Amazing Inventions
Between Walmart and Kroger, 500 stores are about to ditch cashiers
Walmart is expanding its "Scan & Go" technology to an additional 100 locations across the U.S., the retailer announced Tuesday, playing into a growing trend of companies giving consumers the option to shop their stores without interacting with a cashier.
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Robot strippers showcased at Las Vegas club
MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images "I'm here to see the robot strippers?" That was me, Monday night, walking into a Las Vegas strip club in hopes of finding one of the more bizarre forms of entertainment near the Strip: A pair of pole-dancing robots I'd read about in an International Business Times article earlier that day.
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The 50 Best Inventions of 2010 - TIME
Flying cars! Jet packs! Lasers that zap malaria-carrying mosquitoes! Here are the year's biggest (and coolest) breakthroughs in science, technology and the arts...
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The Top 50 Inventions of the Past 50 Years
1955-TV REMOTE CONTROL It marks the official end of humanity's struggle for survival and the beginning of its quest for a really relaxing afternoon. The first wireless remote, designed by Zenith's Eugene Polley, is essentially a flashlight.
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Invention - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Another meaning of invention is cultural invention , which is an innovative set of useful social behaviours adopted by people and passed on to others. The Institute for Social Inventions collected many such ideas in magazines and books. Invention is also an important component of artistic and design creativity.
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New Technology, Science News, The Future Now
The truth, and exaggerations, behind this summer's hot movies
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Our expansion into stores in the USA continues with Sugru launching in almost 2000 Target Stores across the country! This brings our total number of stockists from about 500 a year before to an amazing 5000.
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Jibo: The World's First Social Robot for the Home
Join Us at http://www.jibo.com Meet Jibo! Friendly, helpful, intelligent. From social robotics pioneer Dr. Cynthia Breazeal. See what Jibo can do, and how he can fit in and is helpful in all sorts of families and in many different situations. See how Jibo relates to you and becomes part of the family.
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