Reporte #141
AI Startup Embodied Intelligence Wants Robots to Learn From Humans in Virtual Reality
IEEE Spectrum Recent Content
Depending on who you ask, robotic grasping has been solved for a while now. That is, the act of physically grasping an object, not dropping it, and then doing something useful is a thing that robots are comfortable with. The difficult part is deciding what to grasp and how to grasp it, and that can be very, very difficult, especially outside of a structured environment.
Supersonic deposition blows away layer-by-layer approach to 3D printed metal
The Engineer
Australia’s SPEE3D has launched the world’s first metal printer that uses supersonic deposition technology to deliver manufacturing grade 3D printed parts at production speeds.
A Data Bus for Quantum Computers
IEEE Spectrum Recent Content
Quantum physicists are now laying the groundwork for a “quantum bus,” which can teleport quantum information between the memory and processor components of future quantum computers.
Bitcoin’s Biggest Tech Player to Release AI Chips and Computers
IEEE Spectrum Recent Content
By its own reckoning, Bitmain built 70 percent of all the computers on the Bitcoin network. It makes specialized chips to perform the critical hash functions involved in mining and trading bitcoins, and packages those chips into the top mining rig—the Antminer S9.
Researchers develop flexible, stretchable photonic devices
MIT News – Engineering
Light-based devices could be used as biomedical sensors or as flexible connectors for electronics.
Graphene-based composite puts ultra-low-power transistors in a spin
The Engineer
Graphene-based composite material holds promise for ultra-low-power transistors.
Lockheed to develop fighter jet laser cannon
The Engineer
Lockheed Martin has been awarded $26m by the US government’s Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) to develop a high-power fibre laser that will be tested on a fighter jet by 2021.
A new way to mix oil and water
MIT News – Engineering
Condensation-based method developed at MIT could create stable nanoscale emulsions.
MIT NEWDIGS Design Lab advances work on medical treatment financing strategies
MIT News – Engineering
Industry leaders, patient advocates, and policymakers collaborate to make groundbreaking new therapies economically sustainable.
Printable bacteria used for low-energy biosensors
The Engineer
UK researchers have used bacteria as a solar-harvesting ink to print paper-based disposable biosensors.