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Meet Zippy, the Robotic Chef: - Used in kitchens by Michelin-star chefs - Trained on over 5 million recipes - Learns new recipes from a single demonstration - Easy to integrate into commercial kitchens Zippy’s system uses multi-modal perception and heat transfer modeling to adapt to ingredient and appliance variations, similar to how an expert chef would. It operates with a mix of autonomy and remote control to handle new scenarios and improve over time. xlink

A former Miss Switzerland finalist was strangled and savagely dismembered by her husband, who then “pureed” her remains in a blender, Swiss officials revealed.Kristina Joksimovic, 38, was found slain in her home in February in Binningen, near the city of Basel in Switzerland.Her 41-year-old husband, who was only referred to as “Thomas” in local media reports, was taken into custody but had appealed for his release, which was rejected on Wednesday by the country’s federal court in Lausanne after he confessed to the killing.

LOS ANGELES — Veg-O-Matic king Ron Popeil used to love to say, "But wait, there's more!" But only barely, it turns out, at least in regard to the company he founded. Ronco Corp., based in Simi Valley has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, declaring it has $32.7 million in debts and $13.9 million in assets. Popeil, 72, an irrepressible pitchman who used infomercials to sell products such as the Pocket Fisherman, Showtime Rotisserie and GLH spray-on hair, is the largest creditor. Two years ago, he sold Ronco, the company he founded in 1958. The price was about $55 million...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark - A Danish art museum director was acquitted of animal cruelty charges Monday after a court ruled that a display featuring goldfish inside working blenders was not cruel. The display at the Trapholt Art Museum in Kolding featured 10 blenders and invited visitors to blend the fish if they wanted to. Somebody did in early 2000 — and two goldfish were ground up. Animals right activists complained that the exhibit was cruel. Museum director Peter Meyer was fined $315 by police, but he refused to pay and went on trial in Kolding, 125 miles west of the capital,...