Algorithms · March 2023Gaffe level: Typo
A tasty L.A. mystery: Unwanted Uber Eats food deliveries vex Highland Park neighborhood
Residents of an LA neighborhood kept receiving Uber Eats orders they never placed, in what may be a social experiment or an algorithm gone rogue. Free tacos sound great until you realize nobody ordered them.
Source: LA Times
A Thought-Controlled Bionic Arm Moved Into Its First Home Trial
Avi Davidson, who lost his left arm 17 years ago, is the first person to take the University of Utah's thought-controlled LUKE Arm home for a full year. The direct nerve interface lets him move the arm with his thoughts and feel pressure and texture through it, so within days he was making a sandwich and holding his wife's hand.
Source: University of Utah