Category: Technology
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Amazon’s Project Kuiper unveils low-cost customer terminals
Amazon’s Project Kuiper is aiming to provide fast, affordable broadband to communities around the world through its low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite network. But traditionally, the equipment required to connect with these satellites has been too expensive and complex for many customers. To overcome this obstacle, Project Kuiper set an ambitious goal to design a…
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Human genome editing offers tantalizing possibilities – but without clear guidelines, many ethical questions still remain
André O. Hudson, Rochester Institute of Technology and Gary Skuse, Rochester Institute of Technology The Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing, a three-day conference organized by the Royal Society, the U.K. Academy of Medical Sciences, the U.S. National Academies of Sciences and Medicine and The World Academy of Sciences, was held this week in…
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Figure introduces advanced humanoid robots
Figure, a new robotics AI company just out of stealth mode, aims to develop general-purpose humanoids that positively impact humanity through advanced AI. Our goal is to deploy autonomous humanoid workers to support us on a global scale Figure RECOMMENDED: OpenAI’s GPT-4: the next generation of AI language models Industrial autonomous humanoid Figure’s goal is…
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Keep up: the impact of rapidly changing technology
The struggle to keep up with rapidly changing technology, and its impact on society By Megan Marshall / Turtle Timeline From communicating with one another to accessing information, technology has revolutionized the way we live our lives. “the speed at which technology changes can be overwhelming,“ However, the speed at which technology changes can be…
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DARPA’s Cornucopia: food from air, water, and electricity
The future of food? DARPA teams work to create nourishing and tasty meals from thin air Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected teams to develop new, tasty food from air, water, and electricity. The Cornucopia program aims to create a range of microbial-based foods that contain all four macronutrients required by humans –…
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Lesson from a year at war: In contrast to the Russians, Ukrainians master a mix of high- and low-end technology on the battlefield
Laura Jones, Tufts University In less than a year, Ukraine’s military has emerged as a modern, effective fighting force in large part due to an abundance of technology provided by the United States and its NATO allies. On Feb. 24, 2022, the date of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Ukrainian military was still dependent…
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Ecobat to build new lithium-ion recycling facility in U.S.
Lithium-ion battery recycling facility in Casa Grande, Arizona to process 10,000 tons of recycled material per year Ecobat, the global leader in battery recycling, has announced plans to build its first North American lithium-ion battery recycling facility in Casa Grande, Arizona. The facility will initially produce 10,000 estimated tons of recycled material per year, with…
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Faster-than-reflexes robo-boots boost balance
Lena Ting, Emory University; Gregory S. Sawicki, Georgia Institute of Technology; Max Shepherd, Northeastern University, and Owen Beck, The University of Texas at Austin The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Robotic boots providing superhuman reflexes can help your balance. Our new study shows that the key to…
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Zoox’s autonomous electric robotaxi now on public roads with passengers
Zoox, an autonomous mobility company, has completed a significant milestone in the world of autonomous vehicles. The company deployed the world’s first purpose-built robotaxi on open public roads with passengers on February 11, 2023, making history as the first time a purpose-built autonomous robotaxi without traditional driving controls carried passengers on open public roads. This…
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DARPA and commercial partners collaborate on utility-scale quantum computing
Exploring novel approaches to viable, fault-tolerant quantum computers with the help of three selected industry corporations. DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, has recently collaborated with three commercial partners in a program known as Underexplored Systems for Utility-Scale Quantum Computing (US2QC). The aim of this program is to accelerate the development of quantum computing…