Diffusion Policy, a new way of generating robot behavior by representing a robot's visuomotor policy as a conditional denoising diffusion process. Team benchmarked 'Diffusion Policy' across 12 different tasks from 4 different robot manipulation benchmarks and find that it consistently outperforms existing state-of-the-art robot learning methods with an average improvement of 46.9%. Diffusion Policy learns the gradient of the action-distribution score function and iteratively optimizes with ...

NExT-GPT has been developed by researchers at the National University of Singapore and Tsinghua University. NExT-GPT can accept inputs in different formats and deliver responses according to the desired output. This means that you can put in a text prompt and NExT-GPT and can process that prompt into a video, or you can give it an image and have that converted to an audio output, or Input Text and have the output available in Text, Image, and Audio. It allows 'any to any' combinations of...

Galvorn is stronger than steel, lighter than aluminum, and has the conductivity of copper, according to an article on LinkedIn. While the jury is still out on whether it’s faster than a speeding bullet, experts at Houston-based DexMat suggest their product can revolutionize the green tech landscape. Galvorn can be an alternative to rare and expensive copper — a crucial metal in electronics, according to a report from GreenBiz. What's more, the inventors plan to displace dirty materials, cont...

Echo Frames and Carrera Smart Glasses have been completely reconfigured for an enhanced audio experience. All styles include a new custom-built speaker driver and redesigned open-ear audio architecture that delivers three times the bass with improved audio quality and balance, compared to the previous generation. New smart glasses with Alexa—available in the next-generation Echo Frames and new styles from Carrera—a combination of high-end fashion with Alexa artificial intelligence (AI). Feat...

Apptronik, a Texas-based robotics company with its roots in the Human Centered Robotics Lab at University of Texas at Austin. Apptronik has developed a next-generation general purpose robots designed to change the way we live and work. Apollo, a humanoid robot built to work alongside people in environments designed for people, culminated from the design and development of over 10general purpose robots including extensive work on NASA Valkyrie. Apptronik Unveils Apollo, A Humanoid Robot to...

The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) is an intergovernmental organization dedicated to molecular biology research and is supported by 28 member states, one prospect state, and one associate member state. Using the AlphaFold database and a new algorithm called Foldseek Cluster, researchers have analysed over 200 million predicted protein structures, identifying unique evolutionary patterns. The study uncovers new insights into the evolution of human immunity proteins by reveali...

A newly engineered camera that can capture 4.8 million frames per second has been developed - at a fraction of the cost of its commercial contemporaries. This camera's capability to capture dynamic events in a single exposure at a staggering 4.8 million frames per second is indeed groundbreaking. It's worth noting that advancements in high-speed imaging technology have been instrumental in fields such as physics, biology, and materials science, enabling researchers to gain insights into f...

MPT-30B-Chat is a chatbot-like model for dialogue generation. It was built by finetuning MPT-30B on the ShareGPT-Vicuna, Camel-AI , GPTeacher, Guanaco, Baize and some generated datasets. License: CC-By-NC-SA-4. (non-commercial use only) Demo on Hugging Face Spaces. This model was trained by MosaicML and follows a modified decoder-only. Since the launch of MPT-7B in May, the ML community has eagerly embraced open-source MosaicML Foundation Series models. The MPT-7B base, -Instruct, -Chat, and...

Satlas is a platform for visualizing and downloading global geospatial data products generated by AI using satellite images. Currently, it includes three types of data: marine infrastructure (offshore wind turbines and platforms), renewable energy infrastructure (onshore wind turbines and solar farms), and tree cover, but we hope to include many more over time. All of the data displayed in Satlas, along with training data and model weights, can be downloaded for offline analysis here. Da...

Dictador is the ultimate Art-House Spirit company. It offers an unrivalled, award-winning offering in ultra-premium Colombian aged spirits, coffee and Dominican cigars to a discerning worldwide clientele. It being frontiers of technology, it now has a first AI empowered robot CEO, 'Mika', who is responsible for data insight, strategic provocation and DAO community liaison. MIKA shared the company's creative initiative to blend unique combinations of art, technology, and long-term investme...

Segment Anything Model (SAM) produces high quality object masks from input prompts such as points or boxes, and it can be used to generate masks for all objects in an image. It has been trained on a dataset of 11 million images and 1.1 billion masks, and has strong zero-shot performance on a variety of segmentation tasks. SAM uses a variety of input prompts Prompts specifying what to segment in an image allow for a wide range of segmentation tasks without the need for additional train...

How Artificial Intelligence Gave a Paralyzed Woman Her Voice Back Breakthrough brain implant and digital avatar allow stroke survivor to speak with facial expressions for first time in 18 years. By Robin Marks and Laura Kurtzman At the age of 30, Ann suffered a brainstem stroke that left her severely paralyzed. She lost control of all the muscles in her body and was unable even to breathe. It came on suddenly one afternoon, for reasons that are still mysterious. For the next five ye...

'Beautiful.ai' is AI driven software platform that helps business users prepare professional theme based presentations quickly. Scale presentations quickly with our AI presentation maker Bring the power of generative AI to your presentation process. Go from start to finish in seconds with our new AI presentation maker called DesignerBot. Just describe the presentation you need and watch it create your first draft like magic. STEPS: Start inspired with Smart Slide templates Ne...

EEVE is a AI Computer Vision based robotic company which has developed state of art robots which include; Willow - Lawn maintenance robot - It uses a unique combination of advanced hardware, customized software and artificial intelligence (A.I). These three provide the magic that Willow can perform. They make her the ideal companion for any tasks you throw at her now or in the future. In this combination, with the help of the Toadi mowing tool, she cuts the grass for you. The mowing t...

BORRINDO This peculiar Pakistani instrument is made in the shape of a ball. The clay instrument is a hollowed-out sphere with holes you blow into to play it. All borrindos are made slightly differently, but they commonly have 3 or 4 holes. The borrindo is a special instrument that is known for its accessibility. It’s relatively easy to hand-make, and many people do, including children in the Indus Valley region. Other, more skilled artisans will make more refined versions of ...

Oliver is a smart autonomous kitchen robot that replicates stovetop cooking. Automated Timed Dispensing Oliver automatically dispenses ingredients from five jars and a water tank to be cooked inside of the pot. The dispensing happens at exact times according to each recipe. Controlled Mixing and Temperatures It has the ability to stir using a built in mixer, and can manage the temperature and cooking time using a built in heater. Companion App The cooking robot is operated...

'EAV' developed a revolutionary light electric vehicle that bridges the gap between a bike and a van. It's a pedal-assist electric quadracycles from Electric Assisted Vehicles Ltd (EAV) that provides Urban delivery solutions. An enclosed delivery electric bike. British company is teaming up with Finnish electric drive hardware/software specialist Revonte in further evolving its pedal-assist electric drive platform around the unique needs of urban cargo delivery. Top assisted spe...

rosthetic eye replacements will be manufactured by 3D printers in the future. Fraunhofer IGD has developed a number of technologies that supersedes the current and entirely manual production of individual prostheses. Fraunhofer’s Cuttlefish:Eye software utilises a 3D scan of the eye socket and a colour-calibrated photo of the healthy eye, to create the prosthetic eye`s 3D model. Fraunhofer’s Cuttlefish® 3D printing driver is used to print the model on a multicolor, multimaterial 3D printer. ...

Many cancers can be successfully treated when caught early. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)Trusted Source support early screening for certain cancers, like colon, breast, and cervical cancer, and recommend tests like FIT testsTrusted Source and HPV testsTrusted Source. Since many types of cancer do not present early symptoms, at-home cancer screening kits check for markers that can indicate whether a person has cancer. Tests can detect chemicals that cancer cells prod...

UBC device uses wood dust to trap up to 99.9 per cent of microplastics in water Could plants be the answer to the looming threat of microplastic pollution? Scientists at UBC’s BioProducts Institute found that if you add tannins—natural plant compounds that make your mouth pucker if you bite into an unripe fruit—to a layer of wood dust, you can create a filter that traps virtually all microplastic particles present in water. While the experiment remains a lab set-up at this stage...

Code Llama is an AI model built on top of Llama 2, fine-tuned for generating and discussing code. It's free for research and commercial use. Code Llama, a large language model (LLM) that can use text prompts to generate and discuss code. Code Llama is state-of-the-art for publicly available LLMs on coding tasks. Code Llama is state-of-the-art for publicly available LLMs on coding tasks. It has the potential to make workflows faster and more efficient for developers and lower the barr...

Trusscore Wall&CeilingBoard is lightweight, low maintenance, and lasts a lifetimeDesigned with a high-strength polymer formulation, Trusscore Wall&CeilingBoard is the perfect, sustainable alternative to traditional drywall and fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP) systems. https://player.vimeo.com/video/533934402?h=abf8c2d70c&badge=0&autopause=0&player_id=0&app_id=58479 Strong & Durable Trusscore wall and ceiling panels are scratch, dent, and damage resistan...

LIV is your complete toolset for VTubing, Mixed Reality Capture and VR native utilities like in-headset stream chat, alerts and notifications! Mixed Reality Capture, simplified Capture yourself inside your favorite VR games using any camera, from your entry level webcam to professional grade DSLR’s and beyond Mixed Reality, live. No more complicated setups, lengthy manual OBS setups and relying on legacy code. LIV handles everything for you, from setup to calibration and final o...

MpicoSys  was the first to introduce WIFi and POE updated connect and play Eink displays. Ideal for messaging, visitor or customer information, room signage, meeting room signage. WIFI and POE updated displays Easy updates via any internet connection Available in 7.8", 9.7", 13,3" and 31.2" display size. Available as OEM or custom product - development to customer specifications Battery driven or POE powered Heartbeat settings enable use without change of batteries for o...

Fluidai.md - AI-Powered Postoperative Monitor Stream™ Platform continuously and non-invasively analyzes postoperative wound drainage. Measurements from Stream™ Platform may prompt earlier intervention as per current standard of care. Leveraging advanced sensors and an AI-driven algorithm, the non-invasive device helps in the early detection of leaks. It features the Origin Inline Device that collects patient data from the surgical site, as well as the Delta Bedside Monitor tablet, which a...

Smaller than a flea, robot can walk, bend, twist, turn and jump Northwestern University engineers have developed the smallest-ever remote-controlled walking robot — and it comes in the form of a tiny, adorable peekytoe crab. Just a half-millimeter wide, the tiny crabs can bend, twist, crawl, walk, turn and even jump. The researchers also developed millimeter-sized robots resembling inchworms, crickets and beetles. Although the research is exploratory at this point, the researchers bel...

COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) is a funding organisation for research and innovation networks. Our Actions help connect research initiatives across Europe and beyond and enable researchers and innovators to grow their ideas in any science and technology field by sharing them with their peers. COST Actions are bottom-up networks with a duration of four years that boost research, innovation and careers. European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) creates open s...

Walmart has started CExchange which accepts devices from a wide variety of popular consumer electronic devices, including cell phones, tablets, MP3 players, video games, cameras, laptops, and GPS units... and gives eGiftCard for it. What happens to my used device?Items whose condition and function warrant continued use will find a new home with new owners. Those that do not will be disposed of in an environmentally responsible way. Items in between those two extremes are channele...