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Gemini Robotics ER 2: Google’s Smarter AI for Robots

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Gemini Robotics ER 2 is Google DeepMind’s latest effort to make robots more capable, flexible, and useful in real-world environments. The model gives robots advanced reasoning abilities that can help them understand instructions, analyze their surroundings, plan tasks, and respond to changes. Unlike systems that simply control individual robot movements, Gemini Robotics ER 2 focuses […]

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New Smart Ring Uses Sweat to Track Glucose, Alcohol, and More

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This new smart ring could provide insights that go well beyond sleep tracking and heart rate monitoring. Engineers at the University of California, San Diego have created an experimental smart ring that continuously examines sweat from the finger to track several molecules linked to metabolism, nutrition, physical activity, and alcohol intake. The prototype can simultaneously

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Japan plans a massive solar ring around the Moon to power Earth

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The idea of collecting solar energy in space has evolved from science fiction into a serious engineering concept. More than a decade ago, Japan’s Shimizu Corporation unveiled plans for the Luna Ring, a continuous band of solar panels encircling the Moon’s equator. The proposed structure would stretch about 6,800 miles, enabling it to capture sunlight

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Nike launches a smart sandal that aids muscle recovery and withstands 47°C heat

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Nike has made another move toward the future of advanced footwear by partnering with Hyperice, a company specializing in wellness and recovery technology, to introduce the Nike Air Zoom Hyperslide. The innovative “smart sandal” is designed to help athletes and fitness enthusiasts recover faster by supporting muscle recovery after workouts. The slide’s sleek design conceals

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Devices let users control computers with their mouths

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The ability to control a computer without touching a keyboard or mouse is no longer just science fiction. Augmental’s MouthPad lets users control devices with tongue, head, and suction gestures. The company also unveiled VOX, a companion accessory designed to provide a more discreet and private voice-typing experience. Shaped like a clear orthodontic retainer, the

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Blood collection in Brazil becomes simpler and nearly painless

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Blood collection in Brazil is entering a new era of modernization. The National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) has approved the Tasso device, an innovative technology designed to collect small capillary blood samples in a minimally invasive way, eliminating the need for traditional needles. With this authorization, Brazil becomes one of the first countries in Latin

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World’s first approval granted for an implant that restores age-related vision

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Science Corporation has become the first company to receive European approval for an implant that partially restores vision in people with age-related blindness. The CE mark allows the device to be marketed in the EU and UK. Called PRIMA, the implant is intended for patients with geographic atrophy, the advanced stage of dry age-related macular

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OpenAI introduces Codex Micro, its latest AI coding hardware

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OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT—which sparked widespread excitement, concern, and curiosity after its 2023 debut—has introduced its first hardware product: the Codex Micro, a US$230 mini keyboard designed to improve the workflow of developers using Codex, its AI-powered coding assistant. Developed in partnership with keyboard manufacturer Work Louder, the Codex Micro is available through OpenAI’s

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MIT scientists created lab-grown artificial blood vessels using magnets

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Scientists hope to one day replace damaged body parts with lab-made alternatives, but recreating complex tissues and organs remains challenging. Blood vessel networks are particularly difficult to reproduce because tiny capillaries can be microscopic, with some measuring just 0.005 millimeters wide and allowing blood cells to pass through one at a time. MIT Creates More

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Researchers Uncover Bacteria That Consume Uranium in an Old Soviet Mine

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One of the world’s largest uranium mining operations, the Wismut GmbH Schlema-Alberoda mine in the former Soviet-controlled East Germany, left a lasting environmental burden after decades of extraction. However, scientists have discovered that the contaminated water filling the abandoned mine may contain a natural answer to the pollution problem. Microorganisms that have adapted to the

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