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· Editorial Staff
Rich Chinese Man Goes Luxury Shopping, Brings Robots To Carry Everything For Him
One Chinese shopper, reportedly a wealthy business owner, in Guangzhou, China was turning heads at a mall recently because his purchases were being carried by an entourage of eight robot assistants. His overt display of wealth has led some people to label him a “tuhao,” the…
· Editorial Staff
Shanghai Restaurant Uses $150,000 Robots to Make Ramen in 90 Seconds
A new Japanese ramen stand in Shanghai is attracting curious customers for their two unusual chefs, Toya and Kona. The ramen stand,Toyako, opened in December and is located on Daming Road in the Hongkou district of Shanghai.
· Editorial Staff
Apple Collected $40 Million Worth of Gold From Recycled iPhones Last Year
Apple, the most valuable company in the world, collected nearly $40 million worth of gold taken from outdated, broken and discarded devices last year, according to the company’s Environmental Responsibility Report released this week. The company was able to cull 2,204 pounds of…
· Editorial Staff
Hong Kong Designer Builds a $50,000 Humanoid Robot That Looks Like Scarlett Johansson
A Hong Kong man has fulfilled his childhood dream of building a robot after having completed work on a realistic, life-sized prototype modeled after a Hollywood star.
· Editorial Staff
A Solar-Powered Driverless Car is Coming to China
No workers, no problem, according to Chinese real estate development company Vanke, who is working on driverless cars and robots to address labor shortage problems.
· Riley Schatzle
Why Facebook Strong-Armed an App Developer and Crushed His Viral App
A popular application that let Facebook users know which of their friends had unfriended them was shut down on Wednesday in a controversial move by the social networking company. Who Deleted Me was created by Anthony Kuske to be a “useful tool to enhance users’ Facebook…
· Riley Schatzle
Elon Musk, Stephen Hawking and Steve Wozniak Warn of Impending Killer Robot Wars
The Future of Life Institute (FLI), backed by leaders in their fields like Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk and Noam Chomsky, have co-signed an open letter intended to ban killer robots. Strange enough as it sounds, the letter is serious. Over 1,000 high-profile figures have already…
· Editorial Staff
Why this CEO Wants Everyone to Have a Human-Like Robot for Less than an iPad
In case you were concerned, robots will not be taking over the world any time soon. By the time you are older, however, you may be seeing them around working regular jobs and looking just as human as you. For some of today’s most sophisticated human-like robots, we have Hanson…
· Jacob Wagner
Chief Google Engineer: Humans Will Have Hybrid Brains by 2030
In about 15 years, our brains will contain tiny robots that will connect us to the internet, or whatever the internet will have become by then. So said leading inventor, futurist and director of engineering at Google Ray Kurzweil today at the Exponential Finance conference in…
· Ari Gold
Ari Gold Reveals The Moment that Shattered His Pathetic Dreams and Made Him a Badass
Editor’s Note: The following is an exclusive excerpt from “THE GOLD STANDARD: Rules to Rule By” by Ari Gold of HBO’s hit series “Entourage,” in stores now. Rule #1 – You Don’t Have Any Power Until You Have All The Power
· Editorial Staff
Disney Creates Badass Robot That Makes Epic Drawings in the Sand … Because They Can
When you’re a huge, multi-billion dollar conglomerate like the Walt Disney Company, you can afford to create an army of robots to do your bidding — even if your bidding involves painting Simba into the sand. Going beyond the ranks of the Disney theme parks’ animatronic Pirates…
· Editorial Staff
This Insanely Huge Robot Can Be Yours for a Cool $1 Million On Amazon
If you had a million dollars, what’s the first thing you would buy? If you said, “a 5-ton, 13-foot-tall, 5 mph-capable, wearable robot,” then you’re not only ultra rad, you’re also in luck. On sale on Amazon Japan is the Kuratas, the invention of Kogoro Kurata, a Japanese…
· Max Chang
Study: The One Most Important Skill Every Entrepreneur Needs to Know
An entrepreneur has to be a lot of things: determined, creative, sharp and innovative. But which skill is the most important for any entrepreneur? A study out of Penn State and Aalto University in Helsinki, Finland reveals that if there is one skill you should focus on, it’s…
· Editorial Staff
A Japanese Company Built Something All Introverted Nerds Would Love
Thanks to a Japanese company, you can now buy your own privacy cube to shield yourself from the outside world and other humans.
· Benny Luo
Counterforce: An Interview With the Anti-tech Group That Hates Kevin Rose & Google
Over the last several months, multiple protests have appeared in San Francisco specifically targeted at Google. Employees of the company have been harassed in their homes and Google’s private bus service has received flack for using public bus lanes, including an incident where…