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Dec 24, 2024

These 4 new approaches to everyday deliveries could make life better in cities

Posted by in category: futurism

Is booming, with retail sales set to rise 39% by 2027. A new report from the Forum highlights urban delivery challenges and solutions.

Dec 24, 2024

Canned Bread / Automatic Dorayaki Machines

Posted by in category: food

The fascinating stories and secrets behind hit Japanese products, plus parts and machines that boast the top share of niche markets. In the first half: the story behind canned bread developed by a Japanese bakery in 1996 which doesn’t go stale easily and has a long shelf-life. In the second half: a machine that makes dorayaki, a Japanese sweet with red bean paste sandwiched by pancakes. We introduce this unique machine that’s also being used to make other sandwich pancakes around the world.

Dec 24, 2024

Physicists Say They Can Test Whether Life’s Existence Is Coincidental

Posted by in category: physics

A new study suggests there might be a way to prove the notorious Anthropic Principle false.

Dec 24, 2024

Asus teases world’s lightest Copilot+ laptop with 32 hours of battery life

Posted by in category: computing

Asus is only teasing its new Zenbook at this time, so we’ll have to wait until its formal introduction at the Always Incredible launch event on January 7 to get the full scoop. Given the battery life claims, however, it is likely that this new Copilot+ PC will be powered by a Snapdragon X chip.

Dec 24, 2024

Meet Transformers: The Google Breakthrough that Rewrote AI’s Roadmap

Posted by in categories: innovation, robotics/AI

You may not know that it was a 2017 Google research paper that kickstarted modern generative AI by introducing the Transformer, a groundbreaking model that reshaped language processing.

Dec 24, 2024

First Ever Pair Of Stars Orbiting Each Other Near Our Galaxy’s Supermassive Black Hole Discovered

Posted by in category: cosmology

In the words of one of the researchers: “Black holes are not as destructive as we thought”

Dec 24, 2024

NASA spacecraft just plunged into the sun and broke stunning records

Posted by in category: space

To make this record-breaking pass, the nearly 10-foot-long probe has made 22 orbits around the sun, allowing it to swoop ever deeper into the corona. And while doing so, the spacecraft has been continually picking up speed. When you repeatedly swing by such a massive and gravitationally powerful object — the sun is a sphere of hot gas 333,000 times as massive as our planet — you accrue lots of speed. Out in space, there’s nothing to stop this motion.

On this close flyby, the probe reached some 430,000 miles per hour (692,000 kilometers per hour).

“That’s like going from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C. in one second,” marveled Raouafi. “It’s fascinating. It’s the fastest human-made object ever.”

Dec 24, 2024

Tetsuwan Scientific is making robotic AI scientists that can run experiments on their own

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

LLM models are already capable of diagnosing scientific outputs, but, until now, had no physical agency to actually perform’ experiments.

Dec 24, 2024

Magnetic microbots can replicate the extraordinary abilities of ants

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Tiny, ant-inspired magnetic microbots are capable of scaling obstacles, transporting heavy loads, and redefining medical technology.

Dec 24, 2024

10 Most Powerful Solar Flares of 2024

Posted by in category: futurism

The sun released over 50 X-class solar flares in 2024! Here we take a look at some of the best.

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