"robots" news and stories

God bless Professor Thomas Weber of Holland's Technical University of Darmstadt and his class of budding scientists. At last, someone is doing some work in robotics that will have an applicable real world benefit to mankind.

The good professor challenged his class to create a robot that pours a pint at precisely the right angle. It looks someone might have to add a fourth law of robotics to Asimov's: "A robot may not drink a human's beer."  And get this: the good professor is considering mass marketing his beer-pouring automaton.

Will wonders never cease? 

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You know, I think I’ve been writing about bacon more than I’ve been eating it lately. Something isn’t right. I'm no bacontarian.

At any rate, here’s more bacon in the blogosphere from The Bacon Show. Their slogan: “One bacon recipe per day, every day, forever.” Can’t really argue with that, especially the mashed plantains with bacon and onions.

They also have a good selection of bacon-related links, including Bacon Robots, where you can find “a hot animatronic lady” to cook your bacon. This may be overstepping the bounds of technology and bacon, but whatever blows your skirt up, I guess.

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