With a vacation comes a big choice: What game should I focus on during the trip? I thought about grinding out the harder levels of Super Meat Boy 3D, but I was looking for something more chill. I could have dabbled more with Slay the Spire II, but I already know that’s a game I’ll […]
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Groundbreaking 4D Printer Progresses Past Manufacturing Recyclable Robots
don’t depict the most advantageous applications of this technology). Nevertheless, at the research level, the technology is continuously evolving, with teams investigating the potential of 4D printing. One research group is even testing 4D printing to construct autonomous “soft robots” utilizing materials that have typically been considered waste.
A fundamental difference between conventional 3D printing and 4D printing is the incorporation of a time dimension. This added dimension is what renders it “4D.” 3D printing entails the production of static objects that generally remain immobile unless integrated into machines as components. In contrast, 4D printing facilitates the creation of items that can alter their shapes, functionalities, or both in response to stimuli. Heat and light serve as examples of stimuli that can activate a 4D printed object to change its form or operation.
This innovation holds potential in sectors such as robotics. Take, for instance, the research carried out by a team of Korean scientists. In a publication within Advanced Materials, the researchers describe how they have employed a 4D printing technique to create recyclable structures that can autonomously modify their shape when subjected to heat or light. While this achievement is remarkable by itself, what is perhaps even more impressive is that the team accomplished this milestone using materials that are typically deemed industrial waste: sulfur.
Utilizing sulfur plastics for 4D printing advancements
Sulfur plastics sourced from sulfur waste can provide numerous advantages. For instance, they can transmit infrared light, a capability not found in many other plastics. Their capacity to capture heavy metals also renders them beneficial for water purification purposes.
Regrettably, utilizing sulfur plastics with 3D printing technology has historically posed challenges. The intricate internal structures of sulfur plastics impede their straightforward application in 3D printing technologies involving complex forms. The Korean research group has overcome this obstacle by creating a loose internal sulfur polymer network within sulfur
Amodei of Anthropic Meets Wiles and Bessent at White House for Mythos Access and Pentagon Standoff Discussions
In short: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei met White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Friday in what the White House called âproductive and constructiveâ talks over access to Mythos, the frontier AI model capable of finding thousands of zero-day vulnerabilities. The meeting signals a thaw in the standoff that […]
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Palantir, Thales, and a Startup Compete to Develop Predictive AI for FAA Air Traffic
In short: The FAA is developing SMART (Strategic Management of Airspace Routing Trajectories), an AI system that would extend air traffic conflict prediction from 15 minutes to two hours, with Palantir, Thales, and Air Space Intelligence competing for the contract. The project follows the LaGuardia crash that exposed controller overwork and aging systems, and sits […]
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Triple Exit: OpenAI Loses Product Chief, Sora Head, and Enterprise CTO in One Day
Summary: Three senior OpenAI executives, former CPO Kevin Weil, Sora head Bill Peebles, and enterprise CTO Srinivas Narayanan â departed on the same day as the company shuts down âside questsâ including Sora (discontinuing 26 April) and dismantles OpenAI for Science. The exits continue a two-year pattern that has seen only 2 of 11 co-founders […]
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‘Euphoria’ Popularized Sex Work; Real Sex Workers Face Censorship
Sex work portrayals on HBO’s ‘Euphoria’ are inaccurate, and can hurt real-life workers.
Are figures like Lily Allen and Lindy West tarnishing the reputation of non-monogamy?
Non-monogamy has been highlighted by pop culture including Lily Allen’s “West End Girl,” Lindy West’s “Adult Braces,” and HBO’s “Industry” â but is that a good thing?
