[10 points] A spider starts at the origin and runs in the first quadrant along the graph of $y = x^{3}$ at the constant speed of 10 unit/second. The speed is measured along the length of the curve $y = x^{3}$. The formula for the curve length along the graph of $y = f(x)$ from $x = a$ to $x = b$ is $\ell = \int_{a}^{b} \sqrt{1 + f'(x)^{2}}\, dx$. As the spider runs, it spins out a thread that is always maintained in a straight line connecting the spider with the origin. What is the rate in unit/second at which the thread is elongating when the spider is at $\left(\frac{1}{2}, \frac{1}{8}\right)$?
You should use the following names for variables. At any given time $t$, the spider is at the point $\left(u, u^{3}\right)$, the length of the thread joining it to the origin in a straight line is $s$ and the curve length along $y = x^{3}$ from the origin till $\left(u, u^{3}\right)$ is $\ell$. You are asked to find $\frac{ds}{dt}$ when $u = \frac{1}{2}$. (Do not try to evaluate the integral for $\ell$: it is unnecessary and any attempt to do so will not get any credit because a closed formula in terms of basic functions does not exist.)