Friday, December 13, 2024

Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Google's new quantum chip cuts key error rate

In case that doesn’t sound exciting:

Their 105-qubit quantum processor, Willow, performed in less than five minutes a computation that would take one of today's fastest supercomputers 10 septillion years — about a quadrillion times longer than the universe has been around.”

https://www.axios.com/2024/12/09/google-quantum-computer-errors

Tesla STUNS With Optimus Robot Update

Optimus can avoid falling better than we can!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNsgUaiNCxQ

Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Game-Changing Tech Turns Dry Desert Air Into Lifesaving Water

Pretty amazing:

If I have one square meter, which is around three feet by three feet, we can generate about a gallon of water per day in Las Vegas, and up to three times more in humid environments.

https://scitechdaily.com/game-changing-tech-turns-dry-desert-air-into-lifesaving-water/

Atlas Goes Hands On

The new Atlas is definitely impressive, looking and working like a proper science fiction robot...but the way it moves is a bit creepy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_7IPm7f1vI

Sunday, October 20, 2024

Saturday, October 12, 2024

Recent Alzheimer’s studies

Restoring hippocampal glucose metabolism rescues cognition across Alzheimer’s disease pathologies: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abm6131

APOE-Genotype and Insulin Modulate Estimated Effect of Dietary Macronutrients on Cognitive Performance: Panel Analyses in Nondiabetic Older Adults at Risk of Dementia: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37778510/

Precision Nutrition for Alzheimer's Prevention in ApoE4 Carriers: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33921683/

Inside the Tokamak: Scientists Crack the Code to Stable Fusion Energy

https://scitechdaily.com/inside-the-tokamak-scientists-crack-the-code-to-stable-fusion-energy/