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Boston Dynamics has released a new video of its humanoid Atlas robot displaying impressive new skills.
Boston Dynamics has released a new video of its humanoid Atlas robot displaying impressive new skills.
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A group of researchers from universities around the world collaborated to create a shape-shifting robot that can reversibly switch between solid and liquid, according to a recently released study.The study said the transforming robot, a class of magnetoactive phase transitional matter (MPTM), can transition between states through alternating magnetic field heating and ambient cooling.A video released with the study shows a robot that resembles a Lego person changing state to escape from a cage and then reassume its original shape.According to news reports, the study was a collaboration between members of Sun Yat-sen University, Carnegie Mellon University, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Zhejiang University.The study said MPTMs are promising for future applications in flexible electronics, health care, and robotics that depend on dynamic shape reconfigurability and repair. Credit: Sun Yat-Sen University via Storyful
Fans of The Terminator movies found themselves on the edge of their seats watching the unstoppable T-1000 robot in Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Particularly thrilling was the way it could overcome any obstacle by turning to liquid and then reforming as a solid. This feature is now a reality - as scientists from The Chinese University of Hong Kong have created a man-shaped robot that can do the same. It can 'escape' a jail by turning to liquid, slipping through the bars of its cell, and then refor
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ChatGPT isn't the only game in town. It may have just hit a record-breaking 100 million monthly active users in just two months, according to a UBS study, but other artificial intelligence (AI) heavyweights hope to catch up. Chief among them are Google's LaMDA, so clever that an employee was fired for calling it "sentient", and Anthropic's Claude, which The New York Times reports is closing in on $300 million in funding. Chatbots aside, there's a whole lot else going on in AI, with news site CNET having to correct dozens of articles generated by a computer, tech company NVIDIA helping you keep eye contact on video calls, and even an infinite "Seinfeld" rip-off on streaming site Twitch that's powered by none other than AI. We tell you more in this week's edition of Tech 24.Read more on FRANCE 24 EnglishRead also:Deepfakes circulate of AI 'pan-Africans' backing Burkina Faso's military juntaTanks for Ukraine, Turkey halts NATO negotiations, West Bank violence, AI chatbotsChatGPT: Cybercriminals salivate over world-beating AI chatbot
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A 12-year-old musician who wowed guitar legend Johnny Marr pulls in as much as £200 in an hour busking thanks to his ‘charming’ covers of songs by The Smiths. John Denton's performances in the streets of Manchester stopped shoppers in their tracks, while videos of his finger-picking skills went viral on social media. And the lad's talents were recently recognised by guitarist and songwriter star Marr after he was selected for a £1,000 grant created in his name. But his dad Phil, 42, has now revealed the prodigy's abilities have already helped him rake in hundreds of pounds in cash per hour while playing to shoppers. The former head teacher added that despite this impressive financial pay-off, the youngster, who's played at festivals to thousands of fans, wasn’t interested in money. He said: “People are really generous, and they’ll drop the odd coin in, sometimes a pound or two - and then the odd person will put a £20 note in. “He got £200 one Christmas. That was after about an hour. But he’s not interested in the money at all. “When we get homes, he doesn’t count it. He doesn’t even ask how much it was, he just walks off. “We put it in a savings account for him, and he bought his electric guitar with it. And the other bits he’s saved up, he’s put towards recording new songs.” Schoolboy John said about meeting The Smith’s legend recently: “Johnny Marr is my absolute hero on guitar. "It’s been amazing to meet him and then get messages from him online. I want to make Johnny Marr proud and make the most of this opportunity.” Phil said John, who was this year’s recipient of the Salford Foundation Trust’s Johnny Marr Award, had got his first gig when he was just nine years old. And since then, he's played to thousands of people on major festival stages, along with busking regularly in his hometown of Manchester. He said: “When he picked the guitar up, he never put it down, to the point where we were all going to bed and I would hear him rustling about. “We would shout to him saying, “John, put your guitar down!” "He wanted to do gigs straight away, wanted to do them for the family. He started to write to people and sent hundreds of letters. “He got loads of knockbacks. Eventually, he asked someplace near us, “Can I play my guitar”, and they said “Yep”. And he got together 70 to 80 people to watch him. "He was about nine at that point. “He’s since played Middleton Arena to a crowd of 200 people, and Kendal Calling festival, where he played in front of 1000.” John was also nominated for the young songwriter of the year award, which earned him a trip down to Notting Hill to play at the live final. And following his most recent award success, Johnny Marr sent the lad his heartfelt congratulations. He told him: “It’s a pleasure and privilege to give some assistance to a young musician especially when they’re as dedicated as John. Well done, brother." Peter Collins CBE, from The Salford Foundation Trust, added: “There couldn’t be a more worthy recipient of the Johnny Marr Award. “Even though John is only 12 he’s already proven he’s committed to making a future in music and we’re delighted the Trust can give him a helping hand on this journey.”
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Sputnik/Evgeniy Paulin/KremlinRussia’s military is preparing for heavy losses ahead in a new offensive, according to a source apparently stationed at a Russian military headquarters in Ukraine, Novaya Gazeta reported.Russian President Vladimir Putin is preparing to send tens of thousands of men to war in Ukraine knowing very well that he is going to make them into “minced meat,” the source said.The source accused the Russian military of not taking any dangers of the offensive into account and pr