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An invisible hand guiding objects across the water? Not science fiction anymore. A team of researchers, led in part by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, has cracked the code on manipulating water waves to precisely control floating objects. Their trick?...
DeepMind’s AI Robot Just Slam-Dunked Reality—And That’s Only the Beginning
Google DeepMind has done it. They’ve taken their most advanced large language model, Gemini, and plugged it into robots. The result? A machine that can slam-dunk a miniature basketball without ever watching another robot do it. This isn’t just party trick...
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For years, megalodon has been miscast as a great white shark on steroids. Turns out, that’s completely wrong. New research suggests this prehistoric killer was longer, leaner, and built for energy-efficient cruising—more like a monstrous lemon shark than a bloated...
Japan’s Robot Uprising—at Your Favorite Restaurant
Japan isn’t waiting for the future—it’s building it, one robotic waiter at a time. Faced with an aging population and a workforce that keeps shrinking, businesses are replacing humans with machines at an alarming rate. If trends hold, Japan’s service robot market will...
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Ben Lamm has no interest in building Jurassic Park. That’s what he told the SXSW crowd, anyway. The CEO of Colossal, a biotech startup with a $10.2 billion valuation and a penchant for reviving ancient species, insists his mission is far more noble: undoing humanity’s...Recent News
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