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Four-legged robot can reproduce animal movement with fewer actuators
Image demonstrating the real-word deployment of the robot. Credit: Stella, Achkar, et al. Many of the robotic systems developed in the past decades are inspired by four-legged (i.e., quadruped) animals,…
Apple’s AI strategy faces doubts
Apple CEO Tim Cook in June 2024 announces plans to incorporate AI into Apple software and hardware. Has Apple, the biggest company in the world, bungled its generative artificial intelligence…
Everything you say to an Alexa speaker will be sent to Amazon—starting today
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Amazon has disabled two key privacy features in its Alexa smart speakers, in a push to introduce artificial intelligence-powered “agentic capabilities” and turn a profit from…
Why Simply Putting Away Your Phone Won’t Help You Focus
Summary: A new study reveals that placing your smartphone out of reach doesn’t significantly reduce distraction or boost productivity. While participants used their phones less when they were farther away,…
Tunisian startup turns olive waste into clean energy
The start-up was founded in 2022 to tackle the waste from Tunisia’s lucrative olive harvest. In a northern Tunisian olive grove, Yassine Khelifi’s small workshop hums as a large machine…
Elon Musk sells X to his own xAI for $33 billion in all-stock deal
Workers install lighting on an “X” sign atop the company headquarters, formerly known as Twitter, in downtown San Francisco, July 28, 2023. Credit: AP Photo/Noah Berger, File Elon Musk has…
High-speed doctor-blading boosts organic solar cell efficiency
High-Speed Doctor-Blading Technique for Efficient Organic Solar Cells. This diagram illustrates the materials used in the high-speed doctor-blading process for organic solar cells (OSCs). The non-halogenated solvents o-xylene (o-XY) and…
Optical innovations for solar modules—which are the most promising?
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In 2023, photovoltaic systems generated more than 5% of the world’s electrical energy and the installed capacity doubles every two to three years. Optical technologies can…
Clean energy giant Goldwind leads China’s global sector push
China’s wind power manufacturers are beginning to make headway overseas. China has rushed ahead in recent years as the world’s forerunner in wind energy, propelled by explosive local demand as…
