A front cover of the New York Post in December offered an unflattering view of Amazon Go, a test convenience store that does away with cashiers. The cover included Robby the Robot modified with Amazon branding and standing beside the giant headline: “THE END OF JOBS.” Paul Misener, Amazon’s vice president of global innovation, sees …
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Domino’s has delivered pizza by drone, by robot and by reindeer, but finally the fast food delivery company is coming through with a service that we can actually see ourselves using: pizza delivered anywhere. We’re not just talking about delivery to hard-to-find addresses or suburbs out in the sticks. Domino’s Anywhere will use your phone’s GPS to let you place …
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If you’ve always wanted an Astro Boy of your own, you’re in luck. You can now build your own Astro Boy robot, and all it’ll take is 70 weeks and around $1,600. To assemble young Astro, you’ll have to be in Japan and buy the weekly craft magazine Shukan Tetsuwan Atom o Tsukuro (which translates to “Let’s Create Astro Boy …
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Moto announced five new snap-on Mod accessories today for its Moto Z family of phones, making good on its promise to release at least 12 new Mods in 2017. The company is actively wooing developers to help create its ecosystem of Mods. 1. Game pad The most aggressive new Mod takes on the Nintendo Switch, the new portable gaming console …
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Now playing: Watch this: These robots are coming for your children 1:48 Barbie is listening for your questions. BB-8 will roll to you when called. And Tyler the Furreal tiger is responding to your roars. Voice recognition software is just one way this year’s toys are becoming more lifelike. At the New York Toy Fair, we got a peek at …
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When you upgraded your television to a new 4K unit, you likely realized that the content available to show off those 6 million additional pixels was scant. Even today, 4K content is seriously lagging behind demand. Fortunately, the same isn’t true of audio. If you’ve recently upgraded your home theater with a surround sound system, there is a vast library …
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How much can a figurine collection cost you? A heck of a lot, it turns out. Tokyo-based Speecys’ Kosaka Cocona robot is a 45-cm tall, dancing J-Pop figurine — and it’ll set you back 980,000 yen, according to Rocket News 24. That’s about $8,600, £6,900 or AU$11,175. Each of Kosaka’s 34 joints can be programmed to make the pop starlet …
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Now playing: Watch this: Aura is a drone you fly with hand gestures 1:03 Toy drones continue to get smarter and more stable. Their controllers, on the other hand, remain a mess of sticks, buttons and switches that take a lot of practice to master. The Aura drone from KD Interactive, on display this weekend at the New York Toy …
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Now playing: Watch this: Air Hogs introduces FPV flying to its DR1 racing drone… 1:00 Air Hogs’ next line of toy drones will lower the price and difficulty barriers for racing drones. The $100 DR1 FPV Race Drone (about £80 or AU$130) is a palm-sized quad with a camera in front that will live stream video to a phone you …
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Disney Research is taking wireless charging to a whole new level. The scientific and tech arm of the entertainment giant has built a prototype room with “ubiquitous wireless power delivery” that allows several devices to be charged wirelessly in much the way we get internet access through Wi-Fi. By tapping quasistatic cavity resonance, researchers discovered they could generate magnetic fields …
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