Mosquito-spreading drones could slash the spread of disease

If you're trying to disperse 300,000 disease-fighting mosquitos per day, using a drone may well be your best bet for doing so. The technology has already been tested in Brazil, where it showed very promising results.

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MIT takes a hands-on approach to tactile learning

Some folks prefer to get a grip on things to better understand concepts. Researchers have developed smart gloves for tactile learners that use haptic feedback and AI to teach users new skills, fast-track precision training and control robots remotely.

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Xiaomi launches Leica camera masquerading as a smartphone

Xiaomi's latest flagship handset has launched in China ahead of an expected Mobile World Congress appearance in Barcelona next week. The 14 Ultra's headline feature is a Leica main camera with a new Sony 1-inch sensor.

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Stunning new AI adds realistic sound effects to any video

If OpenAI's Sora heralds the end of videography, Elevenlabs has just fired a broadside over the foley and sounds effects departments, with another groundbreaking new AI that takes silent video and generates audio to match, taking text guidance.

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Review: Compact Atom laser projector puts Google TV in sharp focus

We've spent the past few weeks having our streamed entertainment served up by a mini-PC-sized Full HD laser projector that Dangbei launched at IFA 2023 in Germany last year. The Atom made its way to the US for CES recently, and is now up for sale.

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Adorable buddy bot aims for the hearts and minds of future roboticists

A desktop companion. An open-source education platform. An AI-powered robotics lab. Doly is all that and more. Technology startup Limibit out of Ontario, Canada, has launched on Kickstarter to bring the cute lil buddy bot to life.

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The Seeing Eye Dog V2.0 is shaping up as a gamechanger

An important iteration of the robotic seeing eye dog has been shown off, the RoboGuide AI-powered quadruped. The future for robotic canine assistants looks not just commercially huge, but also massively empowering for the world's visually impaired people.

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OpenAI Sora: Wake up humans, the world has changed again

AI-generated video was a complete joke less than a year ago; look what it can do now. OpenAI has announced its new Sora model, which turns descriptive text into video, and calling it a frighteningly massive leap forward feels like an understatement.

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Glasses with spiral lenses could help you see clearer, farther

Scientists have developed a new type of lens that creates multiple focal points, which could make for glasses or contacts that provide a clearer view over a range of distances. The secret? Making the lens a spiral shape.

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OpenAI’s Eve humanoids make impressive progress in autonomous work

"The video contains no teleoperation," says Norwegian humanoid robot maker 1X. "No computer graphics, no cuts, no video speedups, no scripted trajectory playback. It's all controlled via neural networks, all autonomous, all 1X speed."

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