Beach, cold bev, music: the trifecta of the relaxed American summer. There was a time when you had to lug a heavy cooler in addition to some sort of sound system to your favorite sandy spot or local tailgate. That time has now passed, thanks to C3 Custom Cooler Creations by Seljan. These radio-controlled rolling coolers keep things cold while eliminating the need to pull or carry. The C3 has a 30 quart capacity, and can hold a full case of beer plus ice. Thanks to foam insulation, it can keep things ice cold for up to three days.
The C3 cooler also features working headlights and dual cup holders. The sound system is compatible with Android and iOS devices, so you can enjoy your streaming music and MP3s. Bluetooth connectivity is currently under testing.
This roving cooler can also haul your stuff around on its back. Depending on the load, the rear-wheel drive C3 can move at 6 mph (but don’t even think about riding on it). The battery takes about five hours to charge, and testing has shown that the cooler can run at full speed with the lights on and sound system blasting for over four hours.
Got a favorite sports team? Of course you do. Seljan secured the rights to emblazon the logos for all NFL, MLB, and select NHL and NCAA teams on their coolers. You can also order your company logo, or simply leave things blank. Major beverage corporations such as Pepsi have signed on, adding their logos to the product.
The C3 coolers are manufactured in the Seljan Co. plant in Lake Mills, WI.
“Everybody who comes into the plant and sees this thing likes it,” Scott Seljan, company president, told the Milwaukee Sentinel Journal.
Three standard models are offered: the Rover, Truck and Zamboni. They can be ordered online through the product website and Amazon. Prices start at $200.
San Francisco startup Dimensional advertised for people to walk robot dogs through city streets. The New York Times reported that the job could include carrying a roughly 33-pound robot back to the office if it overheated. A lift home is an awkward requirement for a labor-saving machine.
Keeping the hardware running is only one challenge. Anthropic's robotics tests found that language models mostly failed when controlling joints directly, but did better when directing trained controllers. Giving an AI agent a body doesn't teach it to handle ordinary household objects.
Soon, a mattress protector may be more than a bed cover. Australian medtech company Sleeptite and researchers at RMIT University have received a US patent for FlexiSense, a smart bedding technology that tracks body position and posture to help caregivers identify when older residents may be at risk of falling.
The technology is being developed for Sleeptite’s in-bed monitoring system, REMi, and was recently on display at The MedTech Conference in Boston. A peer-reviewed study in Flexible and Printed Electronics says the sensors can also be made at scale without sacrificing performance or durability.
AI companies spend enormous amounts of time convincing us their technology is safe and secure. But what happens when those same companies become targets of increasingly sophisticated AI-powered attacks? Anthropic, the company behind Claude, is now facing that question. According to a Washington Post report, cybersecurity startup Cathedral discovered vulnerabilities that let its researchers access sensitive information in Anthropic's internal systems.
The researchers used AI agents to identify potential entry points in less than 12 hours. Interestingly, they didn't need to crack Claude itself. Instead, they exploited weaknesses in third-party business applications that Anthropic uses for everyday operations. Anthropic's security testing program disclosed the findings, which allows outside researchers to identify and report vulnerabilities.