Tech & Science Daily: Elon teases humanoid ‘Muskbot’ to take over repetitive work

If you thought a real-life Elon Musk was quite enough...get ready for the Muskbot because Tesla’s apparently building a humanoid robot it says will have “profound implications for the economy”.

Founder Elon Musk says the firm will launch a humanoid robot prototype next year, designed for dangerous, repetitive, or boring work that people don’t like to do.

Speaking at Tesla’s AI Day event, the billionaire entrepreneur claims the robot, which would stand around 5ft 8in tall, would be able to handle jobs from attaching bolts to cars with a wrench, or picking up groceries at stores.

Top Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Liquid says it’s suffered a hack where nearly $100 million-worth of tokens were stolen.

It’s the second major theft of cryptocurrencies to take place this month but whereas the bulk of Poly Network’s crypto was returned it’s unclear if Liquid will be so lucky.

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Dami Hastrup, founder of London VR pioneers Moonhub, which uses virtual reality to train companies for safety scenarios, is trialling adding smoke scents to help people learn to escape fires using tech from a firm called OVR.

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