On this weeks installment of Expanded Perspectives Elite the guys start the show off talking about how an international team of researchers has developed a unique device that can detect and distinguish between as many as 17 illnesses, ranging from multiple sclerosis to several types of cancer, on the basis of a breath sample. The team, led by a group of scientists from the Israel Institute of Technology, has created a Nano-array composed of carbon nanotubes and tiny gold particles controlled by a special AI program that is able to detect specific components in human breath samples and distinguish between unique chemical signatures depending on the patient’s state of heath.
Then, in a report published Tuesday, the White House estimated that nearly 3.1 million drivers working today could have their jobs automated by autonomous vehicles. Now this report doesn’t offer a timeline for when this automation could occur, just that the jobs as they exist now are at risk. A bulk of the jobs come from heavy trucking, which the report estimates will see 80% to 100% of nearly 1.7 million drivers’ jobs automated. The White House predicts delivery drivers and self-employed drivers for on-demand services like Uber will face almost total automation as well. They claim that new opportunities could arise due to falling transportation costs, and people who drive as only part of their job (like salespeople) could be more productive on the road. What those new jobs for truck or delivery drivers might be is “not currently foreseeable.”
Then, a resident of Rice County claims he was chased by bipedal creature. Richard Brown, a 46-year-old cashier from Northfield, told Cryptozoology News that he was jogging last Monday when the alleged creature showed up. “I saw it and chased me for two minutes until I got out of the woods,” the Minnesota man said. Brown described the creature as a 4-feet-tall biped with brown hair, teeth and claws. “It was about 350 or 400 pounds. It also had a very load roar, like a bear.” The man says he has never seen anything like it before. Then, bad news for our solar system. The huge gravitational force of star Gliese 710 as it passes through the Solar System could trigger a shower of comets in the direction of Earth much sooner than anticipated warn experts.
After the break Kyle brings up the unusual story and history of the Hoosac Tunnel. The Hoosac Tunnel is a railway that burrows almost five miles through the Hoosac Mountain Range in western Massachusetts from the towns of North Adams on its west side, to Florida, Massachusetts to the east. Construction began on this large project in 1851 and finished in 1875. Over those 24 years, around 200 men died, giving it the nickname, “The Bloody Pit.” One of the most chilling incidents was the central shaft accident. The tunnel has a 1,000-foot vertical chimney for exhaust to escape, and on October 17, 1867, fumes ignited, causing an explosion that destroyed a hoist used to lower men, equipment, and supplies. The accident rained equipment, supplies, and flaming hoist parts down onto 13 men who were working at the bottom of the 583-foot-deep unfinished chimney. The pumps were also destroyed, flooding the shaft. The miners on the surface of the mountain, after various rescue attempts, believed nobody survived the accident. Months later, when they made it back to finish excavating the shaft, they grimly discovered that some had actually lived for a time, making a makeshift raft to deal with flooding. Despite the death toll and other various setbacks, the tunnel was eventually completed and was used by both passenger and freight trains. Today, a few freight trains still use it.
Of the two portals of the Hoosac Tunnel, the east is easiest to see. At the intersection of Whitcomb Hill Road and River Road in Florida, take River Road northwest about half a mile until it crosses over a set of tracks. The tunnel entrance can be seen to the left. The tunnel’s west portal is located in North Adams. Off Church Street, which parallels the railroad tracks, close to where it intersects West Shaft Road, is a path through the woods. The west entrance is a third of a mile down it. There’s also a free museum that was a former railroad yard dedicated to the Hoosac Tunnel and the railroad industry at 115 State Street in North Adams.
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Show Notes:
- ‘Unique breathprint’: Scientists develop device able to ‘sniff out’ 17 deadly diseases https://www.rt.com/news/371602-new-method-detects-illness/
- The White House Predicts Nearly All Truck, Taxi, and Delivery Driver Jobs Will be Automated Very Soon http://qz.com/868716/the-white-house-predicts-nearly-all-truck-taxi-and-delivery-driver-jobs-will-be-automated/
- Minnesota Man Says Bigfoot-Like Animal Chased Him http://cryptozoologynews.com/minnesota-man-says-bigfoot-like-animal-chased-him/
- A Star Heading Towards Earth Could Cause a Devastating Comet Bombardment http://www.ancient-code.com/a-star-heading-towards-earth-could-cause-a-devastating-comet-bombardment/
- The Hoosac Tunnel http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/hoosac-tunnel
Music:
All music for Expanded Perspectives Elite is provided by permission from The Black Angels http://theblackangels.com and Pretty Lights http://prettylightsmusic.com
Songs Used:
- Young Men Dead
- Press Pause
- Gold Coast Hustle
- After Midnight Live Mix