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Finland warms up the world’s largest sand battery, and the economics look appealing.
An Australian in California built a 210 km-range drone in 90 days using off-the-shelf parts, a 3D printer, and no prior experience—showing how accessible drone warfare has become.
Artificial Blood That Could Work for All Blood Types in Trials in Japan
A Chinese group has released one of the world's most powerful AI for robots as Open-Source. Will Open-Source AI soon dominate Silicon Valley VC-funded efforts?
In England, 90% of keyhole surgeries in the public health system to be performed by robots by 2035, government says.
Engineers build blood-inspired battery to run robots more efficiently - Injecting gas into a silicone oil-water emulsion boosts oxygen capacity sixfold, mimicking how hemoglobin stores oxygen in blood
Korean researchers have used carbon nanotubes to replace metal coils for ultra-lightweight electric motors that are 80% lighter than metal ones.
San Francisco based XRobotics pizza making robots, lease for $1,300 a month and can make 100 pizzas per hour.
Worldcoin, Sam Altman's crypto coin-backed eyeball-scanning ID, has just launched in Britain - a country historically averse to national ID systems. Will anyone there use it?
Figure Robotics says their humanoid robots have rapidly advanced in ability - after just three months of on-the-job factory training.
New research from Apple suggests current approaches to AI development are unlikely to lead to AGI.
David Sacks, the US government's AI Czar, says Universal Basic Income is 'a fantasy that will never happen'.
Amazon is preparing to test humanoid robots for last-mile package delivery, marking a significant step toward automating the final leg of its logistics chain.
The US Space Program is spiraling into total disarray - NASA is being gutted, and after today's feuding, SpaceX's plans may be ending too.
In Hollywood Everyone Is Already Using AI (And Hiding It) “We can say, ‘Do it in anime, make it PG-13.’ Three hours later, I’ll have the movie.”
It's makers claim that an AI which can write the code to improve itself, more than doubled its performance In benchmarks like SWE-bench and Polyglot, outperforming hand-designed agents.
