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[Pictures] Chinese Tycoon Shops with 8 Robotic Maids
A middle-aged Chinese man said to be “nouveau riche” went on a shopping excursion last week escorted by eight robots dressed up as maids. Like school on Sundays:no class.
Airbnb Competition: Sleep in a Bookshelf
Book and Bed is a 30-bed hostel in Tokyo where guests sleep in snug little cubbies hidden behind stacks of books. In addition to getting access to 3,000 books (in both Japanese and English), guests are given a small mattress and a reading light. Cozy.
New Artificial Intelligence Detects 85 Percent of Cyber-Attacks
MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) has revealed a new Artificial Intelligence system called AI2. It can detect 85 percent of cyber-attacks, with false positives rates five times smaller than existing solutions. Complex solutions for complex times.
This Is London’s First Naked Restaurant
The Bunyadi, named after a Hindi term for “natural,” will open this summer, and will offers it patrons a changing room so they can prepare for their meal. The waiting list is already at 5,000. Note to entrepreneurs: Build naked versions of things and people will come.
Want Viagra? Not So Fast, Says Lawmaker
A South Carolina lawmaker is proposing that men who want Viagra to help them have sex wait for 24 hours—and get a sworn statement from their sexual partners. This is sure to make men a little blue.
