Author: Vidya Saras

“Amazon stores many different products in bins, so rummaging is necessary to pull out a specific object to fill an order,” says Ken Goldberg, a roboticist at the University of California, Berkeley. “Until now this has been very difficult, so I’m curious to see the new system.”Goldberg says that research on robotic touch sensing has advanced in recent years, with numerous groups working on joint and surface sensing. But he added that robots have some way to go before they can match the tactile abilities of flesh-and-blood workers. “The human sense of touch is extremely sensitive and complex, with a…

Lacking three crucial components – students, faculty, and facilities – the two educational experiments proposed in this state capital sounded like moonshots just a few years ago. Today, the School of Civic Leadership at the University of Texas and a feisty startup calling itself the University of Austin are not just up and running, but helping lead the movement to revive classical liberal education across the country.

What would a behind-the-scenes look at a video generated by an artificial intelligence model be like? You might think the process is similar to stop-motion animation, where many images are created and stitched together, but that’s not quite the case for “diffusion models” like OpenAl’s SORA and Google’s VEO 2.Instead of producing a video frame-by-frame (or “autoregressively”), these systems process the entire sequence at once. The resulting clip is often photorealistic, but the process is slow and doesn’t allow for on-the-fly changes. Scientists from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and Adobe Research have now developed a hybrid approach,…

Enterprise security implications For enterprise security leaders, the case highlights the sophisticated threats organizations face from state-sponsored and commercial surveillance tools. Zero-click vulnerabilities like those exploited by NSO can bypass traditional security awareness measures, as they require no phishing links, malicious downloads, or user interaction of any kind. “The most notorious mercenary spyware currently available is NSO Group’s Pegasus,” John Scott-Railton, senior researcher at Citizen Lab, which assisted in investigating Pegasus, had said during his testimony to House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, in 2022. “This kind of mercenary spyware is highly sophisticated, invasive, and difficult to detect at scale,…

Since Michael Saylor and his team at Strategy (formally MicroStrategy) first invested in Bitcoin, the company has significantly outperformed Bitcoin itself. With the right data points and strategies, investors can further enhance their returns. In this article, we’ll explore how to leverage various metrics to improve your MSTR investing. Key Takeaways MSTR has outperformed Bitcoin by over 3,000% since its initial investment. Key indicators like MVRV Z-Score and Active Address Sentiment can help time investments. Global liquidity trends also impact MSTR’s performance. Using multiple data points can simplify and enhance investment strategies. Figure 1: Bitcoin Magazine Pro MSTR (Micro)Strategy Analytics…

Philip Sunshine, a Stanford University physician who played an important role in establishing neonatology as a medical specialty, revolutionizing the care of premature and critically ill newborns who previously had little chance of survival, died on April 5 at his home in Cupertino, Calif. He was 94.His death was confirmed by his daughter Diana Sunshine.Before Dr. Sunshine and a handful of other physicians became interested in caring for preemies in the late 1950s and early ’60s, more than half of these unimaginably fragile patients died shortly after birth. Insurance companies wouldn’t pay to treat them.Dr. Sunshine, a pediatric gastroenterologist, thought…

Recently, I came across some great inspiration for 3D animations. There are so many possibilities, but it can be tricky to find the right balance and not overdo it. Anything 3D on a website looks especially impressive when scrolled, as the motion reveals the magic of 3D to our eyes, even though the screen is flat (still) 🙂 This one gave me a lot of inspiration for an on-scroll effect: Your dose of everyday inspiration — Featuring some of the most popular images on Savee™ this week.⁰After Effects template in use: Polygon pic.twitter.com/fhqSZO7oq3— Savee (@letsavee) April 27, 2025 And then…

A Belgian sculptor credited with the “Fallen Astronaut” figurine left on the surface of the moon in 1971 has now fallen himself.Artist Paul Van Hoeydonck died on Saturday (May 3) at his home in Wijnegem, Antwerp in Belgium, according to a statement released by his family. He was 99.”Paul went home peacefully this afternoon,” read the note on his Facebook page.A close-up view of the “Fallen Astronaut” figurine and plaque left on the moon in memory of 14 astronauts and cosmonauts. (Image credit: NASA)On Aug. 2, 1971, as NASA’s Apollo 15 astronauts wrapped up their third of three excursions out…

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ReutersA city view of Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-administrated KashmirTwo weeks after a deadly militant attack on tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir, India has launched a series of strikes on sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir.The Indian defence ministry said the strikes – named “Operation Sindoor” – were part of a “commitment” to hold those responsible for the 22 April attack which left 25 Indians and one Nepali national dead “accountable”.But Pakistan, which has denied any involvement in last month’s attack, has described the strikes as “unprovoked”, with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif saying the “heinous act of aggression will not go unpunished”.Pakistan’s military…