Tuesday, December 02, 2014

Amazon's Robots

Amazon Reveals the Robots at the Heart of Its Epic Cyber Monday Operation | WIRED

"In early 2012, Amazon spent $775 million to acquire Kiva Systems, a Massachusetts-based startup that makes warehouse robots and software to automate the most mundane parts of filling online orders.
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In the US, Amazon now has a workforce of 15,000 Kiva robots deployed across 10 of its 50 domestic fulfillment centers."




Starbucks card Mobile experiment

Get a coffee, give a coffee - Jonathan's Card:

"Jonathan's Card is an experiment in social sharing of physical goods using digital currency on mobile phones. I stumbled on the idea while doing research related to my work with Mobiquity related to Broadcasting Mobile Currency."

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podcast: The New Digital Watch with Jon Stark @ .NET Rocks!