A BBC News crew went to Germany to try ’s Baggers, the robotized, fully automated restaurant in which there’s not a single waiter in sight and plates float over your head on steel rails to reach your seat, Futurama-style. And apparently, they loved it.

As we already knew, everything in this restaurant in Nuremberg is completely automated, from the ordering process—using a touchscreen which also allows you to surf the web or email while waiting for our order—to the delivery of the food to your color-coded seat. Only the cooking is manual, which is done by some Elzar apprentices, 70% human-30% iron chefs, somewhere in the building.

The creator of the technology behind ’s Baggers thinks there’s a big market for these kinds of restaurant, which are convenient, fun, and save costs to the owners and the clients. The BBC seems to agree. Their verdict: fun, delicious, fast, and no tips. Makes a good case to eradicate that awful, ingrate job of waitressing all throughout the planet. Sad, I know. But don’t despair, my friends: there’s always blogging.

Go to the BBC page to get their full impressions. ['s Baggers via BBC News]

Boston Dynamics keeps working on their BigDog quadruped robot, which will probably grow to be the future AT-AT of the Pentagon. Its evolution since the last time we saw it is nothing sort of mindblowing, and a bit spooky.

It looks like an actual biological quadruped. Seeing it climb through rubble, snow, jumping over obstacles like a wild goat, and saving a near-fall on iced ground at the last second (fast forward to the middle of the video) defies belief. It feels so “animal” that I almost feel bad when they hit it to demonstrate how it regains balance on its own.

The new version of the robot can now carry 340 pounds, which is almost triple the previous weight. It looks to me that that $10 million funding they got from Darpa has been put to good use. [IEEE]

Well, that was quick. It appears firmware 1.1.3 has already been Jailbroken. The solution is not available to the mainstream yet, as both teams are holding back until the iPhone SDK launches in April. Nevertheless, there is video proof; jump to catch some shaky evidence of installer.app playing nice with 1.1.3.

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Everyday, we wake up and look in the mirror knowing we shunned our ordained rights to be flying superheroes that protect the world, and for what? To blog you guys through life, so you may be entertained and informed. The fine fellows at TricksPRO have shown us what could have been if we didn't throw the towel in at Superhero Class 101. Sure, the base jumping lunatics in the video look cool and have awesome quotes, such as, "Now it's getting boring, so we play around," but we gave that up for you guys—don't you forget it. Now, ensure you are not prone to any anxiety disorders, then check out the insane video. [Metacafe]

We’ve been looking forward to the Transformers movie for quite some time now, and we are happy to present the official trailer for this awesometastic movie. Big ups to our hombres at Jalopnik for YouTubing it. – Travis Hudson

Robot-Car Leftovers: We Bring Transformer To Youtube For You! [Jalopnik]