Google’s ALOHA Unleashed robot arm can now tie shoes autonomously. This AI model is capable of achieving a high level of dexterity in bi-arm manipulation, and in one demo, the robot learned how to tie a shoelace.
Dong Nguyen, creator of Flappy Bird, pulled the game from app stores over 10-years ago, but now, it’s set to make a triumphant return to mobile devices. This is being made possible due to the fans working at the Flappy Bird Foundation who acquired the official rights from Gametech Holdings.
Billionaire Jared Isaacman has successfully completed the first private civilian spacewalk in history as part of the SpaceX Polaris Dawn crew. After the Crew Dragon Resilience launched ) atop a Falcon 9 rocket that lifted off from the historic Launch Complex-39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Isaacman exited the capsule at about 6:48 a.m. EDT.
We’re not yet at the point where an autonomous Tesla vehicle can pick you up from just about anywhere, but supervised Full Self Driving (FSD) is now available. When this mode is activated, it still requires a fully attentive driver and will display a series of escalating warnings requiring a response, otherwise it will deactivate.
Apple AirPods Pro 2 are set to get a new hearing aid feature in the next iOS update. This isn’t just a novelty either, as the feature was clinically validated in a controlled, randomized study that evaluated the perceived benefit of the hearing aid and its custom settings compared to an audiologist-assisted setup.
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Kristina Dutton’s ‘Nanoscapes’ short film shows what butterfly wings look like under an electron microscope at up to 50,000x magnification. Butterfly wings are basically made of chitin, a fibrous substance that’s also found in the exoskeletons of most insects, and scales.