Forget Starbucks, Cafe X Uses a Robot Barista to Ensure Your Order is Perfect Every Single Time

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CafeX Robot Barista

Sure, in many cases Starbucks may be the most convenient option for coffee lovers on the run, but what if you could get a drink made to your liking, but without any risk of things going wrong? Introducing Cafe X. This futuristic coffee shop of sorts uses industrial-grade robotic arms to make your drink, and it’s open 24-hours to boot. Simply enter your order into a tablet kiosk (or app), along with payment details, and the arms go to work. Continue reading for another video, more pictures and information.

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Closer Look at the World’s First and Only 1930 Ford Model A Powered by a Honda S2000 Engine

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Model A S2000
This project all began with James Schwartz’s custom 1930 Ford Model A project in 2015, which consisted of a Model A body on a custom tube chassis, all powered by a Honda S2000 F20C inline-four, mated to a 6-speed manual transmission. Two-years later, Ricky Boada acquired the vehicle, and several upgrades ensued, including a modified firewall, chassis around the transmission, rear wing, new mounts and a custom diffuser.

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NASA Captures Massive Coronal Mass Ejection, Earth Placed Next to it For Scale

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NASA Coronal Mass Ejection

Photo credit: Jason Major

Photo processing guru Jason Major edited a massive coronal mass ejection captured by NASA on June 7th, 2011 by placing Earth in the upper left corner for scale. For those unfamiliar with the phenomena, it’s basically a significant release of plasma and magnetic field from the solar corona. They often follow solar flares and are normally present during a solar prominence eruption. The plasma is released into the solar wind, and can be observed in coronagraph imagery. Continue reading for another video and more information.

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX CPU Released, is World’s First 32-core, 64-thread Desktop Processor

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Ryzen Threadripper 2nd Gen 2990WX

AMD’s Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX CPU is the world’s first 32-core, 64-thread desktop processor, and it could be the ultimate CPU for workstations. This second-generation processor can be installed on TR4 socket, X399 chipset motherboards, offering a base speed of 3.0GHz and a maximum speed of 4.2GHz, while supporting 64 threads, 64 PCI Express 3.0 lanes, complete with 3MB of L1 cache, 16MB of L2 cache and 64MB of L3 cache. “All second-generation Ryzen Threadripper CPUs are supported by a full ecosystem of exciting new motherboards, as well as all existing X399 platforms with a simple BIOS update, with designs already available from top motherboard manufacturers including ASRock, ASUS, Gigabyte, and MSI,” according to the company. Product page. Continue reading for two hands-on videos and more information.

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Photographer Captures Rarely Seen Photos of Joseon, or the Ordinary Life of People in North Korea

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Ordinary Life North Korea Joseon

Photo credit: Denis Davydenko via Peta Pixel

Yes, there are still tour groups that frequent North Korea, and one photographer, Denis Davydenko, managed to capture “Joseon”, or how the inhabitants refer to their country – meaning “country of morning freshness.” “Complicated, contradictory, shrouded in myths and legends in media publications. It is the only country on the Earth in which there is classical socialism. The way of life of Koreans, their mentality and culture are therefore difficult to understand for most Western People,” said Denis. Continue reading for more pictures

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