Cyborg or avatar: will you wear a robot, or operate it?
Some robots won’t replace us. Some will augment us: make us faster, stronger, bigger, more capable. Sarcos Robotics has built both robots that...
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Photonic computing questions answered: we get technical
Four months ago I interviewed Lightmatter CEO Nick Harris on his photonic supercomputer. There are now almost 400,000 views and 2,600 comments...
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Neodymium, praseodymium, dysprosium, terbium: Key blockers to EV ascendancy
US President Biden said his goal is that 50% of cars sold in 2030 will be zero-emission vehicles: less than 9 years away. So … is that doable? Maybe...
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‘Self-driving preserves’ booming: people still want to drive cars themselves
‘Self-driving preserves’ is chapter 32 of Insights from the Future, a book I’m writing about technology, innovation, and people … from the...
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HiPerGator AI: Florida’s new AI supercomputer (and 100 new AI faculty)
What could an AI-focused supercomputer and 100 new AI faculty do for the University of Florida? Particularly if it’s the 22nd most powerful...
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