Tag: JETSONS

Who has time or patience any more to deal with waiters? Apparently not Michael Mack, the proprietor of 's Bagger's (yes, it's spelled with an apostrophe-s), a one-of-a-kind, fully-automated restaurant situated on the outskirts of Nuremberg, Germany. 's Bagger's does away with a wait staff entirely. Patrons order via touchscreen computers at their tables, rather than from an impatient server ...

Yet another sure sign that the apocalypse is just around the corner, a robot named "Tiro" recently emceed a wedding in South Korea. The robot spoke in "female mode" at the ceremony and was accompanied by some other robots that took care of the guests and gave live performances. The creators of Tiro claim that this is the first time robots have run a wedding, and we'll bet our AIBO (no relation) ...

Ahh, Murphy, Texas. Your huge lots inspire dreams, your new toll road named after President George Bush fills us with pride, and your flying cars thrill us with visions of the future. Murphy residents Vernon Porter and Clarence Kissell, retired engineers from the idyllic town, are bringing the Jetsons fantasy to life with the GT Flyer, pictured above. A flying car may sound like a pipe dream, ...