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Nov 22, 2023

Modu clads Houston building with “self-cooling” walls

Posted by in categories: health, materials

Brooklyn-based studio Modu has employed a series of techniques that lower ambient air temperature in order to help cool the interior and exterior of this Houston building.

Modu inserted pocket gardens, vertical fins, trellises and fluted concrete walls along the length of the exterior in order to create “outdoor comfort” and reduce Houston heat.

The Promenade building is a 15,000-square-foot (1,400 square metre) centre which will host wellness and health clients throughout several offices.

Nov 22, 2023

What the data says about Americans’ views of artificial intelligence

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, health, robotics/AI

Pew Research Center surveys show that Americans are increasingly cautious about the growing role of AI in their lives generally. Today, 52% of Americans are more concerned than excited about AI in daily life, compared with just 10% who say they are more excited than concerned; 36% feel a mix of excitement and concern.

Despite these cautious overall views, Americans see some specific uses of AI positively, and attitudes depend a great deal on the context of how and why AI is being used.

This post summarizes what we know so far about how Americans view AI in everyday life, the workplace, and health and medicine.

Nov 22, 2023

AI unlocks the formula for predicting monster waves at sea

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

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The researchers used a combination of artificial intelligence (AI) and causal analysis (cause and effect) to represent these rogue waves.

Nov 22, 2023

Mysterious dog respiratory illness: What to know

Posted by in category: futurism

Scientists at the University of New Hampshire may have identified a pathogen that has sickened possibly thousands of dogs and killed some of them across the country.

Nov 22, 2023

Windows Hello auth bypassed on Microsoft, Dell, Lenovo laptops

Posted by in categories: computing, engineering, security

Security researchers bypassed Windows Hello fingerprint authentication on Dell Inspiron, Lenovo ThinkPad, and Microsoft Surface Pro X laptops in attacks exploiting security flaws found in the embedded fingerprint sensors.

Blackwing Intelligence security researchers discovered vulnerabilities during research sponsored by Microsoft’s Offensive Research and Security Engineering (MORSE) to assess the security of the top three embedded fingerprint sensors used for Windows Hello fingerprint authentication.

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Nov 22, 2023

Pony.ai nabs another license to test L4 autonomous trucks on China’s open roads

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, transportation

After years of expanding autonomous robotaxi rides throughout China, self-driving specialist Pony.ai continues to scale its technology in another segment – commercial trucks. Today, the company announced it has acquired the first ever license in Guangzhou, China to begin testing its autonomous truck technology on open roads in packs formations.

Pony.ai Inc. is a technology company founded over seven years ago that specializes in fully-autonomous mobility. Its robotaxi development has been supported through partnerships with global OEMs like Toyota, GAC Group, and NIO Capital, helping it become one of the early leaders of completely driverless rides throughout several cities in China.

For example, since the launch of its robotaxi app in December 2018, Pony.ai has become the first to commercialize autonomous taxi services in the Chinese cities of Beijing and Guangzhou and one of the first companies licensed to operate in other tier-1 cities, such as Shanghai and Shenzen. It has also expanded US cities like Tucson, Arizona and even signed a partnership to bring its technology to the futuristic urban development NEOM in Saudi Arabia.

Nov 22, 2023

Hyundai’s factory of the future employs robot dogs, harvest vegetables

Posted by in categories: innovation, robotics/AI

The Hyundai Motor Group Innovation Center Singapore (HMGICS) is a giant experiment in manufacturing processes and robotics.

Nov 22, 2023

The AI startup behind Stable Diffusion is now testing generative video

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Stable Diffusion’s generative art can now be animated, developer Stability AI announced. The company has released a new product called Stable Video Diffusion into a research preview, allowing users to create video from a single image. “This state-of-the-art generative AI video model represents a significant step in our journey toward creating models for everyone of every type,” the company wrote.

The new tool has been released in the form of two image-to-video models, each capable of generating 14 to 25 frames long at speeds between 3 and 30 frames per second at 576 × 1,024 resolution. It’s capable of multi-view synthesis from a single frame with fine-tuning on multi-view datasets. “At the time of release in their foundational form, through external evaluation, we have found these models surpass the leading closed models in user preference studies,” the company said, comparing it to text-to-video platforms Runway and Pika Labs.

Nov 22, 2023

Futuristic Luxury RVs Are like Five-Star Hotels On Wheels

Posted by in category: futurism

Have you ever dreamed of traveling in a luxurious RV that looks like a five-star hotel on wheels? Well, the future of Luxury RVs by Coldstar Art is here! Futuristic Luxury RVs are taking the RV industry by storm with their amazing concepts and designs. These RVs come in vibrant colors such as orange and have an amazing interiors with beds, a kitchen, and even a living room. They are basically like an SUV but with all the amenities of a five-star hotel.

Nov 22, 2023

Bill Gates says a 3-day work week where ‘machines can make all the food and stuff’ isn’t a bad idea

Posted by in category: food

“A society where you only have to work three days a week, that’s probably OK,” Bill Gates said.