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A Japanese noodle shop is using two robots to create perfect bowls of ramen. At the Fuamen Ramen noodle shop, two robotic arms work in sync to create up to 800 bowls of noodles on a busy day.

As the video shows, the robots ladle the broth, boil the noodles and toss it in, and sprinkle the toppings. And the entire process take about one minute and 40 seconds for a bowl. It’s fascinating to watch them at work, so precise in their movements.

Apparently the benefits of using a ramen robot are ” the accuracy of timing in boiling noodles, precise movements in adding toppings and consistency in the taste.”

When there’s a lull in orders, the robots ‘play’ with each other and do some neat tricks to keep the customers entertained.

The noodle shop is still keeping some human employees around to take orders and serve the prepared bowls to customers. Wonder how long before those jobs disappear.

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If you’re one of the lucky few who own a Tesla Roadster, this will certainly be of interest to you. And, for the rest of us — well, let’s indulge ourselves in a bit of vicarious living for a moment, shall we? Eberhard’s just made its rapid charger — the Roadster Foundry Mobile Connector (or RFMC) — available to order. The RFMC comes with adapters that will allow charging at 12, 16, 24, 32 or 40 amps, and a fully depleted battery will charge overnight when charging at 40 amps. All you need to do (owning a Roadster is the hardest part, no doubt) to get the newer, faster charger is send the standard MC120 charger the car came with, plus $960 to EV components, wait for the new RFMC to show up, then go back to your normal life — you know, sitting on a desolate beach in your insane car watching the sun go down.

[Via Autoblog Green]

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Eberhard’s RFMC rapid charger for Tesla Roadster now up for order originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Natural England needs you, dear urbanite, to put on your conservationist hat — and beesuit, by the looks of it — and start taking care of a small bee colony. Because, as you already know, you can’t have healthy plant life without healthy insect populations to sustain it. At this point, a lot of us might be intrigued — after all, who doesn’t find the idea of homemade honey and a houseful of killer bees appealing? And all would indeed be well, but for the £465 ($790) price of the beekeeping unit, which renders the entire idea the exclusive preserve of the very wealthy and very bored and leaves us poor nature lovers looking on helplessly. Like a bee trying to fly through a window.

[Via PhysOrg]

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Omlet Beehaus is a plastic beehive for the urban conservationist originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:12:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The women’s version of the Comfort Cruiser.

(Credit: Pedego)

Editor’s note: This post was updated at 8:59 a.m. PDT August 7 to remove the incorrect statement that Pedego is also the maker of the eZee bike.

You have heard of the eZee bike, which is cool …