Tag: shopping trolley
Carlos the Hobo-bot: flaming robotic legs pushing a shopping trolley
Genius, that’s the only word to describe this.
I’m not quite sure what the practical applications are for a robot that staggers around like half a drunken redneck on a shopping spree, but the moment I saw this bad boy catch fire and still keep on trucking, I knew I’d seen my favourite piece of tech of the week. Take a look. This clip was made for giggling.
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Microsoft MediaCart shopping trolley – too good for the local pond
Microsoft is helping design the ultimate shopping trolley: a cart that will guide you round the store, suggest recipes…and tell you if you’re sticking to your diet.
Developed by MediaCart, the wirelessly controlled trolleys will help with special offers, remember your previous purchases and ‘deliver targeted communications at the point of purchase’ – i.e. blind you with advertising based on ‘traffic patterns’ and ‘shopper interactions’.
To make food shopping…
Man makes potential death trap out of shopping trolley and bicycle
Seconds after this photo was taken did he (a) go over the handlebars and into the path of an oncoming car, (b) go over the handlebars and into the path of an oncoming lorry, or (c) go over the handlebars and into the path of an oncoming bus?
We’ll never know. We can recreate it, though…
