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GPT trains robots better than humans – as proven by this dog on a yoga ball
2024-05-07 05:50 Joe Salas
DrEureka, a new open-source software package that anyone can play with, is used to train robots to perform real-world tasks using Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT 4. It's a "sim-to-reality" system, meaning it teaches the robots in a virtual environment using simulated physics, before implementing them in meatspace.
Category: Technology
Tags: GPT, Robots, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Unitree, Machine Learning
Video: Sleek SpaceX suit to make its runway debut on Polaris Dawn mission
2024-05-07 05:29 David Szondy
Bridging fashion and functionality, SpaceX has revealed what its astronauts will be wearing on the first-ever private spacewalk in 2024. In a new video, the company details the futuristic features of the suit that will be space-tested on the Polaris Dawn mission.
Tags: Space Suit, SpaceX, Textile, Space exploration, Elon Musk, Polaris, Astronauts
Handsome electric bowrider packs 278-horsepower boost
2024-05-07 04:40 C.C. Weiss
The last time we looked in on Austrian vehicle tuner ABT, it was taking a break from high-speed cars to put its unique set of skills to work on one of 2023's sleekest (and most overpriced) Volkswagen camper vans. It's now emerged out of the forest to try its hand in the nascent electric boat market, teaming up with Marian on a pure-electric 603-bhp (450-kW) 26-footer capable of speeds up to 53 mph (85 km/h).
Tags: Electric Boats, Boats, Boat, Outdoors, Volkswagen, Electric Boats
Video: Ill-fated Boeing Starliner launch scrubbed due to faulty valve
2024-05-07 03:57 David Szondy
Boeing's attempt to put two astronauts into orbit has been scrapped. At 8:33 pm EDT, the launch of the Starliner spacecraft was called off due to engineering problems with the oxygen release valve of the Centaur second stage of the Atlas V rocket.
Tags: Boeing, Starliner, Space exploration, Launch
Adjustable magnetic smartphone light belts out 300 lumens
2024-05-06 23:44 Ben Coxworth
Feeling limited by your smartphone's puny light? If so, you might want to check out the phone-mountable Wuben E1. It's currently on Kickstarter, and puts out up to 300 lumens as compared to the iPhone 15's measly 50.
Category: Mobile Technology, Technology
Tags: smartphones, iPhone, Light, Magnetic, Kickstarter
Breath-analyzing sensor dims its glow to show blood oxygen levels
2024-05-06 21:10 Ben Coxworth
A new sensor could soon allow hospital patients' blood oxygen levels to be checked via their breath. The technology is claimed to be more reliable and less painful than existing traditional methods.
Tags: Fraunhofer, Bloodstream, Oxygen
mRNA vaccine tackles deadly brain cancer in human trial
2024-05-06 16:45 Michael Irving
Glioblastoma is one of the most deadly cancers, with few treatment options available. Now, a small human clinical trial has demonstrated an mRNA vaccine that quickly rallies the immune system to fight off the tumors, with promising results.
Tags: Cancer, Brain cancer, Vaccines, RNA, University of Florida
Sea-bed 'air batteries' offer cheaper long-term energy storage
2024-05-06 11:21 Loz Blain
Israeli company BaroMar is preparing to test a clever new angle on grid-level energy storage, which it says will be the cheapest way to stabilize renewable grids over longer time scales. This innovative system lets water do the work.
Tags: Compressed Air, Grid-Level Energy Storage, Renewable Energy, Underwater
Google's medical AI destroys GPT's benchmark and outperforms doctors
2024-05-06 10:49 Paul McClure
Doctors treat a multitude of patients daily, with needs ranging from simple to very complex. To deliver effective care, they must be familiar with each patient’s health record and keep up-to-date with the newest procedures and treatments. And then there’s the all-important doctor-patient relationship, built on empathy, trust, and communication. For an AI to come close to emulating a real-world doctor, it needs to be able to do all of these things.
Category: Technology
Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Health, LLM (Large Language Model), Google.org, Google DeepMind, clinic, Diagnostic devices
Deep-space lasers smash data speed records over interplanetary distances
2024-05-06 10:08 Michael Irving
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft, farther away than the Sun, has sent data through a laser over a record-breaking distance, and done so even faster than expected.
Tags: NASA, Communications, Communicate, Laser, Light, Data, Transmission, Psyche, Spacecraft, Optical
Bipedal forest walker takes far more abuse than is necessary
2024-05-06 03:25 Loz Blain
Somebody better break it to the Ewoks: crafty log tricks aren't gonna cut the mustard. LimX Dynamics has released video of its P1 Biped – heavily inspired by the AT-ST walker from Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, taking an absolute pounding with ease.
Category: Robotics, Technology
Tags: biped, Robotics, Robots, star wars, Artificial Intelligence, LimX
Pop-up Cube camper cuts out canvas for four-season hard walls
2024-05-05 22:00 C.C. Weiss
Oregon startup Cube Series debuted a few years ago with a lifting hard-wall pickup camper unlike anything else on the market. At the time, it mentioned plans to bolt its lifting hard walls to a trailer, and it's now launched the trailer as a rugged all-weather shelter that tows low but lives tall. Inside those composite walls, the Cube trailer furnishes adventurers with a full four-sleeper floor plan complete with dining area, kitchen and available collapsible bathroom.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Trailer, trailers, RV, Off-road, Off-grid, Camping, Outdoors
BMW Motorrad's magic button = auto & manual in the same bike
2024-05-05 11:50 Mike Hanlon
BMW Motorrad has announced a new Automated Shift Assistant (ASA) technology that operates the clutch and gearbox of a motorcycle to offer a smoother, faster, more precise gear shift. If you’re thinking “what for”, then you’re probably an existing motorcyclist. That was my first reaction when I saw BMW’s press release, but as I read onwards, I changed my mind.
Category: Motorcycles, Transport
Tags: BMW Motorrad
Would we exist if Earth's magnetic field hadn't collapsed 500m years ago?
2024-05-05 10:30 Michael Irving
The Earth’s magnetic field is vital for life – without it, the Sun’s radiation would sterilize the planet. But a new study suggests we wouldn’t be here at all if that magnetic field hadn’t almost completely collapsed half a billion years ago.
Tags: Earth, Magnetic, Magnetic field, Life, Evolution, University of Rochester
Brain implants are becoming obsolete, like old phones. What happens next?
2024-05-04 11:00 Paul McClure
Huge advances in medical technology have led to increasingly advanced implanted neurological devices, such as deep brain, vagal nerve, and spinal cord stimulators. Elon Musk’s Neuralink, a wireless brain-computer interface (BCI), is one of the more well-known devices. China recently unveiled its own BCI implant, indicating that it’s quickly catching the US in the neurotechnological space.
Category: Technology
Tags: Brain-computer interface, Retinal Implants, Implant, Deep Brain Stimulation
Copper coating turns touchscreens into bacteria killers
2024-05-04 00:22 Ben Coxworth
If there's one thing that needs to be antibacterial, it's the public touchscreen displays that everyone paws at with their filthy fingers. Well, help is on the way, in the form of a newly developed copper coating.
Tags: Antibacterial, Corning, Touchscreen, Coatings
Video: Iron-shelled robo-snails swarm together for off-road tasks
2024-05-03 22:43 Ben Coxworth
Even though snails are slow and slimy-bottomed, they've inspired a new type of robot that could be quite useful. Groups of these bots can operate independently or join together in order to perform tasks that would otherwise be impossible.
Category: Robotics, Technology
Tags: Chinese University of Hong Kong, Biomimicry, locomotion, Swarm Robotics
Wild orangutan engaged in never-before-seen wound-healing behavior
2024-05-03 16:27 Michael Franco
For the first time ever, a wild male orangutan in Sumatra has been spotted tending to a wound on his face in an ingenious way. The technique worked, adding even more cred to the intelligence of this striking and endangered species of great ape.
Tags: Orangutans, Apes, Self-healing, Wound, indonesia, Wildlife, Animals
Mirasol tiny house makes space for guests and good times
2024-05-03 16:23 Adam Williams
One of the challenges of downsizing is that it's very awkward to have friends over. However, despite its compact size, Baluchon's latest model, the Mirasol, ensures its owner's social life won't suffer thanks to a guest sleeping area and a kitchen that opens onto an outdoor bar.
Category: Tiny Houses, Lifestyle
Tags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, House, Home, Baluchon
World's first CNG-powered motorcycle launches in June
2024-05-03 16:12 Paul Ridden
Over the years, we've seen a number of suggested replacements for gasoline to fuel motorcycles – including steam, hydrogen, water and batteries. Now a moto maker is getting ready to launch what's billed as the world's first CNG motorcycle.
Category: Motorcycles, Transport
Tags: Gas, Motorcycle, India
