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Menasha and Appleton, Wisconsin were hit yesterday, July 25, by an EF-2 tornado. Many structures (home, buildings, silos, . . . ) were...

I wont clutter up that music thread anymore than I already did (as a joke), but I think I found a "sport" that I actually think is...

More dangerous as a spectator than contestant. I have seen videos....

Just wondering... Are people ready for an autonomous robot pothole machine on their street? They might be wary of a road machine...

In a sprawling, 165-page essay that became required reading in Silicon Valley, the former OpenAI researcher positioned himself as a kind...

Already been done. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AeroVironment_Nano_Hummingbird. Flapping wing drones are easier to make than what one...

I cannot find a picture, but only the project: https://github.com/DarkwaveTechnologies/Cray-2-Reboot Cray2 clone perfectly working on...

I "liked" a post on Facebook earlier today that compared the computing power of a Cray-2 supercomputer from the 1980s to a current...

No. This is the same as with any technology. You cannot manage the risks by wholly focusing on the humans nor by wholly focusing on the...

I agree with this and note that the question of “intelligence” is largely irrelevant to this most important issue. It is also not...

The issue is not only what AI can do in 2026. The issue is the speed of progress. The risk is real. And, this technology is developing...

That is scary! The human mind will not be able to keep up with the extremely rational and logical thinking of silicon. Capt Kirk was...

Interesting using the concept of persistence of vision for their drone model. Always a new idea cropping up, At a spin rate of 25 rps (...

In an article from Northwestern University, engineers have designed a blurry drone and built a prototype. The photo below is a...