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07/12/2024
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By Kevin Hughes
Company rolls out AI-powered ammo vending machines that sell bullets 24/7 at grocery stores
New company American Rounds has rolled out artificial intelligence-assisted ammunition vending machines at grocery stores. Known as Automated Ammo Retail Machines (AARM), the machines operate 24/7 and permit customers to conveniently buy ammunition without the restrictions of store hours. The company further noted that their machines use facial recognition and ID scanning technology to certify that buyers are […]
01/15/2024
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By Olivia Cook
Morrisons supermarket chain launches ROBOCOP CCTV CAMERAS, making customers “feel like criminals”
Morrisons, one of the largest supermarkets in the U.K., has come under fire for launching “Robocop” CCTV cameras. Customers and shoppers accuse the supermarket giant of making them “feel like criminals.” A Morrisons spokesperson said the four-legged remote control devices called Safer Pod S1s are equipped with 360-degree HD (high density) cameras and a state-of-the-art […]
08/31/2023
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By Laura Harris
LAYOFFS INCOMING: Walmart teams up with Wings for high-speed drone deliveries to 60,000 homes in Dallas
Retail giant Walmart has announced a new partnership with Wing, an on-demand drone delivery provider powered by Google parent company Alphabet, to offer drone delivery services from two of its branches in Dallas to 60,000 customers in the area. The Walmart Supercenter, located in Frisco, Texas, is set to pioneer the drone delivery service while a […]
07/25/2023
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By Laura Harris
Amazon rolling out PAY-BY-PALM services as new payment tech at all Whole Foods Market stores
Amazon, the tech and retail giant and the parent company of Whole Foods, announced on July 20 that it is expanding its pay-by-palm services known as Amazon One to all Whole Foods Market stores across the United States. Initially launched in 2021, Amazon One will be fully operational for both payment and Prime membership benefits to more than […]
03/07/2020
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By Franz Walker
Engineers develop “Vegebot” that can harvest lettuce
While using machines to harvest crops isn’t a new concept, using a robot that does so through machine learning is. A team of engineers from the University of Cambridge developed a vegetable-picking robot that uses machine learning to harvest a commonplace, but challenging, agricultural crop: lettuce. The team, led by Cambridge’s Dr. Fumiya Iida, initially trained their […]
02/24/2019
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By Jhoanna Robinson
Gaining food independence in the city: Researchers are working on new technologies for growing food sustainably in small, controlled spaces
Researchers at the Center for Lighting Enabled Systems & Applications (LESA) at Rensellaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, New York and the controlled environmental agriculture (CEA) team in Ithaca-based Cornell University are teaming up to work on a $2.42 million program to promote urban farming, which is the production of food in a heavily populated […]
03/13/2018
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By David Williams
Rise of the machines: A.I. technology could soon be taking over the jobs of supermarket managers
The idea that robots will replace entry-level workers in places likes supermarkets has been around for quite some time now. As a matter of fact, an online retail giant has already gone ahead and implemented the idea in its own experimental stores called Amazon Go, where customers can walk in, take whatever items they want, […]
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