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How Do Dexterous Robot Hands Work?
Dexterous robot hands use multiple articulated fingers, carefully designed actuation, sensing and coordinated control to grasp and manipulate objects with more flexibili…
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Agentic AI vs Generative AI: What’s the Difference?
Generative AI is primarily designed to create or transform content, while agentic AI adds goal-directed planning, tool use, actions and feedback loops. Many agentic syst…
AI - Artificial intelligence
AI Agents vs Chatbots: What’s the Difference?
AI agents and chatbots can both use language models, but an agent is designed to pursue goals and take actions through tools while a chatbot is primarily designed for co…
New technology
What Are General-Purpose Robots? How Flexible Robots Work
General-purpose robots are designed to perform many different tasks instead of one fixed job. They combine adaptable hardware, perception, control and AI so the same pla…
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Generative AI Examples: Real-World Uses of Text, Images, Code and More
Generative AI can create and transform text, images, code, audio, video and structured data. These examples show where the technology is useful, where human review still…
Biology
What Is Prime Editing?
Prime editing is a gene-editing method designed to write a broader range of small DNA changes without requiring a conventional double-strand break or a separate donor DN…
Biology
What Is Base Editing?
Base editing is a gene-editing approach designed to change one DNA base into another without creating a full double-strand break at the target site. It combines a progra…
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What Is a Tokamak?
A tokamak is a doughnut-shaped magnetic-confinement device designed to hold extremely hot plasma using strong magnetic fields so controlled nuclear fusion reactions can…
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How AI Is Used in Drug Discovery
AI can help drug researchers search chemical space, identify targets, predict molecular properties, design candidate molecules, and prioritize experiments, but laborator…
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Kenguru – a vehicle designed for people with disabilities, with only one door but extremely convenient for wheelchair users.
Community Cars, a company based in Texas (USA), has invented an electric car called Kenguru, designed for people with disabilities who use wheelchairs.
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Why can a small tugboat pull a ship 1,000 times larger?
The powerful propulsion system combined with the submerged hull design allows the tug to move giant ships.
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Top 7 Forgotten Hunting Gun Designs That Were Ahead of Their Time
Some of these designs were ahead of their time—some just looked good on paper. Here are seven hunting rifles you've probably never heard of.
Flu epidemic
'Gas shield' protects medical staff treating Covid-19
The Air-Shield device creates a downward airflow that helps block liquid droplets containing nCoV from being sprayed from patients during treatment.
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Ace of Spades - 'The Death Card' and the Shocking Secret in the Deck of Playing Cards
The Ace of Spades is not only the strongest card in the deck of playing cards, but also the most elaborately decorated card. Behind it are interesting stories that not e…
Space science
NASA develops nuclear-thermal rocket to take humans to Mars in 45 days
NASA will develop nuclear rockets to cut the time it takes to make a manned trip to Mars from seven months to 45 days.