Sphere packing: Tiny balls fit best inside a sausage, physicists confirm
Simulations show microscopic plastic balls within a cell membrane Marín-Aguilar, S., Camerin, F., van der Ham, S. et al. 2023 What is the most space-efficient way to pack tennis balls or oranges? Mathematicians have studied this “sphere-packing” problem for centuries, but surprisingly little attention has been paid to replicating the results in the real world….
If the Cybertruck is deadly for pedestrians, it’s because all large trucks are
The Tesla Cybertruck has been out for a little more than a week, and already people are ready to declare it a safety nightmare. “Guideless missile” and “death machine” are some of the loaded phrases being tossed around. Safety experts are “raising concerns” about the truck’s crumple zones (or lack thereof). TikTok and other social…
StarkWare Distributing $3.5M Fees to Developers in ‘Devonomics’ Program
According to a press release, about 10% of the network fees from the project’s launch through Nov. 30 – amounting to about 1,600 ETH – will be distributed, intended to support the Starknet ecosystem. In time, future distributions will occur in STRK, the native governance token of the Starknet blockchain. Currently, 8% of the fees…
Mind-reading AI can translate brainwaves into written text
An AI can decode brainwave recordings to predict the words someone is reading Vertigo3d/Getty Images Using only a sensor-filled helmet combined with artificial intelligence, a team of scientists has announced they can turn a person’s thoughts into written words. In the study, participants read passages of text while wearing a cap that recorded electrical brain…
The Bose Frames will soon be no more
Bose is discontinuing its Frames line of audio smart glasses, which will no longer be available by the end of this year. The news was first reported by Digital Trends, which quotes Bose as saying it’s in the process of phasing out the product line. Bose also separately confirmed the news to The Verge. It’s…
Binance Peer-to-Peer Trading Platform Halts Ruble Support Following Russia Exit
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What makes the best sounding didgeridoo, according to science
Didgeridoo players can use their vocal cord reverberations to manipulate the resonances produced by the wood Kate Callas The traits that make the best didgeridoos have now been identified, and it has also given us a better understanding of how people use their vocal cords to make sounds with the instruments. Didgeridoos, used by the…
GM’s hydrogen ‘power cubes’ will be used to power massive mining trucks
General Motors announced a new partnership with Japanese construction vehicle manufacturer Komatsu to build heavy-duty mining trucks powered by the automaker’s hydrogen fuel-cell technology. The company will work with the Japanese firm to install its Hydrotec-branded “power cubes,” each containing 300 individual hydrogen fuel cells with an output of 80 kW of new power, into…
Q Protocol to Apply International Court of Arbitration Rules to DeFi Disputes in a Sign of Growing Industry Maturity
“The participants in the Q ecosystem (13 projects have signed on to use the services) are parties to the private contract that is the Q Constitution,” Biagosch said. “They have agreed therein that the ICC Court of Arbitration shall, based on the Q Constitution and through its rules of procedure, be the only mechanism to…
DeepSouth: Supercomputer that simulates entire human brain will switch on in 2024
An artist’s impression of the DeepSouth supercomputer A supercomputer capable of simulating, at full scale, the synapses of a human brain is set to boot up in Australia next year, in the hopes of understanding how our brains process massive amounts of information while consuming relatively little power. The machine, known as DeepSouth, is being…