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It's Official: You Can Now Buy Luxury Cars Through a Vending Machine
https://futurism.com/its-official-you-ca...g-machine/

EXCERPT: [...] The company opened the vending machine for business in December, and it can house 60 of the world’s finest luxury vehicles, modern sports cars, and classics from Ferrari, Bentley, and Porsche. Buyers at the location simply purchase the vehicle they want via an app, and it’s delivered within two minutes. Not only is this vehicle vending machine a very futuristic concept, it also addresses one of the biggest problems associated with growing cities — limited space. This is leading cities all over the world to look upward for room to expand, with vertical farms, forests, and villages cropping up across the globe. However, amongst these towering creations, Singapore’s vehicular vending machine is still one of a kind....

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'Telepathy' device allows communication 30 meters away
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/a...-away.html

EXCERPT: Researchers have created a device that lets someone whisper to another person up to 30 meters away. the wearable device uses ultrasound to beam a person’s words directly to a specific person, without anyone else hearing what’s being said....

I got a mental image of a giant gripper claw in use there.

(May 17, 2017 07:30 AM)elte Wrote: [ -> ]I got a mental image of a giant gripper claw in use there.

Nice. Does it give change? What happens when you pull the lever, push the button or turn the knob and nothing comes out?

Car vending machine also eliminates sales pressure and the old undercoating 5 year limited warranty rip off. Unfortunately it takes away the chance to sit in it, drive it around, and enjoy the experience of deciding whether you want the red one or the black one.