A probe heads for Mars’s moon Phobos, Perseverance sets a driving record, a 90-second 3D …
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3D print a battery dispenser: AA and AAA always at hand
by Gwen Sherman91 viewsA beginner-friendly 3D print: a twin-tower dispenser that serves AA and AAA batteries one by …
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Chatbots change their ‘personality’ when you switch language
by Lisa Larsen97 viewsFive AI chatbots took a Big Five personality test in English and Mandarin. Their scores …
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New series Spanish Geniuses: Torres Quevedo, the forgotten genius
by JWCarlin73 viewsRadio remote control, the first passenger cable car, a chess machine and the computer’s first …
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Stanford engineers send data by reflecting the natural electrical hiss around us, with no radio …
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Japan’s MMX launches to bring home soil from Mars’s moon Phobos
by JWCarlin92 viewsJAXA’s MMX probe is on its way to Phobos, Mars’s bigger moon, to land, scoop …
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AI wrote 700 maths papers: what Lean proof checks really mean
by Lisa Larsen103 viewsOpenAI released 722 AI-written maths papers, many checked in Lean. Why mathematicians are wary, what …
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Rapidus 2nm: Japan’s bid to build the world’s tiniest chips
by JWCarlin151 viewsJapan’s Rapidus is building 2nm chips in Hokkaido and has just signed up 17 design …
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NTT moves data with light, not wires, inside AI data centres
by JWCarlin126 viewsJapan’s NTT wants to replace electrical wiring with light pulses inside computers. Its first light-based …