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Nvidia announces new AI chips months after latest launch as market competition heats up
Nvidia announces new AI chips months after latest launch as market competition heats up

www.cnbc.com/2024/06/02/nvidia-next-generation-ai-chips-rubin-blackwell.html

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What to Know About World's First Wooden Satellite, Set to Launch This Year
What to Know About World's First Wooden Satellite, Set to Launch This Year

gizmodo.com/japan-launching-wooden-satellite-mitigate-debris-1851508941

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Researchers hope that the world's first "living processor" will lead to energy-efficient computing power | Online platform gives researchers remote access to 16 human brain organoids
Researchers hope that the world's first "living processor" will lead to energy-efficient computing power | Online platform gives researchers remote access to 16 human brain organoids

www.techspot.com/news/103224-researchers-hope-world-first-living-processor-lead-energy.html

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This lens is just three atoms thick and works like a quantum lighthouse. The tiniest Fresnel lens may be perfect for augmented reality glasses.
This lens is just three atoms thick and works like a quantum lighthouse. The tiniest Fresnel lens may be perfect for augmented reality glasses.

www.popsci.com/science/quantum-flat-lens/

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World’s fastest vision chip for autonomous cars created in China is capable of sensing 10,000 frames per second.
World’s fastest vision chip for autonomous cars created in China is capable of sensing 10,000 frames per second.

interestingengineering.com/innovation/worlds-fastest-vision-chip-china

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Australian firm cryogenically freezes man after death in hopes of revival | An Australian man underwent the first successful cryonics suspension via Southern Cryonics and CryoPath tech.
Australian firm cryogenically freezes man after death in hopes of revival | An Australian man underwent the first successful cryonics suspension via Southern Cryonics and CryoPath tech.

interestingengineering.com/culture/firm-cryogenically-freezes-australian-man

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Robotic ‘Third Thumb’ expands hand’s range of motion, carrying capacity | Study showed, 98 percent of participants successfully manipulated objects with the Third Thumb, with only 13 unable to perform the task within the first minute.
Robotic ‘Third Thumb’ expands hand’s range of motion, carrying capacity | Study showed, 98 percent of participants successfully manipulated objects with the Third Thumb, with only 13 unable to perform the task within the first minute.

interestingengineering.com/innovation/robotic-third-thumb-perform-tasks

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World-first tooth-regrowing drug will be given to humans in September
World-first tooth-regrowing drug will be given to humans in September

newatlas.com/medical/tooth-regrowing-human-trial/

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Scientists create new color-changing ‘sunglasses for windows’ to block heat | Once activated the color changing film can retain the color for 40 hours unless a reverse potential is applied to make it transparent.
Scientists create new color-changing ‘sunglasses for windows’ to block heat | Once activated the color changing film can retain the color for 40 hours unless a reverse potential is applied to make it transparent.

interestingengineering.com/innovation/color-changing-film-for-windows

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Attosecond X-Ray Pulses Reveal the Dance of Electrons
Attosecond X-Ray Pulses Reveal the Dance of Electrons

spectrum.ieee.org/attosecond-laser

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Neuralink rival sets brain-chip record with 4,096 electrodes on human brain | Precision expects its minimally invasive brain implant to hit the market next year.
Neuralink rival sets brain-chip record with 4,096 electrodes on human brain | Precision expects its minimally invasive brain implant to hit the market next year.

arstechnica.com/science/2024/05/neuralink-rival-sets-brain-chip-record-with-4096-electrodes-on-human-brain/

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DARPA intends to wirelessly charge drones while in flight by power-beaming
DARPA intends to wirelessly charge drones while in flight by power-beaming

newatlas.com/technology/darpa-far-field-wireless-power-beaming-charges-drones-in-flight/

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Three New Supercomputers Reach Top of Green500 List. Efficiency ratings matter more and more in the exascale age.
Three New Supercomputers Reach Top of Green500 List. Efficiency ratings matter more and more in the exascale age.

spectrum.ieee.org/green-supercomputer-nvidia-grace-hopper

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Noise-canceling headphones use AI to let a single voice through. They could help wearers focus on specific voices in noisy environments, such as a friend in a crowd or a tour guide amid the urban hubbub.
Noise-canceling headphones use AI to let a single voice through. They could help wearers focus on specific voices in noisy environments, such as a friend in a crowd or a tour guide amid the urban hubbub.Misc
Noise-canceling headphones use AI to let a single voice through. They could help wearers focus on specific voices in noisy environments, such as a friend in a crowd or a tour guide amid the urban hubbub.

www.technologyreview.com/2024/05/23/1092832/noise-canceling-headphones-use-ai-to-let-a-single-voice-through/

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Organic waste can't be added directly to concrete because it would decompose over time and weaken the building material. To overcome this challenge, researchers developed a technique to make concrete 30% stronger using coffee biochar made with a low-energy process without oxygen.
Organic waste can't be added directly to concrete because it would decompose over time and weaken the building material. To overcome this challenge, researchers developed a technique to make concrete 30% stronger using coffee biochar made with a low-energy process without oxygen.

www.rmit.edu.au/news/all-news/2024/may/coffee-footpath-trial

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2 teens won $50,000 for inventing a device that can filter toxic microplastics from water
2 teens won $50,000 for inventing a device that can filter toxic microplastics from water

www.businessinsider.com/teens-win-fifty-thousand-for-ultrasound-microplastic-filtration-device-2024-5

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New tool blocks high-frequency signal interference, aids 6G tech | The adjustable filter is designed to prevent signals from causing interference, even in higher-frequency bands. The quarter-sized filter will unlock the next generation of wireless communications.
New tool blocks high-frequency signal interference, aids 6G tech | The adjustable filter is designed to prevent signals from causing interference, even in higher-frequency bands. The quarter-sized filter will unlock the next generation of wireless communications.

interestingengineering.com/innovation/tool-blocks-signal-interference-6g

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New ‘invisible tweezers’ can make robot surgery non-invasive | The method uses acoustic emitters to create 3D vortex fields, acting like invisible tweezers to traverse bone and tissue.
New ‘invisible tweezers’ can make robot surgery non-invasive | The method uses acoustic emitters to create 3D vortex fields, acting like invisible tweezers to traverse bone and tissue.

interestingengineering.com/health/invisible-tweezers-sound-robot-surgery-non-invasive

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Male birth control breakthrough safely switches off fit sperm for a while
Male birth control breakthrough safely switches off fit sperm for a while

newatlas.com/medical/male-birth-control-stk333/

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New warp drive concept does twist space, doesn’t move us very fast. While it won't make a useful spaceship engine, it may tell us more about relativity.
New warp drive concept does twist space, doesn’t move us very fast. While it won't make a useful spaceship engine, it may tell us more about relativity.

arstechnica.com/science/2024/05/physicists-find-a-possible-way-to-get-warped-space-but-no-drive/

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Scientists print invisible, spider silk-like sensors directly on skin | The fibres used in these sensors are at least 50 times thinner than a human hair.
Scientists print invisible, spider silk-like sensors directly on skin | The fibres used in these sensors are at least 50 times thinner than a human hair.

interestingengineering.com/science/scientists-print-sensors-on-skin

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'Absolute miracle' breakthrough provides recipe for zero-carbon cement
'Absolute miracle' breakthrough provides recipe for zero-carbon cement

newatlas.com/materials/concrete-steel-recycle-cambridge-zero-carbon-cement/

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'Bio-paper' implant: Personalized wireless electrotherapy for Parkinson's
'Bio-paper' implant: Personalized wireless electrotherapy for Parkinson's

newatlas.com/medical/bioelectric-paper-electric-stimulation-brain/

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A device that zaps the spinal cord gave paralyzed people better control of their hands
A device that zaps the spinal cord gave paralyzed people better control of their hands

www.technologyreview.com/2024/05/20/1092688/noninvasive-spinal-stimulation-trial-hands/

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Making steel with electricity. MIT spinout Boston Metal is commercializing a new method for making steel and other metals, to help clean up the emissions-intensive industry.
Making steel with electricity. MIT spinout Boston Metal is commercializing a new method for making steel and other metals, to help clean up the emissions-intensive industry.

news.mit.edu/2024/mit-spinout-boston-metal-makes-steel-with-electricity-0522

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