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  • Technology makes possibilities and not outcomes. The idea of a bipedal mechanical assistant that can carry , move and lift items for the elderly , on call 24/7 could be another possibility.

    It’s likely things would go as you say. Still there is a possibility that some other applications could come out of this kind of bipedal platform as well.

    Delivering mail is a complex task for a machine. This is a technology forum so at some point we should be excited that there are possibilities in the future.

    The distance these devices could go gives many more possibilities than a similar platform that can move shorter distances.

    My first thought for a platform that could move through human spaces at 13 miles an hour was a military robot for urban combat similar to a terminator. So mail delivery robot is the optimistic version of the future.









  • There were many other formats that came and went between vhs and dvd. There is a lot of media history being conveniently forgotten to make it seem like VHS was the only video format until 1995.

    I owned many of them at the time they came out. They all had advantages and drawbacks.

    when using the tv’s in most homes at the time, the advantages didn’t matter. You needed to use high resolution composite computer monitors with the video sources and surround sounds equipped receivers to get a significantly different experience. That was such an expensive niche .

    The killer thing that vhs had over the numerous formats that came and went was price.

    Once dvd got inexpensive enough it took over. That was about a decade after DVD’s introduction.

    I agree that dvd will likely outlive the legacy of VHS in pure years.







  • . Ai companies want to replace all YouTube , and TikTok,creators with ai video content farms, capturing the creator market and if it scales the streaming market. Instead of getting a cut gen ai would let platforms eat the whole pie alone.

    A significant number of smaller creators I watch have drastically increased the quality of animations and b roll by using ai tools.

    These tool are a big deal to a big market.