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Brain’s Body Image Misjudges Robotic Limbs
Researchers find that people using robotic prosthetics consistently misjudge their own movement, shifting from initial awkwardness to later overconfidence.
Brain Swelling Reveals Alzheimer’s Treatment Success
It’s the side effect every Alzheimer’s patient fears, but it might actually be a sign of success. New research shows brain swelling is tied to better plaque clearance.
Brain’s Developmental Switch May Shape Lifelong Obesity Risk
Is your weight gain pre-programmed? Scientists have discovered a developmental “fate-switch” in the brain that decides if you’ll be driven by hunger or fullness.
Big Thinker: Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius (121-180 CE) was a Roman Emperor and Stoic philosopher interested in moral improvement and self-guidance.
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China’s dancing robots: how worried should we be?
Eye-catching martial arts performance at China gala had viewers and experts wondering what else humanoids can do
Dancing humanoid robots took centre stage on Monday during the annual China Media Group’s Spring Festival Gala, China’s most-watched official television broadcast. They lunged and backflipped (landing on their knees), they spun around and jumped. Not one fell over.
The display was impressive, but prompted some to wonder: if robots can now dance and perform martial arts, what else can they do?
Meta’s new deal with Nvidia buys up millions of AI chips
Meta has struck a multiyear deal to expand its data centers with millions of Nvidia’s Grace and Vera CPUs and Blackwell and Rubin GPUs. While Meta has long been using Nvidia’s hardware for its AI products, this deal “represents the first large-scale Nvidia Grace-only deployment,” which Nvidia says will deliver “significant performance-per-watt improvements in [Meta’s] […]
