Wooden barrels are what make the magic happen in your favorite bottle of whisky. They’re also the source of a long-standing problem in the spirits industry: They leak. A lot. At Bacardi Limited, the world’s largest privately held spirits company, barrel leakage is a massive headache. Consider the company’s Dewar’s blended Scotch whisky brand (just … Read more
BOSTON (AP) — Tariffs weren’t on the agenda of this week’s Robotics Summit, where thousands of tech industry workers mingled with humanoid and other robot varieties and talked about how to build and sell a new generation of increasingly autonomous machines. Not on the official agenda, at least. “Jump up to the microphones,” said keynote … Read more
Boston Dynamics’ Atlas Robot Pulls Off a Festive Backflip This holiday season, Boston Dynamics is giving us an early gift: a video of their electric Atlas robot performing a flawless backflip while sporting a Santa hat. The remarkable feat, captured around the 13-minute mark of a newly released video here, showcases the remarkable advancements in … Read more