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Submitted by David on Tue, 2013-10-01 15:58

Lettuce Bot: Roomba for Weeds: I wonder if this might make sustainable, low fertilizer ways of growing more effective. e.g. Moving from a monoculture to planting a variety of different, complementary crops in a field like Amazon orders its warehouses in a seemingly random manner. Hopefully fewer pesticides too.
U.S. Textile Plants Return, With Floors Largely Empty of People: Ahh... automation. "Take Parkdale: The mill here produces 2.5 million pounds of yarn a week with about 140 workers. In 1980, that production level would have required more than 2,000 people."
The World's Richest Women: "The 20 richest women in the world hold the purse strings to a combined $232 billion. While the majority of their wealth was inherited–just one woman in the top 20 has a self-made fortune–many are putting their money to good use in philanthropy." That single self-made woman appears to be a Hong Kong real estate developer.
Baby boy is able to set himself on fire with his own body: So spontaneous human combustion is a real thing ... or is it?

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