: http://bit.ly/whatif-YT-Body http://bit.ly/whatif-YT-Human About What If: Pro...

http://youtu.be/ukKxi8P6IL0 Imagine traveling at the speed of an airplane, but on ground level, and in a giant tube. That’s the idea behind the Hyperloop, a network of incredibly fast moving pods that can carry passengers to destinations all over the world, reducing travel times from hours to minutes. But how would that work? Would it be safe? And what would it be like to ride in one of them? Transcript and sources; https://insh.world/science/what-if-earth-had-a-global-hyperloop-network/ Watch more what-if scenarios: Planet Earth: http://bit.ly/whatif-YT-Earth The Cosmos: http://bit.ly/whatif-YT-Cosmos Technology: http://bit.ly/whatif-YT-Tech Your Body: http://bit.ly/whatif-YT-Body http://bit.ly/whatif-YT-Human About What If: Produced by Underknown in Toronto, Canada, What If is a mi...

http://youtu.be/Kf0hjVZdyr8 What makes the perfect human? Immaculate features? Indomitable Intelligence? Incomparable wit? Or irresistible charm? What if you could modify your genes? What if everyone could? What are the consequences of being “better?” Many bacteria are able to combat viral infection with a defense system called Crispr. Crispr records viral DNA that a bacteria has been exposed to, and enables a protein complex called Cas9 to basically search for the viral DNA, and destroy it. Transcript and sources: https://insh.world/science/what-if-genetically-modified-people-became-the-norm/ Edit (6 March, 2019): we got lots of negative feedback on the thumbnail so we changed it. About What If: An Underknown original web series, presented by Hashem al Ghaili "Imagination will oft...

http://youtu.be/16s56-tLOYA They sent humans to walk on the Moon, flew by every single planet in our Solar System, delivered the first residents to the International Space Station... What else could NASA have done if it had a bigger budget? Say, the budget of the U.S. military? How close would we be to colonizing Mars? Would you be spending your vacation on the Moon? What about visiting other solar systems? Transcript and sources: https://insh.world/science/what-if-nasa-had-the-us-military-budget/ About What If: Presented by INSH and Hashem al Ghaili What If asks some of the most provocative hypothetical questions in science — and then tries to answer them with the help of established scientific theory and the latest research. Follow what-if on Instagram for bonus material: https:...

http://youtu.be/ja6jLWbbOik What if one day machines decided that humans were just a waste of resources and started a robocalypse? Imagine the total revolt of every automated device you use. Your self-driving car refused to give you a lift. Your iPhoneX ignored your attempts to unlock it with your face. How bad would this rise of the machines be? After robots take over, would there be any place for humans? Sources and more: https://insh.world/tech/what-if-there-was-a-robot-apocalypse/ Subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/WhatIfScienceShow?sub_confirmation=1 Suggest What-If scenarios in our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/416029528845994/ About What If: An INSH original web series, presented by Hashem al Ghaili What If asks some of the most provocative ...

http://youtu.be/v2aShVTMMNc What if everyone on the planet said "no" to their gas-powered cars right now? And not just cars - gas dryers, water heaters, gas stoves, lawn mowers... What if we stopped burning fossil fuels all at once? Would this make our lives so much more inconvenient? What would happen to our climate? Would it help us beat global warming? More sources at https://insh.world/science/what-if-we-stopped-burning-fossil-fuels-right-now/ Subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/WhatIfScienceShow?sub_confirmation=1 Suggest What-If scenarios in our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/416029528845994/ About What If: An INSH original web series. What If asks some of the most provocative hypothetical questions in science — and then tries to answer them w...

http://youtu.be/r4XJfGpIxzI Could the electric car save our climate? There was a time when our city streets sounded like horse shoes on stone. Today, they sound like traffic and car engines. But what will tomorrow’s streets sound like? By 2040, it’s predicted that 35% of the world’s cars will be electric. And from there, it’s only a matter of time before the internal combustion engine sputters out for good. Sources and more: https://insh.world/tech/what-if-all-cars-were-electric/ Subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/WhatIfScienceShow?sub_confirmation=1 Suggest What-If scenarios in our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/416029528845994/ About What If: An INSH original web series, presented by Hashem al Ghaili What If asks some of the most provocative hypo...

http://youtu.be/oeZxTb6LqPU Hold on tight, turn up the elevator music, and get ready for a whole new mode of space exploration! Forget rocket launches! We already use elevators to bring us to extreme heights in our tallest buildings, so why can't they take us just a little further into space? But wait — how much would that cost? Do we even possess the technology to make that possible? And what would we gain from the whole endeavor? Transcript and sources: https://insh.world/tech/what-if-we-built-an-elevator-to-space/ Thumbnail by Glenn Clovis: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/NxAlb What If asks some of the most provocative hypothetical questions in science — and then tries to answer them with the help of established scientific theory and the latest research. Follow what-if on Insta...

http://youtu.be/DYqAATriiAE It feels like the world is moving at a faster rate than ever. Every day, smartphones are getting smarter, A.I. is becoming more inteligent and our environment seems to be getting worse every year. If you were to travel 50 years into the the future, what would the world look like? Sources and more: https://insh.world/science/what-if-you-lived-fifty-years-in-the-future/ About What If: Presented by INSH and Hashem al Ghaili What If asks some of the most provocative hypothetical questions in science — and then tries to answer them with the help of established scientific theory and the latest research. Follow what-if on Instagram for bonus material: https://www.instagram.com/what.if.show/ Produced by http://insh.world Follow the show on Facebook Watch: https...

http://youtu.be/tlEPaui_Poo What if the dimension of time was no different from the three dimensions of space we live in? What if you could travel to the past and to the future…. the same way you can move right or left, up or down? Would you be able to change your past? And if you did, would it create a time paradox? What kind of time machine would you need to build, anyway? What If asks some of the most provocative hypothetical questions in science — and then tries to answer them with the help of established scientific theory and the latest research. Follow the show on Facebook Watch: https://www.facebook.com/What.If.science

http://youtu.be/1XUk_6_K_fk Are the billions of asteroids in space secretly treasures? Space is full of treasures. Literally. If we were able to extract the resources from the rocks in the asteroid belt alone, we could give $100 billion to every person on Earth. What if we started mining them tomorrow? Could we restore all of Earth’s natural resources that we’ve exhausted over the years? How would this change space travel? And why haven’t we done it yet? Here’s what would happen if we started mining asteroids. Transcript and sources: https://insh.world/science/what-if-we-started-mining-asteroids/ About What If: Presented by INSH and Hashem al Ghaili What If asks some of the most provocative hypothetical questions in science — and then tries to answer them with the help of establishe...

http://youtu.be/-EEMit5sr5s Once a revolutionary invention, it's now filling up our oceans and killing thousands of whales, birds, turtles... Just how much plastic do we have around us? Would our life be less comfortable without it? How many animal species could we save by getting rid of plastic debris? Sources and more: https://insh.world/science/what-if-plastic-was-never-invented/ About What If: Presented by INSH and Hashem al Ghaili What If asks some of the most provocative hypothetical questions in science — and then tries to answer them with the help of established scientific theory and the latest research. Produced by http://insh.world Follow the show on Facebook Watch: https://www.facebook.com/What.If.science

http://youtu.be/h1PZd6rA_eU The good old days before electricity... Did we actually have it better before that first power plant started running? What if everyone on Earth tried getting by with all their lights turned off? We'd start the challenge with a perfect Earth Hour. 60 minutes of complete darkness - no artificial light allowed. Transcript and Sources: About What If: Presented by INSH and Hashem al Ghaili What If asks some of the most provocative hypothetical questions in science — and then tries to answer them with the help of established scientific theory and the latest research. Follow what-if on Instagram for bonus material: https://www.instagram.com/what.if.show/ Produced by http://insh.world Follow the show on Facebook Watch: https://www.facebook.com/What.If.science...

http://youtu.be/e2Si67zozpI In 1044, the Chinese invented gunpowder. And we've been getting into trouble ever since. Fireworks are cool, nuclear warfare is not. And nuking the Moon? Doesn't that sound just plain crazy? What would happen? Would we even see the blast? How would we be affected by the fallout? Would we even survive? Transcript and sources: https://insh.world/science/how-bad-could-things-get-on-earth-if-we-nuked-the-moon/ About What If: Presented by INSH What If asks some of the most provocative hypothetical questions in science — and then tries to answer them with the help of established scientific theory and the latest research. Follow what-if on Instagram for bonus material: https://www.instagram.com/what.if.show/ Produced by http://insh.world Follow the show on Fa...

http://youtu.be/nFFLnO6e0Es It might be the worst date on your weekly calendar, but it's a date that you definitely don't want to stand up. Garbage Day. You tie it all up into neat, plastic bags, haul it outside, and, like magic, your home smells fresh again, and that makes you happy. Yes, we believe in the "magical world of trash"; out of sight, out of mind. Did you know that the world produces 1.2 billion tonnes of waste every year? Transcript and Sources: https://insh.world/science/what-if-we-sent-all-of-our-garbage-into-space/ Follow what-if on Instagram for bonus material: https://www.instagram.com/what.if.show/ Follow the show on Facebook Watch: https://www.facebook.com/What.If.science

http://youtu.be/CS3bBO05fpU In a world exhausted of fossil fuels, solar panels can provide a sustainable solution to our energy problems. But they also come with a couple of issues: for one, solar farms are massive, and they have to be set up somewhere that gets a lot of sunlight. Now, if only we had a large mass of unused land that gets guaranteed sunlight everyday… Could we cover an entire desert in solar panels? Would that be enough to power the entire world? What kind of problems could we run into? Transcript and sources: https://insh.world/tech/what-if-we-covered-the-entire-sahara-desert-with-solar-panels/ Watch more what-if scenarios: Planet Earth: http://bit.ly/whatif-YT-Earth Cosmos: http://bit.ly/whatif-YT-Cosmos Technology: http://bit.ly/whatif-YT-Tech Your Body: http://bit....