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A group of Italian scientists presented an innovative robot inspired by nature and capable of growing like a living plant. This device is designed using biomimicry, which allows you to reproduce natural processes. The liana-like robot is able to expand and contract, and its structure resembles a flexible plant stem. The device can actively adapt […]
At CES 2024, the Korean company Davolink showed Wi-Fi routers with an unusual design: they are made in the form of minions from the Despicable Me cartoons. The routers are already on sale. Two versions with different characteristics are available. The model in the form of Baby Bob offers dual-band Wi-Fi 6 and 1 Gbps […]
OpenAI has banned the developer of an artificial intelligence bot that imitates US Democratic presidential candidate Dean Phillips (pictured above). This is the first response from ChatGPT to what it considers to be the misuse of its AI tools in a political campaign. The Dean.Bot chatbot was created by entrepreneurs Matt Krisiloff and Jed Somers […]
Rabbit, a startup that made a high-profile debut at CES 2024 in Las Vegas with the R1 miniature artificial intelligence gadget, has finally revealed what makes their device work. The device has already sold out in several 10-thousand batches, but even after the presentation of Rabbit R1 at CES, it left many questions. In particular, […]
Apple said it will allow third-party mobile wallet and payment system providers to access NFC capabilities in the iPhone. This decision is part of the company’s efforts to settle the antitrust investigation initiated by the European Commission. The Commission is currently collecting data on these commitments, which aim to end Apple Pay and Apple Wallet’s […]
Instagram has introduced a new feature aimed at shaping the conscious consumption of content among teenagers. If a young user stays up late watching short videos in the Reels section or chatting in the personal messages section for more than ten minutes, Instagram will offer to close the app and go to bed. These “Nighttime […]
On Friday, Chinese private company LandSpace completed a series of tests of the reusable Zhuque-3 methane-powered rocket. This is the second privately developed reusable rocket in China that uses environmentally friendly fuel. Earlier, iSpace conducted a series of lifts of the Hyperbola-2 rocket. Thus, while SpaceX is trying to successfully launch the giant Starship rocket, […]
The project to create the Nah- and Nächstbereichsschutz air defense system, which is difficult to classify in the usual criteria, was approved despite a fivefold increase in the budget, but this is the price for the strategic mistake of 2005, when all MIM-23 Hawk, Gepard and Roland were cut without replacement. The development of a […]
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg stated that the company plans to develop powerful artificial intelligence on par with human intelligence and open source (AGI). This approach will allow any developers and the public to work with such technology, customizing and adapting such systems to their tasks. Zuckerberg’s statement alarmed the public – in fact, it is […]
Researchers from the University of Washington have presented two mini-robots inspired by insects. They became the smallest, lightest, and fastest fully functional robots in history. Devices inspired by the beetle and the water meter can be used in a variety of fields, such as artificial crop pollination, search and rescue operations, environmental monitoring, micro-manufacturing, and […]