Posts

In the tropics, the deep sea is cold and the sea surface is very warm. That temperature difference can be harnessed and turned into electricity. For more than a century, researchers have explored the idea of ocean thermal energy conversion. Theres nothing fundamentally new to the idea of extracting power from temperature differences. The challenge is finding the right spot, where the temperature differences make it worthwhile. At present, pilot plants are only able to generate a fraction of what a large wind turbine can....

And the best part? After months of anticipation since it wasfirst teased, we finally get thefirst proper lookof this unique vehicle. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. It was also designed by Italdesign, the same company that dreamed up the original. But the new name isnt the only thing thats changed. These specs are for the base performance model, which suggests there will be other models available as well....

They run on-demand (instead of on a timetable) and travel point-to-point with no stops in between. In the future, they might even pick you up at your house. Sounds ambitious and a bit weird. So I met with Mark Seeger, Founder & CEO at Glydways, to find out more. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. For example, The Eno Center for Transportation has been tracking the costs of transport projects since 2009....

A year after completingthe first powered and controlled flighton another world,NASAsIngenuity helicopter is still setting records onMars. The rotorcraft traveled 704 meters at a speed of 19 kmph on its landmark 25th flight. That might not win a Grand Prix on Earth, but its pretty impressive on Mars. NASA this weekshared a black-and-white filmof the trip, which took place on April 8. 40% off TNW Conference! you’re free to watch the feat by clicking on the video atop this article....

Finally, he shakes an iPhone at me, declaring it a monument to human ambition and actuation. These are some wonderfully weird videos. 40% off TNW Conference! Its a psychedelic mash-up of art and technology that must be experienced to understand. Generative AI has infinite potential and its only the beginning. Collaborating with artificial intelligence and my buddy Heuman Instrument is simply a dream! We are making visual dreams! Id describe the videos as powerful....

Humanity is edging ever-closer to extinction, but dont worry the tech lords have deigned to save us. Elon Musk, for instance, wants to take us to a Martian colony. There will be a lot of jobs on Mars! Wait, thats not quite right he actuallyplans to inject himself with childrens blood. The kids will all turn anemic, but at least hell live forever. (For the record,Thiel denies being a vampire.)...

AInow guides numerous life-changing decisions, fromassessing loan applicationstodetermining prison sentences. This can result in AI systems leading toBlack people being wrongfully arrested, orchild services unfairly targeting poor families. The victims are frequently from groups that are already marginalized. He told TNW his tips on mitigating the risks. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Machine learningsystems need to provide transparency. Explainability has been touted as a solution for years, but effective approaches remain elusive....

The USB-C standard has been long touted as a one port to rule em all solution. Sure, its universal in the sense of the shape of the port. But the capabilities of a USB-C port and cable can vary widely. Last month, I wrote about why its so hard to differentiateone USB-C cable from another. We can certainly do better. And software can play a part too. Thankfully, Googles showing the way forward with a neat new trick....

It was the veritable search for a needle in a haystack. Fortunately, the search proved successful. But it wasnt a human who found the promising molecules. It was amachine learning program. AI patents in court Can software be an inventor? The inventions are perhaps not very noteworthy, but the attempts to patent them certainly are. In Australia, a challenge against the rejection was initially accepted butoverturned on appeal. Meanwhile, DABUS cases continue to be fought in other jurisdictions around the world....

Lets suppose you were an astronaut who just landed onthe planet Mars. What would you better survive? For starters, heres a short list: Water, food, shelter and oxygen. Oxygen is in the air we breathe here on Earth. Plants and some kinds of bacteria provide it for us. But oxygen is not the only gas in the Earths atmosphere. Its not even the most abundant. In fact, only 21% of our air is made up of oxygen....

Thisarticlewas originally published on .cult byNeil Green..cultis a Berlin-based community platform for developers. Its a waste of time to attempt to learn every new technology. Instead, focus on learning how to learn. The tech industry thrives on the insecurity of softwaredevelopers. The less a software developer thinks they know, the easier it is to sell them new tech. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. They want you to be using their frameworks and libraries, not their competitors....

The first serious accident involving a self-driving car in Australia occurred in March this year. However, the growing field of explainable AI may help provide some answers. Who is responsible when self-driving cars crash? While self-driving cars are new, they are still machines made and sold by manufacturers. 40% off TNW Conference! How much risk management is enough? A Tesla model 3 collides with a stationary emergency responder vehicle in the US....

Ive been in this industry for 8 years and Ive sold over 165 million records. And they are doing this to basically every artist these days. I just wanna release music, man. And I deserve better tbh. The 30-second video did what Halseys label wanted though probably not how they wanted. Throughout the explanation, Halsey stares despondently into the middle distance before finally saying I hate this. Like MTV or top 40 hits radio stations before it, TikTok is where popular music lives right now....