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Feb 12, 2024

OpenAI-buddy Brilliant Labs unveils eyeglasses with ‘AI superpowers’

Posted by in categories: innovation, robotics/AI

“This is Frame, a reinvention of eyewear for the AI era,” says Brilliant Labs.


Brilliant Labs has become the latest company to introduce a pair of smart glasses called Frame.

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Feb 12, 2024

Is Generative AI Overshadowing The Proven Workhorses Of Modern Tech?

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Generative AI has emerged as the next wave of innovation amidst the ongoing evolution of the technological landscape, attracting the attention of both researchers and investors.


Even as vector databases and Retrieval-Augmented Generation models become mainstream, offering innovative ways to handle and process data, traditional ETL processes retain their importance in the data management ecosystem. Traditional ETL is fundamental for preparing and structuring data from diverse sources into a coherent, standardized format, making it accessible and usable for various applications. This structured data is crucial for maintaining the accuracy and reliability of information within vector databases, which excel at handling similarity searches and complex queries by converting data into vector space.

Similarly, RAG models, which leverage vast databases to augment content generation with relevant information retrieval, depend on well-organized, high-quality data to enhance their output’s relevance and accuracy. By ensuring data is accurately extracted, cleaned and loaded into databases, traditional ETL processes complement the capabilities of vector databases and RAG models, providing a solid foundation of quality data that enhances their performance and utility. This symbiotic relationship underscores the continuing value of traditional ETL in the age of AI-driven data management, ensuring that advancements in data processing technologies are grounded in reliable and well-structured data sources.

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Feb 11, 2024

Here’s why sodium-ion batteries are shaping up to be a big technology breakthrough

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Although still in its infancy, the global market for sodium-ion batteries is expected to be worth over $11 billion by 2033.

Feb 11, 2024

Tokyo scientists create nanoscrolls for next-gen tech

Posted by in categories: innovation, nanotechnology

Researchers achieved a major breakthrough by crafting nanoscrolls using Janus nanosheets.


Discover the future of nanotechnology as Tokyo scientists pioneer a method to roll atomically thin sheets into nanoscrolls.

Feb 11, 2024

Scientists Slowed Down Light by 10,000 Times in an Experiment

Posted by in categories: computing, innovation

Scientists have previously established that light can be slowed down in certain scenarios, and a new study demonstrates a method for achieving it that promises to be one of the most useful approaches yet.

The researchers behind the breakthrough, from Guangxi University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China, say that their method could benefit computing and optical communication.

Light zipping through the emptiness of space moves at one speed and one speed only — 299,792 kilometers (about 186,000 miles) per second. Yet if you throw a mess of electromagnetic fields into its path, such as those surrounding ordinary matter, that extraordinary velocity starts to slow.

Feb 11, 2024

Physicist uses harmless rays in skin cancer detection breakthrough

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, innovation

Terahertz radiation has several advantages over other imaging modalities, such as X-rays and ultrasound. It is non-ionizing, meaning it does not damage the cells or tissues of the body. It is also sensitive to water, which makes it ideal for detecting skin cancers, as they tend to have different water content and blood supply than normal skin.

Professor MacPherson and her team at the Department of Physics are developing a screening device that uses terahertz frequencies to scan the skin and produce high-resolution images that can identify suspicious lesions. The device is portable, fast, and easy to use and could be deployed in clinics, hospitals, and pharmacies.

Feb 10, 2024

Scientists Find Optimal Balance of Data Storage and Time

Posted by in categories: computing, innovation

Seventy years after the invention of a data structure called a hash table, theoreticians have found the most efficient possible configuration for it.

Feb 9, 2024

Gel and lithium-ion tech could enable 1000-mile EV range on one charge

Posted by in categories: innovation, materials

Researchers achieve EV battery breakthrough with silicon-based materials and gel electrolytes, moving closer to a 1,000-kilometer range on a single charge.

Feb 9, 2024

Photos: World’s tallest 3D-printed tower set to be built in Swiss Alps

Posted by in categories: 3D printing, innovation

The world’s tallest 3D-printed tower, set to be built in the Swiss Alps along the Julier mountain pass, started fabrication at ETH in Zurich this month.

Tor Alva, also known as the “White Tower,” is a pioneering innovation in the 3D printing industry illustrating a 30-meter tall building in Mulegns, Switzerland.

The White Tower project was led by Benjamin Dillenburger and launched in collaboration with Fundaziun Origen.

Feb 8, 2024

Inertial-Confinement Fusion without Lasers

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The recent breakthroughs in laser-based fusion have given a boost to a number of start-up companies—one of which has plans to replace the lasers with a high-speed projectile.

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