时间:2025-07-11 09:26:25 来源:网络整理编辑:知識
We all use tech to get through the day. Whether its replying to messages on Slack or email for work,
We all use tech to get through the day. Whether its replying to messages on Slack or email for work, or using map apps to get us from place to place, our gadgets are often our lifeline to the world.
But imagine having to use your gadgets to survive, literally.
SEE ALSO:This tiny iPhone gadget can help you detect hazards lurking in the airThat's exactly what adventurer Andy Quitmeyer does in his new series Hacking the Wild. In the show, Quitmeyer, whose day job is as a assistant professor at the National University of in Singapore, goes into some of the world's most remote regions armed with nothing but pieces of everyday technology.
Forget food rations, water purifiers, or even mosquito repellent — Quitmeyer, who calls himself a "digital survivalist" — is equipped with laptops and digital cameras to survive.
In the very first episode of the series, Quitmeyer is dropped into the jungle for four days, during which he creates his own mosquito trap using metal coil and a digital camera — the first of many devices he creates over the series.
Via GiphyIn the same episode, he also makes his own hydroelectric generator, using a nearby river to power a lightbulb and he constructs his own compass using parts from a laptop.
Via GiphyQuitmeyer's journeys see him going everywhere from a desert island to an Alaskan ice forest. During his time in the wild, Quitmeyer isn't given any food, water, or help in any form. Rather, he feeds himself on anything he gets his hands on, from plants to exotic fruit. And sometimes he even uses his food to generate electricity.
Via GiphyAccording to Quitmeyer, he first got into exploring when he starting fixing equipment for field biologists.
Before the show, Quitmeyer also had his own YouTube channel, where he records his tech repairs and creations in the wild. It was this channel that led to Quitmeyer being spotted and approached to create his own TV show.
"One of the key challenges is deciding what equipment to bring with me ... that takes me so much time," Quitmeyer explains.
"[Once] I was carrying 90 pounds on my backpack of just electronics ... [so now I try not to] overburden myself. Because that's going to be more dangerous than even a lot of natural encounters."
But his previous adventures definitely prepared him for life on the show.
"All my previous hiking trips in Panama or Madagascar and the Philippines, they really trained me in figuring out ways to actually do the electronics in the wild," Quitmeyer said.
"Like in Panama, I had to repair a laptop ... and then a bunch of army ants started going to our electronics and chewing stuff up. So it taught me to be really prepared — even the craziest things will happen."
Via GiphyBut despite the extreme scenarios Quitmeyer finds himself in, he says the goal for the show is not to intimidate viewers — his real motivation for the show is for people to get to know nature better.
"[The idea for the show is like] how can we use something to show that with a couple of quick, easy tips, you can actually survive in the wilderness ... you can play with electronics, you can build cool stuff," said Quitmeyer.
"So that's my real secret motivation ... to get people to love nature more."
All images and videos were provided by Discovery.
TopicsGadgets
The U.S. will no longer have the final say on internet domain names2025-07-11 09:18
西甲前瞻 :馬德裏德比萬眾矚目 保級大戰一觸即發2025-07-11 09:17
皇馬高層:馬競的手球應判點球 又因這裁判倒黴了2025-07-11 08:40
馬競VS皇馬首發 :本澤馬複出PK蘇神 菲利克斯替補2025-07-11 08:30
Pokémon Go is so big that it has its own VR porn parody now2025-07-11 07:56
巴薩主席調戲未成年少女 ?當事人發聲:我30歲了…2025-07-11 07:45
十佳球 :姆巴佩千裏走單騎 芒特打爆利物浦防線2025-07-11 07:25
西甲前瞻 :馬德裏德比萬眾矚目 保級大戰一觸即發2025-07-11 07:19
How Hyperloop One went off the rails2025-07-11 06:56
江蘇隊眾將晨練曬合影 吳曦李昂吉翔均在列(圖)2025-07-11 06:48
How Hyperloop One went off the rails2025-07-11 08:59
曝博格巴就續約同曼聯無任何接觸 夏窗離隊倒計時2025-07-11 08:56
巴索戈:加盟申花實現夢想 傾盡全力去回報俱樂部2025-07-11 08:53
足協公告昆山隊進行股權轉讓 原資方不再持有全部股份2025-07-11 08:31
This company is hiring someone just to drink all day2025-07-11 07:45
弗蘭 :我夢想能為這支馬競踢球 西蒙尼開創新紀元2025-07-11 07:35
穆勒出色發揮打動勒夫 德媒:今夏將回歸國家隊2025-07-11 07:23
奧斯卡手術後狀態很好 可趕上4月20日中超新賽季2025-07-11 07:07
Olympics official on Rio's green diving pool: 'Chemistry is not an exact science'2025-07-11 07:00
泰州遠大借殼重生? 媒體:強行繼承太荒誕 無令人信服的理由2025-07-11 06:42