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Newly Developed Humanoid Robot Warns About AI Creating "Oppressive Society"

Scientists develop mega-thin solar cells that could be shockingly easy to produce:

High-tech pen paints healing gel right into wounds

EG4 18K after 1 Megawatt Hour! Is it worth the $$$?

Terminator-style Synthetic Covering for Robots Mimics Human Skin and Heals Itself

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The Death of 2FA (2 Factor Authentication)? + Q&A

High-speed orbital data link drags space communications out of the '60s

WORLD'S FIRST 3D PRINTED CLAY HOUSES

Smaller, cheaper, safer: The next generation of nuclear power, explained

Automation

Humanity’s labor has been greatly expanded by the use of machines. We must maintain decentralized automation for the future use of labor saving and humanity serving tools, or we will be victims of the Crown’s automatons.

Newly Developed Humanoid Robot Warns About AI Creating "Oppressive Society"

During the 2023 International Conference on Robotics and Automation held in London from May 29 to June 2, UK-based company Engineered Arts introduced a humanoid robot, Ameca, that can interact like a person with realistic facial movements.

Terminator-style Synthetic Covering for Robots Mimics Human Skin and Heals Itself

If you've seen the Terminator movies, you probably remember the terrifying robots that could repair themselves after gruesome injuries.

CATL launches ultra-high density 500-Wh/kg "condensed battery"

In huge news for zero-emissions aviation, Chinese company CATL is set to go to mass production on a "condensed battery" it says can squeeze in more than twice as much energy as a Tesla Model Y battery, by weight – while being safe enough to fly wit

Can YOU tell the difference?

New game has players chat with someone for 2 minutes before they guess if it's a human or an AI bot - so how do YOU fare? New game tests your ability to tell a bot from a fellow human against the clock

X.AI – Musk Reportedly Creating ChatGPT Artificial Intelligence Rival

Despite recent outspoken criticism of artificial intelligence – warning of the "danger of training AI to be woke" – it appears Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is working on an AI-related project that will reportedly take on ChatGPT.

Karpathy Makes GPT from Scratch

X-Tesla AI-Lead shows how to makeGeneratively Pretrained Transformer (GPT). He followed the paper "Attention is All You Need" and OpenAI's GPT-2 / GPT-3. He talk about connections to ChatGPT, which has taken the world by storm. We also watch Gi

A Prepper's Argument for More American 3D Printers

I'm looking at the events taking place in America, and I thoroughly believe that if more Americans had and were comfortable with the ins-and-outs of 3D printers, we could ride over a lot of the rough and bumpy roads that we're dealing with.

Room-temperature superconductors could zap us into the future

Superconductors convey powerful currents and intense magnetic fields. But right now, they can only be built at searing temperatures and crushing pressures.

GPT-4 Scores in Top 10% for Legal Bar Exam

The OpenAI GPT4 can score higher than 90% of law students writing the bar exam while the old version (GPT3) was in the bottom 10% of human bar exam test takers.

Claims of Practical Room Temperature Superconductor

University of Rochester researchers claim they have created a superconducting material at both a temperature and pressure low enough for practical applications.

Musk expects Tesla Bot to be a much bigger business than its cars

As part of its 2023 Investor Day, Tesla has given the world a glimpse of where progress is at with its latest-gen Optimus humanoid robot.

Masterplan Part 3 is Teslabot

The critical part of Tesla investor day is that the Teslabot was shown walking and making other Teslabots.

Musk expects Tesla Bot to be a much bigger business than its cars

As part of its 2023 Investor Day, Tesla has given the world a glimpse of where progress is at with its latest-gen Optimus humanoid robot. Nineteen months since it was first announced, the Tesla Bot is now walking, picking things up and doing basic ta

Tesla Will Have Abundant 4680 Batteries in a Few Years

Elon Musk told his Tesla Nevada team that the new $3.6 billion Semi truck and 4680 factory will start with a 100 GWh/year production target but in the long term will expand to 500 GWh/year.

Watch: Boston Dynamics' Creepy Humanoid Robot Learns More Tricks

Boston Dynamics' latest video of its six-foot-tall bipedal humanoid, Atlas, shows it has acquired new skills that enable it to operate in complex terrain.

New AI-Powered Farming Robot Trundles About Inspecting 50 Acres of Crops per Day for Pests...

Most people imagine robots at work in a factory, but there's no less innovation going on at the farm--take this spoke-wheeled robot plant nurse who can inspect 50 acres of row crops for disease, pests, or other issues.

The Navy is using solar-powered drone boats as scouts in the Persian Gulf

They just need wind and sun to get things done.

Easier and Safer to Use Carbon Nanotubes in Polymer Nanocomposite

A research team from Skoltech, Aalto University, and Kurnakov Institute has recently developed a new, versatile and simple approach to using carbon nanotubes for manufacturing carbon nanotube-polymer nanocomposites.

Robot Arms Replace Shelf Stockers In Japan Stores, Targets World

Since Technocrats crave efficiency, it is easy to design robots that will replace human store shelf stockers. There are well over 150,000 stores targeted for such automation and Microsoft and Nvidia are both key technology leaders who want to spread

Did Google's LaMDA chatbot just become sentient?

Google engineer Blake Lemoine was put on leave after releasing proprietary information: An interview with the chatbot LaMDA that he believes demonstrates that this AI is, in fact, sentient. We analyze the claims and the interview in detail and trace

FSD and Teslabots Could Each More than Double Tesla Profits by 2025

Casual observers do not realize how close Tesla is to achieving full self driving cars. Teslabots are considered a distant promise.

Putin unleashes the Terminators: Russia's much-vaunted war vehicles are finally deployed...

Putin unleashes the Terminators: Russia's much-vaunted war vehicles are finally deployed as Ukraine continues to obliterate invading tanks with the help of British missiles

Moment San Francisco police are left baffled after pulling over driver-less GM Cruise taxi --

--for not having its headlights on - before autonomous vehicle takes off on them

Robotic Dog Designed in Boston Patrols the Ruins of Pompeii to Help Preserve Relics

The archeological site of Pompeii is employing a pair of robots to help monitor the state of preservation of ancient structures, and to gather information underground where it's too dangerous or precarious for humans to go.

New John Deere Tractors Plow Day and Night With No One in the Cab:

New John Deere Tractors Plow Day and Night With No One in the Cab: Autonomous Farming Debuts in 2022

Google's DeepMind AI fills in the blanks on broken ancient texts

From confining plasma for nuclear fusion to solving 50-year protein folding problems, DeepMind's AI is starting to prove itself on the frontiers of modern science.

A Black Hawk helicopter flew for the first time without pilots

The empty UH-60 was part of a DARPA program and featured autonomous flight technology from Sikorsky.

AI 'Nanny' Being Created By Chinese Scientists To Grow Babies In Robot Wombs

The artificial intelligence nanny has arrived. Robots and artificial intelligence (AI) may now be used in conjunction to optimize the generation of human life, marking a significant milestone in the science.

'Terminator dog' robots to be deployed on US border as Black Mirror 'comes to life'

Twitter users have reacted in terror to Ghost Robotic's metal dogs that have been deployed on the US border, as they resemble the robot from the 'Metalhead' episode of Netflix's Black Mirror

She makes 120 cocktails an hour and tells bad jokes. Meet your new robot bartender

The robots are rising. But at least they're making us drinks.

Causing a buzz: Insect-inspired robot weighs just 0.01lbs and can fly at 1.6mph...

Causing a buzz: Insect-inspired robot weighs just 0.01lbs and can fly at 1.6mph thanks to a new type of electric 'muscle'

US Air Force backs Valkyrie's high-speed, amphibious jet-powered eVTOL

US Air Force backs Valkyrie's high-speed, amphibious jet-powered eVTOL

FiFish V6 Expert improves on an already-improved underwater drone

Back in 2020, we heard about the FiFish V6 underwater drone, which was a successor to the FiFish V3 model. Now the V6 is itself being bettered, by the new-and-improved FiFish V6 Expert.

Watch Tesla's FSD Beta Pull Off A Crazy And Assertive Maneuver

Tesla FSD Beta testers have noted that the technology is becoming much more aggressive, and here's a perfect example.

Fruit-picking drones may be heading for an orchard near you

According to Israeli startup Tevel Aerobotics, there is a severe shortage of workers available to pick fruit at orchards. That's why the company is developing an alternative, in the form of autonomous flying drones which do the job.

Robot performs 1st abdominal surgery without human help

A team from Johns Hopkins University successfully used a robot to perform a complex abdominal surgery -- this time, without guidance from humans.

You're taking the piste! Six-legged robot expertly SKIS down a slope in China...

You're taking the piste! Six-legged robot expertly SKIS down a slope in China in unbelievable footage

Terrifying footage shows Mexicans running for their lives as drone...

Terrifying footage shows Mexicans running for their lives as drone controlled by Jalisco New Generation Cartel drops BOMBS - before being shot down

Kawasaki's supercharged cargo copter tests robotic ground crew

Kawasaki has shoehorned the supercharged 1,000cc engine from its wild H2R hyperbike into a heavy-lift autonomous cargo helicopter, and has now demonstrated a robotic system for loading and unloading it without exposing humans to those big blades.

World's first fully driverless truck trip: TuSimple's autonomous semi traveled 80 miles...

World's first fully driverless truck trip: TuSimple's autonomous semi traveled 80 miles on public roads from Tucson to Phoenix with no one at the wheel

Snowbot S1 could be your own snow-blowing robot

Although using a snow blower may be easier than shovelling, even pushing a blower around can be tiring if you have a large area to clear.

DARPA moves to phase 2 in long-endurance Manta Ray drone program

DARPA has awarded Phase 2 contracts in its Manta Ray program, which aims to build a series of underwater drones capable of taking on long-range, long-endurance, autonomous ocean missions without any human support for charging, maintenance or logistic

Hyundai unveils a four-wheeled robot that's designed to carry almost ANYTHING...

Hyundai unveils a four-wheeled robot that's designed to carry almost ANYTHING - including parcels, babies and trays of drinks

Meet Ascento Pro! Incredible two-wheeled autonomous robot can climb...

Meet Ascento Pro! Incredible two-wheeled autonomous robot can climb UP full flights of stairs and drive at speeds of up to 7.5mph

Scientists Merged Robots with Embryonic Cells to Make Living Robots that Can Reproduce--

-- on Their Own

Incredible robotic HAND is developed that is strong enough to crush cans yet dextrous enough to-

- delicately use a pair of tweezers

Tesla Bot Can Help Solve Labor Shortage According To Elon Musk

That said, Tesla's CEO did not give any indication as to when the humanoid robots will become a reality and enter service.

These scientists say they've created the world's first 'living robots' that can repr

Last year, researchers made "living robots" by incubating stem cells from frog embryos. Now they've discovered that they're able to self-replicate.

That radio DJ you hear might already be a robot

Andy Chanley, the afternoon drive host at Southern California's public radio station 88.5 KCSN, has been a radio DJ for over 32 years. And now, thanks to artificial intelligence technology, his voice will live on simultaneously in many places.

Meet the Miami Herald's Newest Writer: A Robot!

Journalist Rene Rodriguez announced on October 10 that he had published his final byline at the Miami Herald, where he's worked since 1989 in a variety of roles, most recently covering real estate.
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