Yay đ Robotic utopia here we come!
Mentee Robotics, an Israeli company started by Mobileye co-founder Amnon Shashua, has released a new video of its V3 MenteeBot working in a real warehouse.
The company shared an unedited 18-minute test where two humanoid robots work together in space.
Many in the industry now see long, continuous footage like this as a strong sign of real capability. Mentee says the test was fully autonomous and done without any remote control.
In a preprint published in bioRxiv, Prof. Vadim Gladyshev and a team of researchers have used an artificial intelligence-based system to discover a wide variety of potential interventions, including a drug that significantly improves biomarkers of frailty in mice.
Repurposing previous data
Previous research efforts have created a massive dataset in the form of the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO), which contains the results of a great many experiments related to potentially disease-modifying drugs, many of which are tissue-specific [1]. These researchers refer to this dataset as a âmassive missed opportunityâ in aging research, because the vast majority of the experiments in the GEO were unrelated to aging and their data was never investigated in that context.
Extracellular ATP is an environmental cue in bacteria.
Extracellular ATP acts as a signal regulating physiology and immunity in eukaryotes and is elevated during intestinal infection or damage. Tronnet et al. show that extracellular ATP reprograms the transcriptional and metabolic landscapes of gut bacteria, impacting biofilm formation, production of bioactive metabolites, bacterial envelope composition, antimicrobial resistance, and virulence.
A large-scale laboratory screening of human-made chemicals has identified 168 chemicals that are toxic to bacteria found in the healthy human gut. These chemicals stifle the growth of gut bacteria thought to be vital for health. The research, including the new machine learning model, is published in the journal Nature Microbiology.
Most of these chemicals, likely to enter our bodies through food, water, and environmental exposure, were not previously thought to have any effect on bacteria.
As the bacteria alter their function to try and resist the chemical pollutants, some also become resistant to antibiotics such as ciprofloxacin. If this happens in the human gut, it could make infections harder to treat.
Organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) power the high-end screens of our digital world, from TVs and phones to laptops and game consoles.
If those displays could stretch to cover any 3D or irregular surfaces, the doors would be open for technologies like wearable electronics, medical implants and humanoid robots that integrate better with or mimic the soft human body.
âDisplays are the intuitive application, but a stretchable OLED can also be used as the light source for monitoring, detection and diagnosis devices for diabetes, cancers, heart conditions and other major health problems,â said Wei Liu, a former postdoctoral researcher in the lab of University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (UChicago PME) Assoc. Prof. Sihong Wang.
Researchers at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University, have applied the principle of interlacing to an origami-inspired structure and developed a âFoldable-and-Rollable corruGated Structure (FoRoGated-Structure)â that can be smoothly folded and rolled up for compact storage while maintaining very high strength when deployed. The study was published in the journal Science Robotics on November 26.
The team was led by Professor Kyu-Jin ChoâDirector of the Human-Centered Soft Robotics Research Center and a founding member of the SNU Robotics Institute (SNU RI).
In this episode of The Quantum Spin by HKA, host Veronica Combs discusses the intersections of quantum technology and cybersecurity with Chuck Brooks, an adjunct professor at Georgetown University and the president of Brooks Consulting International. Chuck discusses how the evolution of technology, particularly AI and quantum computing, has dramatically transformed cybersecurity. The conversation also touches on the role of CISOs, the integration of new technologies, and the importance of ongoing education and adaptation in the face of rapidly changing technologies.
00:00 Introduction to Quantum Spin Podcast 00:34 Guest Introduction: Chuck Brooks 00:46 Chuck Brooksâ Career Journey 02:09 Evolution of Cybersecurity 02:47 Challenges for CISOs 04:27 Quantum Computing and Cybersecurity 07:43 Future of Quantum and AI 10:51 Disruptive Technologies in Organizations 15:15 AI in Academia and Professional Use 17:06 Effective Communication on LinkedIn 18:23 Conclusion and Podcast Information.
Chuck Brooks serves as President of Brooks Consulting International with over 25 years of experience in cybersecurity, emerging technologies, marketing, business development, and government relations. He also is an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University in the Cyber Risk Management Program, where he teaches graduate courses on risk management, homeland security, and cybersecurity.
Geoffrey Hinton, one of the three so-called âgodfathersâ of AI, never misses an opportunity to issue foreboding proclamations about the tech he helped create.
During an hour-long public conversation with Senator Bernie Sanders at Georgetown University last week, the British computer science laid out all the alarming ways that he forecasts AI will completely upend society for the worst, seemingly leaving little room for human contrivances like optimism. One of the reasons why is that AIâs rapid deployment will be completely unlike technological revolutions in the past, which created new classes of jobs, he said.
âThe people who lose their jobs wonât have other jobs to go to,â Hinton said, as quoted by Business Insider. âIf AI gets as smart as people â or smarter â any job they might do can be done by AI.â
This accomplishment breaks the previous record of 48 qubits set by JĂŒlich scientists in 2019 on Japanâs K computer. The new result highlights the extraordinary capabilities of JUPITER and provides a powerful testbed for exploring and validating quantum algorithms.
Simulating quantum computers is essential for advancing future quantum technologies. These simulations let researchers check experimental findings and experiment with new algorithmic approaches long before quantum hardware becomes advanced enough to run them directly. Key examples include the Variational Quantum Eigensolver (VQE), which can analyze molecules and materials, and the Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA), used to improve decision-making in fields such as logistics, finance, and artificial intelligence.
Recreating a quantum computer on conventional systems is extremely demanding. As the number of qubits grows, the number of possible quantum states rises at an exponential rate. Each added qubit doubles the amount of computing power and memory required.
Although a typical laptop can still simulate around 30 qubits, reaching 50 qubits requires about 2 petabytes of memory, which is roughly two million gigabytes. âOnly the worldâs largest supercomputers currently offer that much,â says Prof. Kristel Michielsen, Director at the JĂŒlich Supercomputing Centre. âThis use case illustrates how closely progress in high-performance computing and quantum research are intertwined today.â
The simulation replicates the intricate quantum physics of a real processor in full detail. Every operation â such as applying a quantum gate â affects more than 2 quadrillion complex numerical values, a â2â with 15 zeros. These values must be synchronized across thousands of computing nodes in order to precisely replicate the functioning of a real quantum processor.
The JUPITER supercomputer set a new milestone by simulating 50 qubits. New memory and compression innovations made this breakthrough possible. A team from the JĂŒlich Supercomputing Centre, working with NVIDIA specialists, has achieved a major milestone in quantum research. For the first time, they successfully simulated a universal quantum computer with 50 qubits, using JUPITER, Europeâs first exascale supercomputer, which began operation at Forschungszentrum JĂŒlich in September.
