The Technology Thread - Part 1

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https://www.livescience.com/technology/communications/6g-speeds-hit-100-gbps-in-new-test-500-times-faster-than-average-5g-cellphones

 

[Lily Adler]

 

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Charging future EVs could take seconds with new sodium-ion battery tech

A new type of hybrid sodium-ion battery that offers both high capacity and rapid-charging capabilities could power mobile devices, electric vehicles and space tech.

www.livescience.com

 

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Samsung launches a 114-inch Micro LED TV so expensive, buyers receive a free $8,000 8K TV

Samsung has a history of producing massive, and massively expensive, Micro LED TVs, going back to CES 2018 when it first unveiled The Wall, a 146-inch modular TV.

www.techspot.com

 

[Teelie]

Anyone have a few dollars to spare?

 

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'Quantum-inspired' laser computing is more effective than both supercomputing and quantum computing, startup claims

The desktop-sized LPU100 eschews traditional electronics and qubits in favor of lasers, and it can reportedly perform complex AI calculations in nanoseconds.

www.livescience.com

 

[Lily Adler]

 

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New display tech paves the way for 'most realistic' holograms in regular eyeglasses

Building on current holographic technology, a team of optical display experts have invented a way to improve 3D displays that's small enough to work in regular glasses.

www.livescience.com

 

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Meet LocoMan, the quirky robot dog that can stand up on its hind legs like a meerkat and play with objects

Groundbreaking low-cost ‘loco-manipulators’ transform a humble robot dog into a dexterous bot capable of walking and handling objects simultaneously.

www.livescience.com

Great, now they're making E.M.M.I from Metroid Dread.

 

[Lily Adler]

Meet LocoMan, the quirky robot dog that can stand up on its hind legs like a meerkat and play with objects

Groundbreaking low-cost ‘loco-manipulators’ transform a humble robot dog into a dexterous bot capable of walking and handling objects simultaneously.

www.livescience.com

Great, now they're making E.M.M.I from Metroid Dread.

That or Aperture Labs from Portal.

 

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Self-healing 'living skin' can make robots more humanlike — and it looks just as creepy as you'd expect

A combination of cultured cells and silicone could help robots appear more human in future thanks to realistic skin elasticity. And they can smile like us too.

www.livescience.com

 

[Drizzle]

Toys R Us coming back from the dead and releasing a commercial that was created using AI is some Pet Sematary ****.

 

[blueharvest]

Toys R Us coming back from the dead and releasing a commercial that was created using AI is some Pet Sematary ****.

Looks horrible. But at least the kid in the commercial doesn't have six fingers or three eyes, like in most AI "art".

 

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OpenAI shuts down AI agent that was 'running for mayor' in Wyoming

An AI candidate running in the Wyoming mayoral race has been disabled by the company that developed the technology. But its creator says he has not given up.

www.livescience.com

An AI running for mayor? Not scary at all...

 

[blueharvest]

OpenAI shuts down AI agent that was 'running for mayor' in Wyoming

An AI candidate running in the Wyoming mayoral race has been disabled by the company that developed the technology. But its creator says he has not given up.

www.livescience.com

An AI running for mayor? Not scary at all...

Can't do any worse than any Republican running for office this year.

 

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This robot could leap higher than the Statue of Liberty — if we ever build it properly

Engineers say they have created a design for a robot capable of jumping 400 feet into the air — and it could one day be heading for space.

www.livescience.com

 

[blueharvest]

Video Shows China's Rifle-Equipped Robot Dog Opening Fire on Targets

China has released video footage of its gun-toting robot dogs, and it's about as scary as you were probably imagining.

futurism.com

 

[Lily Adler]

 

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This bizarre vortex doesn't just look cool — it can be a key cog in making scalable high-speed 6G networks a reality

Flexible plates and nanotubes could pave the way for adaptable controllers for terahertz 6G signals.

www.livescience.com

 

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Scientists create weird 'time crystal' from atoms inflated to be hundreds of times bigger than normal

By blowing atoms up to several hundred times their size, researchers have been able to make another type of oddly-behaving time crystal.

www.livescience.com

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[blueharvest]

The Harry Potter version looks even creepier.

 

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Razor-thin crystalline film 'built atom-by-atom' gets electrons moving 7 times faster than in semiconductors

Scientists observed record-breaking electron mobility — seven times higher than in conventional semiconductors — with a material made from the same elements as quartz and gold.

www.livescience.com

 

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Massive 100-inch transparent screen set to enter production — scientists claim it will be 10 times cheaper than transparent OLEDs

Researchers say the screen can work both indoors and outdoors, and can be adjusted to become more or less transparent depending on user needs.

www.livescience.com

 

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Chaos persists as IT outage could take time to fix, says cybersecurity firm boss

Airports, banking and healthcare were all hit when a Crowdstrike update triggered huge Microsoft outages.

www.bbc.co.uk