1 00:00:00,616 --> 00:00:03,866 (intense music begins) 2 00:00:05,550 --> 00:00:07,723 - All right Hawk, let's hunt him down. 3 00:00:31,614 --> 00:00:33,957 - (laughs) You made this? 4 00:00:35,380 --> 00:00:36,213 - Damn right. 5 00:00:36,213 --> 00:00:40,370 My name is Lance Corporal Malik Pew, 2831 Satellite Repair, 6 00:00:40,370 --> 00:00:41,730 United States Marine Corps. 7 00:00:41,730 --> 00:00:43,230 I fix satellites. 8 00:00:43,230 --> 00:00:45,750 Not satellites in space, the ones we use to communicate 9 00:00:45,750 --> 00:00:46,820 with the ones in space. 10 00:00:46,820 --> 00:00:49,000 So the ones we're gonna have on the ground with our troops, 11 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:51,396 if that goes down I'm gonna be the guy to fix it. 12 00:00:51,396 --> 00:00:52,620 - [Man] Take your finger out. 13 00:00:52,620 --> 00:00:54,420 - Before the Marine Corps I was gonna try to go to college 14 00:00:54,420 --> 00:00:55,420 to be an electrician. 15 00:00:55,420 --> 00:00:57,670 After trying that for about a semester, it just, 16 00:00:57,670 --> 00:00:59,090 it wasn't the right place. 17 00:00:59,090 --> 00:01:01,040 Once I realized that I didn't like the atmosphere 18 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:02,030 that I was getting in college, 19 00:01:02,030 --> 00:01:04,240 I decided to go and walk into the office. 20 00:01:04,240 --> 00:01:06,120 And I didn't even walk into the Marine Corps office first, 21 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:07,870 I walked into the Air Force. 22 00:01:07,870 --> 00:01:09,693 But the Marines still managed to get me. 23 00:01:09,693 --> 00:01:11,830 They just had a better atmosphere in there, 24 00:01:11,830 --> 00:01:13,240 and I felt like that was the place for me 25 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:14,793 when I got in there, so. 26 00:01:17,100 --> 00:01:18,810 This here, this is our VSAT Large, 27 00:01:18,810 --> 00:01:20,270 essentially what we got going on, 28 00:01:20,270 --> 00:01:21,710 we're gonna use this to keep up our communications. 29 00:01:21,710 --> 00:01:23,580 She's one of our workhorses. 30 00:01:23,580 --> 00:01:25,730 And when they try to mess with my workhorse 31 00:01:25,730 --> 00:01:26,690 I gotta get her back together. 32 00:01:26,690 --> 00:01:30,100 So every now and then, sometimes either operator error 33 00:01:30,100 --> 00:01:32,530 or they're just getting kinda old, 34 00:01:32,530 --> 00:01:34,700 so we gotta put in a little bit of extra work. 35 00:01:34,700 --> 00:01:38,950 And it's my job to jump inside and get it done. 36 00:01:38,950 --> 00:01:40,840 Sometimes there's fittings loose, 37 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:43,400 or we got just one of our components is messed up 38 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:45,653 and I gotta be able to identify which one it is. 39 00:01:49,650 --> 00:01:52,190 So one of the things that I really like about this job 40 00:01:52,190 --> 00:01:54,520 is simply that it lets me keep fixing things, 41 00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:56,160 'cause my biggest thing is I want to be able 42 00:01:56,160 --> 00:01:58,920 to hone my craft and be able to do amazing things. 43 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:01,730 And the only way to do that is to keep fixing things 44 00:02:01,730 --> 00:02:03,530 and working on gear. 45 00:02:03,530 --> 00:02:05,000 There's so many skills that I've learned here 46 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:06,500 that I wouldn't be able to get anywhere else. 47 00:02:06,500 --> 00:02:09,200 When I do my work, that's showing you a part of myself 48 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:10,960 so I gotta put everything I can into it 49 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:13,250 to execute the best and give you my best. 50 00:02:13,250 --> 00:02:15,570 That's just how I feel about it. 51 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:23,120 I grew up on an Air Force base 52 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:25,320 'cause my dad was in the military. 53 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:26,760 With that you move around a lot, 54 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:29,360 and it's kinda hard to make friends sometimes 55 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:32,220 'cause everyone's always leaving no matter what you do. 56 00:02:32,220 --> 00:02:33,990 I only went to high school for two years, 57 00:02:33,990 --> 00:02:35,510 I was homeschooled for a portion of it. 58 00:02:35,510 --> 00:02:36,900 I didn't really get the chance to develop 59 00:02:36,900 --> 00:02:38,626 some of the social skills that a lot of kids get 60 00:02:38,626 --> 00:02:39,850 when they're in school, 61 00:02:39,850 --> 00:02:42,150 so that made things a little difficult for me. 62 00:02:43,010 --> 00:02:45,830 It was nice to see different walks of life all the time, 63 00:02:45,830 --> 00:02:47,290 'cause you meet a lot of people doing that. 64 00:02:47,290 --> 00:02:49,300 But once again, those people never stay, 65 00:02:49,300 --> 00:02:52,103 so it was kinda lonely doing that. 66 00:02:53,813 --> 00:02:56,396 (Malik laughs) 67 00:03:00,690 --> 00:03:04,100 When I was young, I saw a movie called "Short Circuit", 68 00:03:04,100 --> 00:03:06,260 and it was about a robot. 69 00:03:06,260 --> 00:03:09,000 And because it got struck by lightning it became sentient 70 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:13,630 and it learned how to be a human, or a human-like entity 71 00:03:13,630 --> 00:03:14,980 through the people around it, 72 00:03:14,980 --> 00:03:18,050 which is something I struggled with at the time. 73 00:03:18,050 --> 00:03:20,130 And I really connected to that. 74 00:03:20,130 --> 00:03:21,950 And I feel like that gave a lot of drive 75 00:03:21,950 --> 00:03:26,240 to me wanting to build some sort of robotic companion, 76 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:27,873 like a device like that. 77 00:03:30,531 --> 00:03:32,910 My first idea was, hey, lemme, 78 00:03:32,910 --> 00:03:37,380 my older brother got this little robot rover toy thing. 79 00:03:37,380 --> 00:03:39,320 I'm going to go take it apart and make it better. 80 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:41,540 So he wasn't home, I grabbed it, 81 00:03:41,540 --> 00:03:43,140 got a screwdriver, some pliers, 82 00:03:43,140 --> 00:03:44,690 and just start ripping into it. 83 00:03:46,110 --> 00:03:47,300 It felt so hard, 84 00:03:47,300 --> 00:03:50,610 but that was my first taste, 85 00:03:50,610 --> 00:03:53,590 finding random devices with motors in the house 86 00:03:53,590 --> 00:03:55,030 and taking them apart. 87 00:03:55,030 --> 00:03:56,510 And eventually I realized 88 00:03:56,510 --> 00:03:58,040 I couldn't really do it with those parts 89 00:03:58,040 --> 00:03:58,960 so I had to buy things. 90 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:01,300 But I'm a kid, I don't really have that much money, 91 00:04:01,300 --> 00:04:05,310 so I just kinda saved my lunch money, didn't eat lunch, 92 00:04:05,310 --> 00:04:07,330 and then ordered things online 93 00:04:07,330 --> 00:04:09,323 and eventually put something together. 94 00:04:11,976 --> 00:04:13,290 (upbeat music) So this is my board. 95 00:04:13,290 --> 00:04:14,950 Took me about seven months to get it together. 96 00:04:14,950 --> 00:04:17,510 I have a lot of prototypes and whatnot. 97 00:04:17,510 --> 00:04:19,630 And this is the one I fall on for now. 98 00:04:19,630 --> 00:04:21,370 And its original intent, 99 00:04:21,370 --> 00:04:23,010 I just really wanted to get around Okinawa 100 00:04:23,010 --> 00:04:24,180 and have nothing in my way 101 00:04:24,180 --> 00:04:27,140 when it came to seeing what it had to offer. 102 00:04:27,140 --> 00:04:30,770 I've got this crazy idea that maybe in one charge 103 00:04:30,770 --> 00:04:32,760 I could make it to Kadena Air Base. 104 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:35,930 So here on Okinawa, Kadena is an Air Force base 105 00:04:35,930 --> 00:04:40,060 roughly about 8 1/2 miles away from Camp Kinser. 106 00:04:40,060 --> 00:04:42,940 The trip to Kadena is about 17 miles. 107 00:04:42,940 --> 00:04:45,370 You know, as long as I don't have any mishaps, 108 00:04:45,370 --> 00:04:46,900 and I don't get hungry, 109 00:04:46,900 --> 00:04:51,140 then round-trip should be about three hours. 110 00:04:51,140 --> 00:04:55,320 I'm probably gonna need bigger batteries, bigger tires, 111 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:57,188 and a little bit of luck. 112 00:04:57,188 --> 00:05:00,021 (energetic music) 113 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:11,730 So for stability reasons, 114 00:05:11,730 --> 00:05:14,660 'cause we're kinda going for consistency, 115 00:05:14,660 --> 00:05:16,250 it's gonna make things a little smoother, 116 00:05:16,250 --> 00:05:19,010 I'm gonna use this set of trucks 117 00:05:19,010 --> 00:05:20,920 just 'cause they have better stability. 118 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:21,817 Set 'em up. 119 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:31,408 All this does is tells my wheels how fast to go. 120 00:05:31,408 --> 00:05:32,670 (engine whirring) 121 00:05:32,670 --> 00:05:34,840 This battery should approximately be 122 00:05:34,840 --> 00:05:37,740 around 42 volts of juice, 123 00:05:37,740 --> 00:05:41,520 which should be plenty to get the job done. 124 00:05:41,520 --> 00:05:43,623 So battery's installed, wired up. 125 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:45,730 Pretty much good to go. 126 00:05:45,730 --> 00:05:49,113 Now all that's left for right now is to fasten it up. 127 00:05:51,294 --> 00:05:52,127 All right. 128 00:05:53,870 --> 00:05:54,703 Stay. 129 00:05:56,534 --> 00:05:58,934 Now it's a working board, ready to go to Kadena. 130 00:06:03,230 --> 00:06:06,090 Yeah, so the goal here is I want to test its capabilities 131 00:06:06,090 --> 00:06:07,270 and how far can I really go, 132 00:06:07,270 --> 00:06:09,630 'cause if I'm gonna explore I wanna go far distances. 133 00:06:09,630 --> 00:06:11,580 So right now I'm based out of Kinser 134 00:06:11,580 --> 00:06:14,220 and I wanna be able to get all the way to Kadena Air Base. 135 00:06:14,220 --> 00:06:15,878 Let's hit it. 136 00:06:15,878 --> 00:06:17,320 (rhythmic, energetic music) 137 00:06:17,320 --> 00:06:18,330 You never know where it's gonna hit, 138 00:06:18,330 --> 00:06:20,750 but I call it a flow. 139 00:06:20,750 --> 00:06:23,780 You get in there and it's just you and the board 140 00:06:23,780 --> 00:06:25,360 carving from left to right. 141 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:27,512 And you kinda forget about your surroundings 142 00:06:27,512 --> 00:06:29,950 and you're just feeling the lines. 143 00:06:29,950 --> 00:06:32,200 And a line is essentially just 144 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:34,517 the pathways you're gonna take 145 00:06:34,517 --> 00:06:37,360 and the different ways you can traverse your environment 146 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:38,463 on that board. 147 00:06:41,060 --> 00:06:44,320 That's a feeling that's almost hard to explain. 148 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:48,967 Can I get the two garlic chicken? 149 00:06:48,967 --> 00:06:50,114 - [Cashier] Okay. 150 00:06:50,114 --> 00:06:53,285 (chicken sizzles) 151 00:06:53,285 --> 00:06:56,868 (rhythmic music continues) 152 00:07:03,300 --> 00:07:04,500 - I got a little hungry. 153 00:07:05,446 --> 00:07:07,420 I said I wouldn't, but I did. 154 00:07:07,420 --> 00:07:08,350 All right, (speaks Japanese). 155 00:07:08,350 --> 00:07:12,130 So I just got some garlic chicken. 156 00:07:12,130 --> 00:07:12,963 Matter of fact, 157 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:16,440 looks pretty good. 158 00:07:16,440 --> 00:07:19,913 So you know, little pit stop before we get back going. 159 00:07:21,856 --> 00:07:25,106 (pensive music begins) 160 00:07:27,795 --> 00:07:29,430 So if I think about the impact 161 00:07:29,430 --> 00:07:32,580 that working with these electronics, 162 00:07:32,580 --> 00:07:35,690 how it's changed my approach to things, 163 00:07:35,690 --> 00:07:37,490 when I wouldn't want to take the step 164 00:07:37,490 --> 00:07:40,670 and try to reach out to people and talk to people, 165 00:07:40,670 --> 00:07:43,730 it made people want to reach out to me. 166 00:07:43,730 --> 00:07:46,910 Originally I looked at the gear for companionship, 167 00:07:46,910 --> 00:07:50,150 but after really getting to show other people 168 00:07:50,150 --> 00:07:51,860 what I could do, 169 00:07:51,860 --> 00:07:54,620 I started finding the companionship I was really looking for 170 00:07:54,620 --> 00:07:55,593 if that made sense. 171 00:07:57,140 --> 00:07:59,840 Especially in the US there's a lot of, 172 00:07:59,840 --> 00:08:01,943 there's a lot of fear around technology. 173 00:08:02,851 --> 00:08:05,690 (intense music) 174 00:08:05,690 --> 00:08:09,220 It's only because people don't understand it. 175 00:08:09,220 --> 00:08:11,420 When I'm out riding my board, 176 00:08:11,420 --> 00:08:14,280 I literally forget about my day to day life 177 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:15,570 and anything that's going on, 178 00:08:15,570 --> 00:08:19,933 and everything just fades away and becomes this bliss. 179 00:08:22,290 --> 00:08:24,310 If there was a way for people 180 00:08:24,310 --> 00:08:27,090 to better interact with technology 181 00:08:27,090 --> 00:08:30,360 so they're not as always terrified of what it can do, 182 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:31,700 if they know more about it 183 00:08:31,700 --> 00:08:33,390 they're less likely to be terrified 184 00:08:33,390 --> 00:08:34,950 and they understand the situation 185 00:08:34,950 --> 00:08:37,023 and we can utilize it a lot better. 186 00:08:38,650 --> 00:08:39,520 - [Man] We made it, man? 187 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:40,353 How do you feel? 188 00:08:42,630 --> 00:08:44,330 - When you really start picking up speed 189 00:08:44,330 --> 00:08:45,163 going down a hill 190 00:08:45,163 --> 00:08:46,610 and you feel the wind hitting your face, 191 00:08:46,610 --> 00:08:50,170 it's just, zipping in and out of different obstacles 192 00:08:50,170 --> 00:08:52,070 is just exhilarating. 193 00:08:52,070 --> 00:08:54,870 You feel like you're on the edge of precision sometimes. 194 00:09:00,220 --> 00:09:02,343 Oh, oh, the brakes stopped! 195 00:09:09,078 --> 00:09:12,694 Well, we're at the end of the road anyway. 196 00:09:12,694 --> 00:09:14,578 I need to repair this. 197 00:09:14,578 --> 00:09:16,600 When I think about practical application 198 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:18,950 for some of the things that I build now, 199 00:09:18,950 --> 00:09:21,610 like, I'll take the humanoid for instance 200 00:09:21,610 --> 00:09:24,280 and I'll think about my situation where I just, 201 00:09:24,280 --> 00:09:27,000 I was moving around a lot and I really couldn't stick. 202 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:29,000 With military kids that move around a lot, 203 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:31,860 sometimes a piece of technology like that could be useful, 204 00:09:31,860 --> 00:09:33,850 or even in the case of autistic kids 205 00:09:33,850 --> 00:09:37,100 where they have a hard time adjusting 206 00:09:37,100 --> 00:09:39,350 to certain social constructs. 207 00:09:39,350 --> 00:09:43,940 So having this toy-like item that also interacts with them, 208 00:09:43,940 --> 00:09:46,470 that can help them learn and kinda teach them things, 209 00:09:46,470 --> 00:09:48,340 that would be a fantastic application 210 00:09:48,340 --> 00:09:50,680 and I would love to have things that I make 211 00:09:50,680 --> 00:09:52,330 just help bridge gaps for people. 212 00:09:54,120 --> 00:09:57,370 (electronic whooshing)