Showing posts with label robots. Show all posts
Showing posts with label robots. Show all posts

Thursday, February 07, 2013

More on science

Three quick notes on the ways that science making our lives, um, interesting.
  • We've often heard that printer ink is more expensive than human blood. Well, here's a twist: UK scientists have used 3D printers to print human stem cells. It's within the realm of imagination that we could eventually use human blood in printers to make something beyond our imaginations.
  • Humans have had a problematic relationship with insects. Some, such as honey bees, do great things for us. Mosquitoes are frog food and carry deadly diseases. We've done battle with chemicals and bazookas.
    Well, insects are fighting back and they've got robots.
  • Fish are in schools but, until science showed up, they could never raise their hands when the have an answer to the teacher's question. The Register reports that Fish grow ‘hands’ in genetic experiment.

    Fish testing at Alden Research Lab

One of a occasional series. A bunch of years ago, I worked for a software company. It was hard work for long hours. At one point, senior management made the pronouncement that the development team needed to focus more on a particular aspect of the product. The QA manager and I agreed that we'd Focused More-ons.

Saturday, June 02, 2012

Um, to all of you newly-minted college graduates...

Um, to all of you newly-minted college graduates - another path out of your parents' basements is blocked by robots.

Automation Comes To The Coffeehouse With Robotic Baristas | Singularity Hub

Say goodbye to lattes with funky tastes or attitude from coffeehouse baristas. At the University of Texas, a startup called Briggo LLC has installed a coffee kiosk run by a robotic barista in the acad...

Monday, February 20, 2012

Problems of a first-world suburban shopper

Signs in the store are informing customers that the Greendale Sam's Club will close and the new club off of Route 146 will open this spring (no date specified).

For most folks in the city, this is a good move. The store is easier to reach once you figure out the on/off ramps. For folks in the northern 'burbs, though, it doubles the distance one has to drive to pick up a year's emergency food supply.

From Holden, it's about equidistant to the B.J.'s in Leominster. Market Basket is in nearby Searstown Plaza, in the case that I'm buying less than a year's worth of something. Of course, there's a B.J.'s near the new Wegmans in Northborough.

But,  Bill Randell has been reporting that Market Basket may be coming to the former Diamond Chevrolet in Worcester, which makes in-city shopping viable again.

All this is necessary, of course, until robots are ready to do our bidding:

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="469" caption="Kroger debuts kiosk concept at area college campus"][/caption]

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