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Aug 2, 2024
Eating too much sugar may accelerate cellular aging
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in category: life extension
In a new study, women who followed diets low in added sugar and high in nutrients had “younger-looking” cells.
Aug 2, 2024
Watch: Neura’s 4NE-1 multi-chore capable humanoid robot in action
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in category: robotics/AI
Focus on good things: creative activities:
Neura’s 4NE-1 is a humanoid robot capable of carrying out multiple daily and industrial chores, according to the company.
Aug 2, 2024
Should scientists be paid when AI chatbots use their work?
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in category: robotics/AI
Two major scientific publishers have recently sold access to research papers to train AIs at big tech firms.
Aug 2, 2024
California city unveils nation’s first all electric vehicle police fleet
Posted by Kelvin Dafiaghor in categories: climatology, health, sustainability
A city in Southern California has become the first in the nation to replace its police patrol cars with electric vehicles, officials announced Monday, unveiling a fleet of 20 new Teslas.
South Pasadena on the edge of Los Angeles will replace its gas-guzzling police cruisers with the Teslas to help protect public health and fight climate change through reducing emissions. The Teslas will use new electric vehicle chargers installed at City Hall, officials said.
Aug 2, 2024
Research team designs biomimetic vision system based on praying mantis eyes
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in categories: robotics/AI, transportation
Self-driving cars occasionally crash because their visual systems can’t always process static or slow-moving objects in 3D space. In that regard, they’re like the monocular vision of many insects, whose compound eyes provide great motion-tracking and a wide field of view but poor depth perception.
Except for the praying mantis.
A praying mantis’s field of view also overlaps between its left and right eyes, creating binocular vision with depth perception in 3D space.
Aug 2, 2024
RAADfest 2024: An Early Preview
Posted by Montie Adkins in categories: biotech/medical, life extension, neuroscience
I like what Fahy says here most.
RAADfest is the largest and most immersive event in the world focused on super-longevity for a general audience. Bringing together cutting-edge science, inspiration, entertainment and fun, RAADfest is more than just a conference – it’s a celebration of life. From brain longevity and sexual health, to senolytics, personalized medicine and helping your pets live longer too, RAADfest provides the information and inspiration to enable people to take charge of their longevity.
Aug 2, 2024
Mapping AI’s Rapid Advance
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in categories: mapping, robotics/AI
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt weighs in on where AI is headed, when to “pull the plug” and how to cope with China.
Aug 2, 2024
Quantum computers could slash the energy use of cryptocurrencies
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: bitcoin, computing, cryptocurrencies, quantum physics
Mining cryptocurrencies like bitcoin could be done using quantum computers, cutting their electricity use by 90 per cent.
By Alex Wilkins
Aug 2, 2024
Meta plans to use 10 times more compute to train its next-generation Llama 4 AI model
Posted by Dan Kummer in categories: futurism, robotics/AI
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg believes open-source language models like Llama are the future of AI. The company is investing heavily in computing power for its next-generation model and expects AI chatbots to become ubiquitous on websites soon.
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“I think we’ll look back on Llama 3.1 as a turning point in the industry, where open-source AI started to become the industry standard, like Linux,” Zuckerberg said during the latest earnings call.
