Day 3568: Heartache.

 

"Heartache": junk-mail collage

 

 

 

 

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Delivery Robot “Lost in the Woods”

 

 

A man named Matthew McCormack found a white delivery robot driving down a trail. The history professor was riding his bike along the dirt path that cuts through Lings Wood Nature Reserve in Northampton, England, when he spotted the piece of tech cruising in the same direction. With red rear lights and a tall orange visibility flag extending in the air, the robot is easy to spot in the picture. “On my bike ride this morning, saw a delivery robot lost in the woods,” McCormack wrote on Twitter. The photo of the white delivery robot surrounded by a lush woodland soon captured the hearts and imaginations of thousands of people online. “The reaction to it has been uniformly sweet. Everyone’s saying, ‘Oh, you know, Pixar should make a film,' or that it’s kind of like WALL-E or something,” he explains. “People are really kind of empathizing with this robot and saying that it’s making a bid for freedom or something like that.”

This amusing image has sparked the imaginations of people online. Here are some of the initial twitter post & some of the responses, less the same photo.

 

 

 

Apparently, the autonomous robot belonged to Starship Technologies and was in fact en route to a customer, as confirmed by the Starship Twitter account.

*Starship Technologies is an Estonian company developing autonomous delivery vehicles. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with engineering operations in Tallinn, Estonia and in Helsinki, Finland.

A Brave New World?

 

Update ...

Thursday was the last day for Superman and WonderWoman at the house on the hill.

The movers were to move the rest of the contents. Both dogs have been watching the process and seem somewhat nervous. WW brought both to me early until WW was ready to start her drive. Grandma's house is much smaller with a tiny yard, so the first hour and a half they were anxious, then finally settled in.

 

Laker at top, then Zoey. And, below, all three of us were on the tiny loveseat.

L-R: me, Zoey and Laker

They were so excited when WW came at noon, with their beds ready in the truck, and they were off. Superman stayed behind to see the movers off, let in the cleaning staff and charge the car. Half an hour later Grandhunk #3 stopped by bringing me lunch! We talked till 3:30.  I didn't take any pictures, but I should have, he had just had a great haircut. Another good day!

 

 

 

A 1+minute video, multi-task, here.

 

Just because ...

 

Lesser Redpoll

 

Smiles for Friday ...

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

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