Not looking for a get-rich-quick sale, artist Oliver Mak is part of a new project that is trying to use the swell of interest in NFTs and cryptocurrency to help places in the Boston community that were decimated by the COVID-19 shutdown. Many know Mak as the cofounder of Bodega, […]
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New N.J. restaurant’s futuristic vending machine dispenses full meals, perfect for COVID dining
As I approached the curved wall of glowing glass compartments, I imagined I was about to have dinner on a space ship. “Good evening, Jeremy. Dinner is served,” a disembodied voice should have announced. There was no voice. But there was a box in the middle of the wall with […]
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The Best Bread Machine for Your Baking Style
Love the taste and smell of homemade bread? Of course! Everyone loves a slice of freshly baked bread, but baking yeasted breads at home can be intimidating. Between the finicky yeast, kneading the dough and waiting for it to rise, from-scratch loaves can be a challenge—unless you’ve got a bread […]
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Facebook Is a Doomsday Machine
The Doomsday Machine was never supposed to exist. It was meant to be a thought experiment that went like this: Imagine a device built with the sole purpose of destroying all human life. Now suppose that machine is buried deep underground, but connected to a computer, which is in turn […]
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Japan debuts literal ‘hands-free’ vending machine for contactless purchases
Whether it’s robot waiters or self-driving couriers, the tech sector is coming up with solutions in the socially-distanced age. Now a company in Osaka, Japan debuted the first-ever foot-operated vending machine. The innovative design, created by DyDo, aims to prevent the spread of Covid-19. The “hands-free” vending machine dispenses food and drinks, but customers use […]
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Japan debuts literal ‘hands-free’ vending machine for contactless purchases
Whether it’s robot waiters or self-driving couriers, the tech sector is coming up with solutions in the socially-distanced age. Now a company in Osaka, Japan debuted the first-ever foot-operated vending machine. The innovative design, created by DyDo, aims to prevent the spread of Covid-19. The “hands-free” vending machine dispenses food […]
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Machine learning helps hunt for COVID-19 therapies
Newswise — Michigan State University Foundation Professor Guowei Wei wasn’t preparing machine learning techniques for a global health crisis. Still, when one broke out, he and his team were ready to help. The group already has one machine learning model at work in the pandemic, predicting consequences of mutations to SARS-CoV-2. Now, Wei’s team has deployed another to help drug developers on their most promising leads for attacking one of the virus’ most compelling targets. The researchers shared their research in the peer-reviewed […]