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Triumph starts an “all-in” assault on the dirtbike world with the TF 250-X, a race-ready MX bike with a “class-leading power to weight ratio and the most complete specification package ever to launch into the ultra-competitive 250cc motocross market.”C… Continue reading Triumph’s first motocross bike aims to storm the barn
The USA has only two accelerators that can produce 10 billion electron-volt particle beams, and they’re each about 1.9 miles (3 km) long. “We can now reach those energies in 10 cm (4 inches),” said the CEO of TAU Systems, which has built an ultra-compa… Continue reading Ultra-compact particle accelerator does a mile’s work with four inches
Neuroscientists have shown that blind people recognize basic faces using the same brain regions as sighted people – even if the face shapes are delivered as audio rather than through the visual cortex – in an interesting look into neuroplasticity.Conti… Continue reading Video-to-sound tech allows blind people to recognize faces
Airbus innovation division UpNext is testing its next-gen autonomous systems for air-to-air in-flight refueling, which could be a revolutionary leap forward for a variety of military and civil aircraft, radically and safely extending range and enduranc… Continue reading Autonomous air-to-air refueling system will radically boost endurance
With most of Arizona in a state of moderate to extreme drought, the Gila River Indian Community and the US Army Corps of Engineers have signed a deal to begin a solar-over-canal project designed to cut down evaporation and boost solar efficiency.Contin… Continue reading Arizona solar canal project aims to save water while making power
In a video posted to TikTok, Gravity Industries founder Richard Browning has shown off what appears to be live-fire aerial testing of a shoulder-mounted, head-tracking weapons system for the Iron Man-style jet suit he’s been flying since 2017.Continue … Continue reading Gravity tests head-tracking, shoulder-mounted firearms on its jet suit
Bimota has a whole new design for its wacky hub-steered front end, nearly doubling the steering range, and it’s celebrating this achievement with one of the strangest production motorcycles of the year: a 200-horsepower supercharged adventure bike.Cont… Continue reading Bimota gets weird with hub-steered, supercharged adventure tourer
Singapore company Fourier Intelligence has released a video showing at least a dozen of its GR-1 humanoids, set for customer delivery this year. But while the GR-1 might have the best hips in robotics, it ain’t gonna win any rug-cutting contests.Contin… Continue reading Fourier’s GR-1 humanoids pose little threat in a dance-off
As the wild standoff between three of OpenAI’s four board members and 95% of the company’s entire workforce drags on, messy allegations are starting to fly in both directions. So who are these directors, and why did they fire CEO Sam Altman?Continue Re… Continue reading Accusations fly as time bomb ticks down at OpenAI
One of the world’s most important companies seems set to implode and lose its entire team, after a bizarre chain of events beginning with the unexplained sacking of CEO Sam Altman. The future of AI – and maybe humanity itself – swings in the balance.Co… Continue reading Utter chaos at OpenAI puts GPT in jeopardy – why should you care?