Recently we suggested Boston Dynamics should enshroud its bots in some kind of hair. Today Boston Dynamics showed off a costume for its Spot robot that is festooned in blue, sparkly fur.
I’m sure its just a coincidence, but if not, thank you for listening Boston Dynamics. The bots are indeed less terrifying when they look like giant puppet dogs or some kind of adorable CGI render.
One owner apparently plugged his into his car after recieving it at the swanky NYC event a few days back and it promptly bricked itself.
They said that Rabbit was quick to replace it, but not before they snapped a pic of what looks like an Android debugging UI.
E Ink has a few competing color electronic paper technologies, and this video gets down on the microscopic level with one of them. While this is a Boox device, its the same display tech Kobo is using in its new color e-readers.
At least, that’s what I’m assuming after looking at CNN’s landing page for the O.J. Simpson trial in 1995. They clearly knew the page needed to be visually interesting but also load relatively quickly on a 56k modem. Why not clipart!
In that just like the girls in Yellowjackets, Neanderthals occasionally nibbled on their own kind. It’s unclear if it was for survival or pleasure, but naturally, some scientists are hoping AI can help figure it out.
[Discover Magazine]
Much like the Tupperware in your parents’ pantry, the company is struggling despite a time that reheatable plastic kitchenware has never been more popular. Apparently, it’s partially down to how the Tupperware is sold. It’s not in an online store or through TikTok. Instead it’s still peddled at parties.
[The Atlantic]
