Man Winds Up in the ER After His Skin Turned Blue

Tommy Lynch, from Derbyshire, UK, was rushed to the hospital after waking from a long sleep to find his skin blue. A friend convinced him to head to the hospital, where concerned emergency room staff put him on oxygen. When a nurse swabbed his skin before drawing blood, she noticed that the blue color rubbed off. A little more conversation with Lynch uncovered the culprit — a new set of bed sheets. The ￡40 ($53.11) set of bed sheets had been gifted to Lynch to keep him warm at his barn property in Castle Gresley in November. After receiving a clean bill of health, Lynch said it had taken him several days to get rid of the blue color by taking baths. “The first thing I did when I got home was wash my sheets,” said Lynch. “I haven’t gone blue since.”

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Goldfish Drives a Custom-Built Car

A Netherlands engineer built a car for his pet goldfish, Blub, who drove the vehicle a distance of 40 feet in one minute to break a world record. Thomas de Wolf constructed a 4-wheeled vehicle with a water tank for a driver's seat. The vehicle is steered by analyzing the movements of the goldfish inside the tank. De Wolf said his job is normally quite monotonous, so he wanted to create something that would entertain people. He said that while a car driven by a goldfish might not be particularly practical, the motion-sensing technology that it runs on could prove to be very useful to people with disabilities. Blub the goldfish drove the car for a distance of 40 feet 3.46 inches, setting a new Guinness World Record for the greatest distance covered in a motion-sensing vehicle by a goldfish in one minute. 

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Robot Detained by Police After Terrorizing Elderly Woman on the Street

Call it an “Android arrest" — a humanoid robot has been detained by police for terrorizing an elderly woman on the street. The incident happened when a startled 70-year-old ended up in the hospital following her encounter with the 4’ 4” bot. The robot is reported to be a Unitree G1 model, which retails for $13,500. The woman was apparently walking along the street looking at her cellphone when she realized someone — actually “something” — was following close behind her. She turned around to find the robot, who responded by raising both arms as it was scolded by the woman. There was no physical contact between the woman and the robot, but she was taken to the hospital to be checked out and was later released. The robot purportedly belongs to an education center that was conducting promotional activities in the area. The Android was being operated remotely by a 50-year-old man, who told police he was testing the robot to further improve its operation. He was subsequently warned by authorities to be more mindful of endangering or frightening pedestrians.

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Side-Hustling Californians Are Teaching Robots the Ropes

Californians in need of a quick buck are signing up for a futuristic side hustle where humans get paid to help artificial intelligence understand the art of our everyday movements. Call it “poaching coaching.” As advancements in AI technologies continue to encroach on the human experience — from outpacing us at work to co-parenting our kids — natural born people are in danger of becoming totally replaceable with every passing moment. Obviously, that can’t happen without our help, and apparently cash-strapped Californians are schooling systems on the how-tos of mankind. Willing subjects wear headbands with phone mounts on which they’re able to secure cellular devices or cameras and record themselves doing housework and other menial tasks. The data is then used to train AI on how to act. Salvador Arciga, one of the part-time bot tutors, explained the job this way: “I need to do chores anyway; now I get a chance to get paid to do it.” These positions pay as much as $40 an hour, which is nothing to sneeze at if you’re looking to supplement your income. Argica says he has already pocketed $1,200. “It’s like getting paid for breathing.”

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