Here's another way to assure that Americans continue to have exploding girths from lack of exercise. The Dutch have come up with an inventive way to fill up without an attendant or you manning the pump. More time to snack while gassing up without having to take the Long Walk from your car to the nozzle.


Dutch inventors unveiled a few days back a car-fueling robot that they say is the first of its kind. The robot pump works by registering the car on arrival at the pump and matching it to a database of fuel cap designs and fuel types.