My Apartment Manager is not a News Thread, #2

[robkelk]

Don't tell him, but Gendo Saotome was right... according to a Russian researcher.

It’s not your imagination; stolen food really does taste better

[Cobalt Greywalker]

Don't tell him, but Gendo Saotome was right... according to a Russian researcher.

It’s not your imagination; stolen food really does taste better

Um...  "Gendo Saotome"?  I didn't think he was THAT bad.  Unless it's Ranma-chan who needs to get in the giant robot...

Wouldn't Sinji-chan be a Rei clone?  Or a pale Nadia/

Hum...  <Rubs chin>

[robkelk]

Oh, come on... it's a classic crossover from the '90s.

[Bob Schroeck]

So... about halfway between our place and Princeton there's a building with a sign reading "Robo Sous Chef". It's been there for a couple years now, and despite being intensely curious I kept forgetting to look it up on the Web when I got home... until yesterday. And when I did, I couldn't help but think of Washuu mentioning her autokitchen in Greetings from Minnesota!

Because that's exactly what they make and sell:





Their YouTube channel has a lot more, including short videos of their "Cheetah" model cooking various dishes. (Mostly Chinese, because the machines are made in China and they have a substantial installed base there, apparently.)

It's not 100% automated -- you do have to slice and chop the ingredients before loading them into the machine -- but once you do it's basically fire-and-forget.

What's really interesting is that even though most of the videos are clearly targeting the food service industry, at least one suggests that they're also planning on marketing it as a consumer-level appliance as well. The page on their website for the Cheetah model actually shows it in a home kitchen. The site also has a lot of other interesting information -- except for prices.

[robkelk]

One day only: Skuld's really big ice cream bowl.

Stanley Cup makes sugary stop in Ottawa

[Labster]

US bans foreign-made humanoid robots

33-Stars is going to have to cancel that concert.  And I feel sorry for all of the androids that are now illegals.  Do not disassemble!

[Labster]

Trump Administration wants to give part of Yosemite to a developer

Memory of water: the women reshaping Venice – in pictures

[robkelk]

Mars astronauts could live in houses made of yeast and jello, say scientists

Low-energy 3D printing could turn Martian dirt into sturdy structures

Researchers claim freeze-dried buildings to be an order of magnitude (maybe two) less expensive than other 3D-printing options. As yet, they've only produced proof-of-concept miniatures that are 45 mm tall.

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NASA and IBM open source lunar mapping tools

IBM and NASA have got together again and released an open source AI model of the Moon that could be used to make new discoveries about Earth’s natural satellite.

We, of course, could use the data for making geological-survey-style maps, or generating backgrounds for images set on the Moon... assuming we have the skills to manipulate the data those ways.