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Nov 6, 2023

StoreDot Says Its Silicon Batteries Don’t Degrade When Charged Extremely Fast

Posted by in category: futurism

The startup did 1,000 consecutive extreme fast charging cycles and compared them to slow charging scenarios.

Nov 6, 2023

The Evolution of Mammalian Brain Folding Has Been Revealed

Posted by in categories: evolution, neuroscience

Scientists have characterized the folding of the cerebellar cortex using data from a sample of 56 mammalian species, allowing them to study the diversity and evolution of cerebellar folding.

Nov 6, 2023

Maths problem solved after stumping the world for nearly a century

Posted by in category: mathematics

Forget politics; if you want to divide a crowd, ask if anyone enjoys mathematics. But even the most maths-averse people may still be impressed by two researchers who have solved a problem that has been stuck in the same puzzling place since 1937.

Nov 6, 2023

Tata to use JLR’s EMA platform for premium electric cars

Posted by in categories: sustainability, transportation

Electric SUV platform – to be used by next Discovery Sport and Evoque – will underpin new brand Avinya’s EVs.

Nov 6, 2023

Tesla to integrate Elon Musk’s new AI assistant in its vehicles

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, robotics/AI, space, sustainability

Tesla is going to integrate Elon Musk’s newly launched Grok AI assistant in its electric vehicles, according to the CEO.

Earlier this year, Musk launched a new AI startup, xAI, and said that it will work closely with Tesla.

The company’s mission is “to understand the true nature of the universe”, but in practice, its first project is to build a chatbot or AI assistant à la ChatGPT.

Nov 6, 2023

Rats have an imagination, new research finds

Posted by in categories: neuroscience, virtual reality

As humans, we live in our thoughts: from pondering what to make for dinner to daydreaming about our last beach vacation. Now, researchers at HHMI’s Janelia Research Campus have found that animals also possess an imagination.

A team from the Lee and Harris labs developed a novel system combining and a to probe a rat’s inner thoughts.

They found that, like humans, animals can think about places and objects that aren’t right in front of them, using their thoughts to imagine walking to a or moving a remote object to a specific spot.

Nov 6, 2023

How to Become Smarter and Wiser: 16 Strategies to Boost Your Brainpower

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Follow these tips to help you improve your focus, memory and creative problem-solving ability so you can get smarter and wiser.

Nov 6, 2023

El Niño may be drying out the southern hemisphere — here’s how that affects the whole planet

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New research finds fresh water losses are concentrated in South America, most of Africa and much of Australia.

Nov 6, 2023

Chinese drones with ‘human brains’ tackle complex tasks through group chats

Posted by in categories: drones, robotics/AI

The post included a demonstration video from the researchers, showing how a team of five drones successfully located a set of keys in an outdoor park.

“The drones showcased key abilities, including humanlike dialogue interaction, proactive environmental awareness and autonomous entity control,” the WeChat report said. Autonomous entity control refers to the drone cluster’s ability to adjust flight status in real time based on environmental feedback.

The technology equips each drone with a “human brain”, allowing them to chat with each other using natural language. This ability was developed based on a Chinese open-source large language model called InternLM, according to the report.

Nov 6, 2023

Strain-Induced Jamming in an Aquatic Cell

Posted by in category: futurism

The jamming of components inside a rapidly contracting Spirostomum ambiguum cell could protect the organism from internal damage.