Tag: weekthatwas
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The week that was
Tesla announced they are building humanoid robots to be used for unsafe, repetitive or boring tasks. “In the future, physical labor will be a choice,” said Elon Musk. Disney announced they are developing “sentient” robots and will have them wander their parks free amongst the guests. Robotics firm Boston Dynamics demonstrated how their Atlas robots can…
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The week that was
Australian canoeist Jessica Fox found a perfectly stretchy, waterproof material to fix the tip of her kayak at the Tokyo Olympics: a condom. After asking the UK government to ban its cigarettes, Philip Morris is pivoting to asthma inhalers which it views as a growth market. London Bridge may not be falling down but it…
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The week that was
Due to the drought, the Northern California town of Mendocino is running out of water and is considering bringing it in via a tanker train. Greenville, another NorCal town, was reduced to ashes by the Dixie fire, the third largest in the state’s history. While the Yankee Stadium grounds crew was busy cornering a cat…
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The week that was
Researchers at MIT are working on an app that can successfully detect Covid-19 in asymptomatic individuals by processing recordings of an individual’s cough. A Louisiana family was briefly one of the richest families in America when their bank mistakenly transferred $50 billion into their account. Philip Morris asked the UK government to ban cigarettes within…
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The week that was
The people of the Isle de Jean Charles in the bayous of Louisiana became the first federally funded community of climate migrants. A startup in Amsterdam introduced an electric two-seater car that can run entirely from sunlight collected on its solar-paneled roof. A woman in Tulsa was located and arrested when she left a comment…
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The week that was
With rising oceans and cataclysmic floods upon us, it only makes sense that Jeep is thinking about adding to their iconic 4-wheeler an underwater mode. Confirming that global warming has arrived, Car & Driver published a review to see which convertible, left in the sun, has the hottest seat. A Moscow-based company is proposing a…
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The week that was
An underwater gas line ruptured in the Gulf of Mexico and set the ocean on fire. Locals in upstate New York are complaining that a power plant, taken over by a NYC private equity fund to mine crypto, is ruining the their nearby lake. “The lake is so warm you feel like you’re in a…
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The week that was
The Hubble Space Telescope glitched out and “stopped collecting science data.” NASA engineers work feverishly to get things working again but are running out of options as backup systems also failed. The U.S. government released a report admitting that due to “lack of data” it can’t explain 143 of the 144 cases of UFOs that…
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The week that was
Akamai’s Denial-of-Service software inadvertently denied service to major banks and airlines in Australia. A Chinese construction company built a 10-story apartment building, complete with all electrical, lighting, water supply, and drainage in 28 hours and 45 minutes. At the G7 summit, US president Joe Biden gifted UK prime minister Boris Johnson a $6,000 custom bicycle…