Training an AI agent to run part of a factory or supply chain takes serious computing power, and most companies would rather not build a supercomputer to get it. On November 5, 2026, Viridien and AMESA announced a partnership aimed at exactly that gap.
Viridien, a Paris-based advanced technology and HPC company, will supply the high-performance computing infrastructure behind AMESA Agent Cloud. AMESA is an enterprise AI platform for what it calls operational autonomy.
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Harvard Scientists Train Computer to Distinguish Scents
A team of Harvard scientists led by Venkatesh Murthy, professor of molecular and cellular biology, tackled a seemingly complex phenomenon in their investigation: how mice can distinguish scents from one another. Using a machine-learning algorithm, Murthy and his colleagues “trained” a computer to recognize the neural patterns linked to various scents, and to identify specific odors in a mixture of smells.
The study, published in the journal Neuron, focused on creating an algorithm for a compu...
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Energy Harvesting Soccer Ball
New soccer ball, called the sOccet ball, generates enough energy to light up a home.
This invention was developed by four students from Harvard University in partnership with the Laboratory at Harvard Think-Tank; it's a soccer ball which they call the sOccet that generates electricity from normal kicking during game play.
The ball has a built-in inductive coil that collects kinetic energy. After about 15 minutes of kicking the ball around it will produce enough electricity to charge LED li...
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