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May 21, 2021

Geometric deep learning enables 3D kinematic profiling across species and environments

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A Nature Methods paper reports DANNCE, which enables robust 3D tracking of animals’ limbs and other features in naturalistic environments by making use of a deep learning approach that incorporates geometric reasoning. Read the paper: https://go.nature.com/3gsk39b

May 21, 2021

ROBOTS IN RESTAURANTS: As the hospitality industry begins to rebound, some short-staffed eateries are turning to robots to help overworked staff

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ABC’s Megan Tevrizian has more.

May 21, 2021

Roxo, the FedEx SameDay Bot and Team

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Roxo™, the FedEx SameDay Bot is another step closer to being delivery-ready! Meet some of the brilliant team members behind the development of our first autonomous delivery bot.

May 21, 2021

Basketball Playing Robot

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You’ve Never Seen A Robot That Can Play Basketball 😵 😍

May 21, 2021

Kirigami shoe grippers

Posted by in category: futurism

These kirigami shoe grippers could help you keep your footing.

May 21, 2021

U.S. Army Teases Footage of New Night-Vision Goggles

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The U.S. Army teased footage of its new night-vision goggles — and it’s straight out of an RPG video game. This is the first-person POV of a soldier participating in a live training exercise.

May 21, 2021

Killer Whale Watercraft

Posted by in category: transportation

This killer whale-inspired watercraft is the aquatic equivalent of aerobatic airplanes.

May 21, 2021

These bionic boots make you feel like a superhuman

Posted by in categories: cyborgs, transhumanism

May 21, 2021

Artificial Super-Intelligence

Posted by in categories: existential risks, robotics/AI

An “Other” that poses an existential threat to Humanity or a collective enhancement to assure our survival?

On June 4th, 2021 leading researchers in AI, ASI and AGI will come together to discuss Collective Super-Intelligence in general and the world’s first human-mediated Artificial Super-Intelligence called Uplift in particular.

May 21, 2021

The US Air Force Quietly Admits the F-35 Is a Failure

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, military

Elon Musk believes it is a waste of resources.


The Air Force has announced a new study into the tactical aviation requirements of future aircraft, dubbed TacAir. In the process of doing so, Air Force chief of staff General Charles Q. Brown finally admitted what’s been obvious for years: The F-35 program has failed to achieve its goals. There is, at this point, little reason to believe it will ever succeed.

According to Brown, the USAF doesn’t just need the NGAD (Next Generation Air Dominance) fighter, a sixth-generation aircraft — it also needs a new, “5th-generation minus / 4.5th-generation aircraft.” Brown acknowledged some recent issues with the F-35 and suggested one potential solution was to fly the plane less often.

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