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Mar 21, 2024

Self-Heating Concrete Clears Sidewalks Without Shoveling or Salting

Posted by in category: materials

Researchers in Drexel’s College of Engineering, recently reported on the science behind a special concrete, that can warm itself up when it snows, or as temperatures approach freezing.

Mar 21, 2024

Davos 2024: Sam Altman on the future of AI

Posted by in categories: futurism, robotics/AI

CEO of OpenAI Sam Altman was speaking at Davos. Find out more here:


In the Davos session, ‘Technology in a Turbulent World’, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman explained where he sees AI heading. #wef24 #AI

Mar 21, 2024

Quantum tornado provides gateway to understanding black holes

Posted by in categories: climatology, cosmology, quantum physics

Scientists have for the first time created a giant quantum vortex to mimic a black hole in superfluid helium that has allowed them to see in greater detail how analog black holes behave and interact with their surroundings.

Mar 21, 2024

Common antibiotics can regenerate heart cells in animals

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

A combination of widely available antibiotics may be able to treat heart failure after researchers found that the therapy regenerates heart cells in animals.

By Grace Wade

Mar 21, 2024

Aptera CEOs discuss IPO plans, solar EV production, 3-wheel variants, and a possible 4-wheel model

Posted by in categories: sustainability, transportation

Video footage meant for investors has leaked, showing Aptera Motors co-founders and co-CEOs Steve Fambro and Chris Anthony discussing many topics about the solar EV startup’s future, including a potential IPO.

Usually, when we share progress updates from notable solar EV developer Aptera Motors, they come directly from the horse’s mouth. The born-again startup is known for keeping an open line of communication with its growing fanbase of investors, Accelerator program reservation holders, and EV enthusiasts who want to see a company bring solar-powered vehicles to mass production.

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Mar 21, 2024

Ford plans affordable small electric pickup and SUV, starting around $25,000

Posted by in categories: sustainability, transportation

Amid a flood of new competition, Ford is shifting plans to build more affordable electric vehicles. Ford is developing a new low-cost EV platform to power a small electric pickup and SUV, with starting prices around $25,000. However, due to the pivot, plans for its three-row electric SUV have been put on the back burner.

Although low-cost Chinese passenger EVs, like BYD, are not sold in the US, they are having a big impact on domestic automakers.

Ford’s CEO Jim Farley reiterated his concerns over the low-cost overseas rivals during a Wolfe Research conference last month. Farley explained that if you cannot compete with Chinese automakers, “20% to 30% of your revenue is at risk.”

Mar 21, 2024

Tesla produces enough battery cells for 1,000 Cybertrucks a week

Posted by in categories: sustainability, transportation

Tesla has confirmed that it has ramped battery cell production enough to 1,000 Cybertrucks a week at Gigafactory Texas.

The automaker hasn’t been releasing many details about its effort to ramp up its own battery cell production at Gigafactory Texas.

At first, it was 4,680 cells for the Model Y, but with the start of Cybertruck production, Tesla switched production to a new version of the cell for the electric pickup truck.

Mar 21, 2024

RTX off, AI on: Jensen says we’ll see fully AI-generated games in 5–10 years

Posted by in categories: entertainment, robotics/AI

GPU inception, with graphics cores processing AI workloads to generate graphics again.

Mar 21, 2024

Researchers gave AI an ‘inner monologue’ and it massively improved its performance

Posted by in categories: mathematics, robotics/AI

Scientists trained an AI system to think before speaking with a technique called QuietSTaR. The inner monologue improved common sense reasoning and doubled math performance.

Mar 21, 2024

Elon Musk releases code for his AI chatbot Grok. Here’s why it matters

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, robotics/AI

The move centers on a key issue in the fight to shape AI.