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China’s Batteries Are Now Cheap Enough to Power Huge Shifts - We no longer need to model for when cell prices drop far enough to decarbonize road transport. That day is here. (www.bloomberg.com)
submitted 6 months ago by Lugh@futurology.today to c/futurology@futurology.today
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Japan introduces enormous humanoid robot to maintain train lines (www.theguardian.com)
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‘Chemical recycling’: 15-minute reaction turns old clothes into useful molecules (www.nature.com)
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China scientists’ low-cost solid-state battery could be EV industry breakthrough. USTC research team breaks cost barrier to next-generation rechargeable lithium batteries, according to paper. (www.scmp.com)
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Life-Size Humanoid Robot With Dexterous Hands Unveiled at World AI Conference: Qinglong, developed by China's Humanoid Robots lab, showcased advanced dexterity and AI-powered grasping (www.iotworldtoday.com)
submitted 6 months ago by Lugh@futurology.today to c/futurology@futurology.today
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AI industry needs to earn $600 billion per year to pay for massive hardware spend — fears of an AI bubble intensify in wake of Sequoia report (www.tomshardware.com)
submitted 6 months ago by Lugh@futurology.today to c/futurology@futurology.today
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The decentralisation of energy, driven by modularity and declining prices, is reshaping economies, transforming geopolitics, and democratising access to electricity globally. (www.exponentialview.co)
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California imposes permanent water restrictions on cities and towns (www.newsweek.com)
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Climate Change is already a significant cause of food price inflation, and from now on, researchers say this food inflation will get larger with every year that goes by. (archive.ph)
submitted 6 months ago by Lugh@futurology.today to c/futurology@futurology.today
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The Hunt for the Most Efficient Heat Pump in the World (www.wired.com)
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NASA's Space Trash Hit a Florida Home. The Family is Suing. (www.supercluster.com)
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When it comes to power, solar is about to leave nuclear and everything else in the shade (theconversation.com)
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OpenAI was hacked, revealing internal secrets and raising national security concerns — year-old breach wasn't reported to the public (www.tomshardware.com)
submitted 6 months ago by Espiritdescali@futurology.today to c/futurology@futurology.today
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Texas has overtaken California as the US state with the biggest solar power capacity. (archive.ph)
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Researchers have developed a technique called natural language embedded programs (NLEPs) that improves the performance of large language models by generating Python programs to solve complex tasks. (scitechdaily.com)
submitted 6 months ago by RewindAgain@futurology.today to c/futurology@futurology.today
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Goldman Sachs and Economists are Backtracking on Generative AI's Value - Is BigTech's investment in Generative AI warranted? Trillion dollar bets that look increasingly like gambling. (www.ai-supremacy.com)
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A Concentrated Beam of Particles and Photons Could Push Us to Proxima Centauri (www.universetoday.com)
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No CRISPR: oddball ‘jumping gene’ enzyme edits genomes without breaking DNA. (www.nature.com)
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The cement that could turn your house into a giant battery (www.bbc.com)
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'Robot suicide' rocks South Korea, authorities investigate a 'depressed' cyborg's sudden 'death' (www.hindustantimes.com)
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There's a Small Problem With the AI Industry: It's Making Absolutely No Money (futurism.com)
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Watch: Figure’s 01 humanoids now working at BMW’s car plant in US (interestingengineering.com)
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"In January 2024, Figure signed its first commercial agreement with BMW to deploy its humanoid robot in the German carmaker’s production facility in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

Now, the California-based robotics firm has released a video showcasing its 01 humanoid robot executing its first job by participating in the vehicle assembly process."

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Japan's government finally says goodbye to floppy disks (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Researchers say they've used cutting-edge gravitational wave research to shed new light on a nearly 2,000-year-old mystery. (futurism.com)
submitted 7 months ago by Espiritdescali@futurology.today to c/futurology@futurology.today
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NASA Discovers Strange Spectral Formations High Over the Earth (futurism.com)
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