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Feb 25, 2024

Flowermon qubit: Terra Quantum computing to enhance processors

Posted by in categories: computing, quantum physics

Terra Quantum introduces ‘flowermon,’ a superconducting set to enhance processor stability with extended coherence times.

Terra Quantum, a frontrunner in quantum technology leaps in quantum computing.

Feb 25, 2024

Switzerland will be home to the world’s tallest 3D-printed building

Posted by in category: habitats

100-feet tall, Tor Alva will likely be the world’s tallest building by the end of 2024.

Switzerland, home to the tallest summit in Europe — Jungrau, will also be home to one of the world’s tallest 3D-printed structures.

Feb 25, 2024

Microsoft turns to NVIDIA’s competitor Intel to strike AI chip deal

Posted by in categories: business, robotics/AI, sustainability

Microsoft’s in-house chip will be Intel-approved.

Intel, one of the biggest manufacturers of semiconductor computer circuits, has secured Microsoft as a client for its custom chip manufacturing division.


Intel scores a big client in Microsoft Corp for Intel Foundry, its sustainable systems foundry business tailored for making AI chips.

Feb 25, 2024

Humanoid robot startup attracts big tech investors, including Bezos, OpenAI, and Nvidia

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

The startup, founded in 2021 by former Google engineers, aims to create robots that can perform tasks that are too dangerous, tedious, or complex for humans.

Feb 25, 2024

The ‘Devil comet’ will be visible during the 2024 solar eclipse

Posted by in category: space

It’s not often a bright comet is near the Sun during a total solar eclipse. On April 8, 2024, catch Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks’ visit to the solar system.

Feb 25, 2024

MG returns to sports car roots with Cyberster electric roadster

Posted by in category: transportation

MG in 2024 will launch on the market a striking electric roadster.

Feb 25, 2024

DeepMind has found a simple way to make language models reason better

Posted by in categories: mathematics, robotics/AI

Logical reasoning is still a major challenge for language models. DeepMind has found a way to support reasoning tasks.

A study by Google’s AI division DeepMind shows that the order of the premises in a task has a significant impact on the logical reasoning performance of language models.

They work best when the premises are presented in the same order as they appear in the logical conclusions. According to the researchers, this is also true for mathematical problems. The researchers make the systematically generated tests available in the R-GSM benchmark for further investigation.

Feb 25, 2024

How a Standard Blood Test can Predict a Heart Attack

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Using the results of a standard blood test and an online tool, you can find out if you are at increased risk of having a heart attack within six months. The tool has been developed by a research group at Uppsala University in the hope of increasing patients’ motivation to change their lifestyles.

Their paper is published in the journal Nature Cardiovascular Research.

Heart attacks are the most common cause of death in the world and are increasing globally. Many high-risk people are not identified or do not take their preventive treatment.

Feb 25, 2024

SpaceX has aggressive plan for Starship in 2024 with more than nine launches

Posted by in category: space travel

SpaceX has an aggressive plan for Starship in 2024, planning to launch the rocket at least nine times this year, according to a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) administrator.

Starship is the most powerful and the largest heavy-lift launch vehicle ever built, and it will eventually be responsible for taking people from Earth to Mars, according to SpaceX’s goals for the project.

However, SpaceX has a long way to go before it will get Starship to that point.

Feb 25, 2024

Watch this humanoid robot work on NIO’s EV assembly line [video]

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

In a next-level automation move, Chinese EV maker NIO (NYSE: NIO) is piloting humanoid robots on its EV assembly line at one of its factories.

NIO manufactures EVs at its two factories in Hefei, the largest city in Anhui Province, in eastern China.

Shenzhen-based UBTECH ROBOTICS, listed on Hong Kong’s stock exchange, built the Walker S robot working on NIO’s assembly line. The company says it’s the first time the Walker S has been used on an EV assembly line.