For those celebrating Thanksgiving today, at some point there will come a time where you is simply too full to move. At this point, the sensible action is to sleep it off before rising later in the day, groggy and disorientated, for a second gorging. But what if technology could help? What if, instead of succumbing to your turkey stupor, some sort of chest-mounted robot arm could lob sweet treats into your open mouth? What a world that would be.
We’ve not reached this gravy-soaked utopia yet, but researchers from Australia and India have taken us one step closer with “Arm-A-Dine” — a robot arm worn in the middle of the chest that picks food up off the table and conveys it to you or your dining partner’s mouth.
Technology, aiding gluttony!
Will S.
November 22, 2018 at 11:10 pm
Just think: this would free up your hands to use your smartphone! None of this pesky using your knife and fork, wasting precious energy that could be used typing and swiping… 😉
ddswaterloo
November 23, 2018 at 12:25 am
This is meant to be a joke right? One can only hope.
Will S.
November 23, 2018 at 12:28 am
I hope so, but I doubt it…
Carnivore
November 23, 2018 at 6:03 am
I suppose one could see this being used by a paralyzed person, but the article doesn’t take that angle. The tubby fellow in the video needs a chest mounted arm to push him away from the table.
Will S.
November 23, 2018 at 9:26 am
I was thinking that too, Carnivore, but the story doesn’t even mention such a potential application.
Ha! That he does. 😃
12345
November 23, 2018 at 9:41 am
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/19-24.htm
Will S.
November 23, 2018 at 11:43 am
Indeed.
fister roboto
November 23, 2018 at 1:55 pm
pixar’s wall-e was a documentary.
Will S.
November 26, 2018 at 10:48 am
😃
feeriker
November 24, 2018 at 12:27 am
Yet another example of why I’m rapidly becoming a techno-cynic/Luddite.
Will S.
November 25, 2018 at 1:30 am
Yeah…
Socially Extinct
November 24, 2018 at 8:49 am
2018: build it and they will eat, and eat, and eat…
This reminds me of Wall-E, a surprisingly prescient “kids” movie..
Will S.
November 25, 2018 at 1:30 am
😃