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Amazon to sell cars online, starting with Hyundai

It was inevitable. Amazon, which got its start selling books, is getting into the car business.

The e-commerce giant along with new partner Hyundai announced Thursday at the 2023 LA Auto Show that it will start selling vehicles on its website in the second half of 2024. Hyundai vehicles will be the first vehicles sold on Amazon.com’s U.S. store with other brands following later in the year.

The Amazon car sales section will allow customers to shop for vehicles in their area based on a range of preferences, including model, trim, color, and features, choose their preferred car, and then check out online with their chosen payment and financing options. Customers will be able to buy a vehicle online and then pick it up or have it delivered by their local dealership, according to Amazon.

Wearable device harnesses body sounds for continuous health monitoring

The devices demonstrated clinical-grade accuracy and introduced novel functionalities not seen in prior research or clinical care.

Northwestern University.

Furthering the scope of such examinations, a team of researchers at Northwestern University (NU) is now presenting novel wearable technology much more advanced than the intermittent measures made during periodic medical examinations.

This new 3D printer has eyes, a brain, and prints perfectly

This is almost like endowing a printer with a set of eyes and a brain, where the eyes observe what is being printed, and then the brain of the machine directs it as to what should be printed next.

Moritz Hocher.

Traditional systems use nozzles to deposit tiny drops of resin, smoothed over with a scraper or roller and then curved with UV light. However, this smoothing limits the materials that could be used since slow-curing resins could be squished or smeared.

North America debuts high-speed 500 kW EV charging station

ChargePoint’s Express Plus Power Link 2000 DC charging system offers charging speed twice as fast as Tesla’s V3 Supercharger.

Mercedes Benz.

The initiative is part of Mercedes-Benz HPC’s first Charging Hub in North America, located at Mercedes-Benz USA Headquarters in Sandy Springs, Georgia. The 500 kW capacity, serviced by ChargePoint’s Express Plus Power Link 2000 DC charging system, makes it twice as fast as Tesla’s V3 Supercharger.

Core-powered mass loss possibly caused exoplanet shrinkage

While more than 5k exoplanets were identified, the count of planets within the diameter varies between 1.5 to two times the size of Earth, which is lower than anticipated.

Scientists have noticed a ‘size gap’ among exoplanets, specifically between 1.5 to two times the size of Earth. Fascinated, scientists are striving to learn the cause of this phenomenon.

These AI-powered lifts will generate energy on their own

A Zaha Hadid-designed property in Hong Kong will have AI-powered lifts that generate their own energy.

An urban oasis with next-gen elevators

The new structure replaces an old car park to create an urban oasis filled with gardens boasting many plants and trees. Getting to these gardens requires taking Henderson’s next-generation AI-powered lifts.

An official from Henderson properties told Baba that in the future there will be an AI-powered lift assigned to each user so they no longer have to wait for long periods on the ground or on a specific floor. The AI system will be able to appropriately coordinate the lifts to travel according to the number of people waiting for them and their final destinations.

Sam Altman: GPT-5 underway and will substantially differ from GPT-4

OpenAI is seeking more funds from Microsoft to build future models both companies can profit from.

Justin Sullivan/Getty.

Since its blockbuster product, ChatGPT, which came out in November last year, OpenAI has released improved versions of GPT, the AI model that powered the conversational chatbot. Its most recent iteration, GPT Turbo, offers a faster and cost-effective way to use GPT-4.