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OK Google, get me a Coke: AI giant demos soda-fetching robots

“Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google is combining the eyes and arms of physical robots with the knowledge and conversation skills of virtual chatbots to help its employees fetch soda and chips from breakrooms with ease. The mechanical waiters, shown …

Pico-10BASE-T

“10BASE-T from Raspberry Pi Pico Note: - DO NOT CONNECT to PoE equipment!! - Currently transmission only (UDP is available) - Receiving process will be implemented in the future… - It is advisable to insert a pulse transformer for safety. Setup - Raspberry Pi …

Powering an ‘arm’ with air could be mighty handy

“Walking feeds pressure to pneumatic robots that could help those with disabilities Everybody could use a third arm sometimes, but for some it would be particularly helpful. Mechanical engineers at Rice University’s George R. Brown School of Engineering have …

PWM Controller with R/E

“Last month I spent quite a lot of time on expansion modules for use with the ESP-12E I2C Base Card. While the system worked exceptionally well as a prototyping and firmware testing platform ( as originally intended ), I immediately saw …

Quantum AI breakthrough: theorem shrinks appetite for training data

“Rigorous math proves neural networks can train on minimal data, providing ‘new hope’ for quantum AI and taking a big step toward quantum advantage. Training a quantum neural network requires only a small amount of data, according to a new …

Rational points and new dimensions

“How can you solve equations that define not ‘just’ curves, but also two-dimension surfaces or even higher-dimensional objects? That’s the big question that mathematician Martin Bright and his team will be trying to answer. They’ve received a NWO …

Researchers design highly sensitive, mass producible organic photodetectors

“New green-light absorbing photodetectors could be useful for medical sensors, fingerprint recognition and more Researchers have developed and demonstrated new green-light absorbing transparent organic photodetectors that are highly sensitive and compatible with CMOS fabrication methods. Incorporating these new photodetectors into …

Researchers engineer novel material capable of ‘thinking’

“Someone taps your shoulder. The organized touch receptors in your skin send a message to your brain, which processes the information and directs you to look left, in the direction of the tap. Now, Penn State and U.S. Air …

Samsung Electronics Unveils High-Performance 990 PRO SSD Optimized for Gaming and Creative Applications

“Blazing speeds of the 990 PRO cut load times and increase game responsiveness while its thermal control solutions keep the drive at optimal temperature for uninterrupted play Samsung Electronics, the world leader in advanced memory technology, today announced the 990 …

SCARA Chess Robot

“It uses a 3D printed SCARA robot arm from free resources with my code to recognise the human moves and control the arm I previously made a Cartesian chess playing robot arm - and wanted to make a 3d-printed SCARA arm …