Abstract: The design and implementation of a vending machine system using Verilog HDL on an FPGA board. The vending machine is equipped with multiple states including product selection, amount ...

Abstract: This paper develops an algorithmic solution using Ising machines to solve large-scale higher-order binary optimization (HOBO) problems with inequality constraints for resource optimization ...

In this special year-end episode of Bold Names, Tim Higgins and Christopher Mims revisit talks with Mustafa Suleyman and Condoleezza Rice. They also debate the 2026 AI outlook, U.S.-China trade, and ...

Protesters are calling for a boycott of a Cypress Park Home Depot over alleged high-pitched noise machines they claim are being used to drive away day laborers. Home Depot denies the allegations, ...

Maurice’s Black Market Vending Machine is one of the weekly challenges you can pursue in Borderlands 4 after you have completed the campaign. Also known as the legendary vending machine, this unique ...

Anthropic has been testing how far AI agents can go by letting one run a real vending machine inside the Wall Street Journal newsroom – but it quickly lost a lot of money. The experiment, documented ...

Ideally, by the time the press gets their hands on a new product or service, all the kinks have already been worked out. Not so for “Claudius,” an AI-operated vending machine that Anthropic lent to ...

Anthropic installed an AI-powered vending machine in the WSJ office. The LLM, named Claudius, was responsible for autonomously purchasing inventory from wholesalers, setting prices, tracking inventory ...

Step by step tutorial showing how to make a tiny LEGO vending machine using standard LEGO bricks. This video explains the full build process, including the compact internal layout, simple dispenser ...