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Brian Greene and Michael Levi discuss revolutionary observations that may upend our cosmological understanding.
This program is part of the Big Ideas series, supported by the John Templeton Foundation.
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Micheal Levi.
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From mundane chores to complex interactions, RoboCasa trains robots to navigate the real world:
Researchers have developed a large-scale simulation framework for training general-purpose robots in diverse, everyday settings.
The framework, called RoboCasa, provides access to thousands of 3D assets over more than 150 object categories, as well as dozens of furniture and appliances that may be interacted with.
A range of generative AI tools are used to increase realism and diversity, including text-to-3D models for object assets and text-to-image models for environmental textures.
Collectively, the US’s 5 million solar installations can generate more than 179 gigawatts (GW) of electricity. Based on current trends, the SEIA claims that the US’s total solar capacity will soar to 673 GW by 2034, providing enough electricity to power 100 million homes.
The US will likely need to do better than that to meet the Biden Administration’s goal of 100% clean electricity by 2035, though. To decarbonize the grid by then, the Department of Energy (DoE) expects we’ll need as much as 1 terawatt (1,000 GWs) of solar capacity, enough for solar to meet 30–50% of the US’s electricity demand by itself.
The transition from traditional 2D to 3D microfluidic structures is a significant advancement in microfluidics, offering benefits in scientific and industrial applications. These 3D systems improve throughput through parallel operation, and soft elastomeric networks, when filled with conductive materials like liquid metal, allowing for the integration of microfluidics and electronics.
The reliable generation of random numbers has become a central component of information and communications technology. In fact, random number generators, algorithms or devices that can produce random sequences of numbers, are now helping to secure communications between different devices, produce statistical samples, and for various other applications.
Scientists found that water in our solar system is likely billions of years older than the sun by studying the protostar V883 Orion, linking water from the interstellar medium to our solar system.
This research suggests that water in our solar system was formed long before the sun, planets, and comets, indicating that planetary systems.
A bioresorbable, wireless hydrogel (metagel) sensor, encompassing both biodegradable and stimulus-responsive hydrogels for ultrasonic monitoring of intracranial signals, was implanted into intracranial space with a puncture needle and deformed in response to physiological environmental changes.
Listen to this episode from Mind Chat on Spotify. Keith and Philip interview David Papineau (Professor of Philosophy at King’s College London) about his recent book ‘The Metaphysics of Sensory Experience’. David is also a materialist who believes in consciousness, so there’ll probably be a big old fight about that too. Link to David’s book: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-metaphysics-of-s…b&lang=en&
NASA has developed a gravity-defying drive that achieves 1G thrust without propellant, potentially revolutionizing space propulsion technology Questions to inspire discussion What is the NASA gravity-defying drive? —The NASA gravity-defying drive is a propulsion system that achieves 1G thrust without the need for propellant, potentially revolutionizing space propulsion technology.
Harvanek ZM, Fogelman N, Xu K, Sinha R. Psychological and biological resilience modulates the effects of stress on epigenetic aging. Transl Psychiatry. 2021;11:1–9.
