Bloodhound's 461-mph speed is big but team eyes bigger record ahead
The Bloodhound, the darling of The Bloodhound LSR jet car project, has good reason to be praised as a speed rockstar, with speed now at 461mph (741km/h).
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Robotics
Scientists create robot snails that can move independently using tracks or work together to climb
A team of roboticists at the Chinese University of Hong Kong has created a robot snail with a helmet-like shell that moves by rolling around on bulldozer-like tracks. They have published a paper on their research in Nature ...
Robotics
Robotic hand gets up close to human hand on anatomical level
If something feels sticky, we flex our hand by instinct, we move second, third, fourth fingers at will without a second thought, we cross one finger over the other as if to make a wish; we touch finger to thumb to make a ...
Computer Sciences
DeepMind's MuZero conquers and learns the rules as it does
Albert Einstein once said, "You have to learn the rules of the game, and then you have to play better than anyone else." That could well be the motto at DeepMind, as a new report reveals it has developed a program that can ...
Engineering
Victory Motorcycles introducing all-electric addition to its lineup
Victory Motorcycles has introduced its Empulse TT, the first all-electric addition to the Victory lineup. Features include adjustable suspension featuring a single rear shock and inverted front forks; dual-disk front brakes ...
Internet
Zerologon: Microsoft addressing severe network exploit
A Dutch security firm reported last week that it uncovered a severe Windows vulnerability last month that allowed hackers to take over network administrator privileges with a single click.
Energy & Green Tech
Toyota to test solar panels for electric cars
What's not to like about this concept: high-efficiency solar cells gifting electric cars with mileage.
Machine learning & AI
A new transformer architecture emulates imagination and higher-level human mental states
The advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) and the study of neurobiological processes are deeply interlinked, as a deeper understanding of the former can yield valuable insight about the other, and vice versa. Recent ...
Energy & Green Tech
Solid-state automotive battery could transform EV industry
More powerful, longer lasting, faster charging.
Security
Using machine learning to detect software vulnerabilities
A team of researchers from R&D company Draper and Boston University developed a new large-scale vulnerability detection system using machine learning algorithms, which could help to discover software vulnerabilities faster ...
