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Oct 13, 2024

Hemp Batteries Revolutionize Energy Storage

Posted by in categories: energy, sustainability, transportation

A recent demonstration by a YouTuber compared the performance of a hemp battery against a lithium-ion battery, and the results were astounding: the hemp battery was eight times more powerful. Tesla’s new million-mile battery, made from lithium-iron phosphate, is designed to last twice as long as conventional lithium-ion batteries. However, even this advanced battery cannot compete with the power and renewability of hemp-based batteries.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN32y8McS4s

Implications for the Future

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Oct 13, 2024

Instagram: 693 likes, — artificialintelligencenews.in on October 11, 2024: ELON: AGI IS LIKELY TO EMERGE FROM OUR AUTONOMOUS CARS AND HUMANOIDS

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, transportation

We’re not actually specifically focused on AGI.

I’m simply saying that AGI seems likely to be an emergent property of what we’re doing, because we’re creating all these autonomous cars and autonomous humanoids that are actually a truly gigantic data stream that’s coming in and being processed.

Oct 12, 2024

Scientists Develop Self-Healing Battery Electrode

Posted by in categories: mobile phones, sustainability, transportation

Using self-healing silicon microparticles, scientists have developed the first battery electrode that heals itself.

Researchers have made the first battery electrode that heals itself, opening a new and potentially commercially viable path for making the next generation of lithium-ion batteries for electric cars, cell phones, and other devices.

The secret is a stretchy polymer that coats the electrode, binds it together, and spontaneously heals tiny cracks that develop during battery operation, said the team from Stanford University and the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.

Oct 12, 2024

In Wuhan, Robotaxis Put China’s Self-Driving Ambitions to the Test

Posted by in categories: government, robotics/AI, transportation

With government support and backing from tech giants, robotaxis are rapidly integrating into daily life in China in a push to position autonomous vehicles at the forefront of urban innovation.

But this rapid rollout has not been without controversy.

Oct 12, 2024

Elon Musk explains Tesla Robovan suspension system

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, robotics/AI, sustainability, transportation

When the Robovan approached the stage at Tesla’s “We, Robot” event, it became evident that the electric vehicle maker was definitely not shying away from creating machines that look like they belong in a sci-fi movie. But while the event itself was thin on technical details about the Cybercab and the Robovan, CEO Elon Musk did share some information about the people hauler’s suspension system.

The Robovan looked like it was gliding on the pavement when it pulled up in front of the stage of the “We, Robot” event. The Robovan is very low on the ground, so much so that its wheels are almost not visible. This creates a very futuristic look, but it also brought concerns about the vehicle’s capability to traverse roads that are not perfectly paved. It also incited jokes from critics that the Robovan looks like a kitchen appliance.

In later comments on X, CEO Elon Musk highlighted that the Robovan is actually very airy inside even if it may appear otherwise from the outside. Musk also explained that the Robovan’s extremely low ground clearance is due to the vehicle’s automatic load-leveling suspension system. This allows the all-electric people-hauler to raise or lower its suspension depending on the conditions of the road.

Oct 12, 2024

Tesla’s Cybercab: Elon Musk unveils robotaxi, pledges it ‘before 2027’

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, robotics/AI, transportation

Elon Musk on Thursday unveiled what he said was a robotaxi capable of self-driving, predicting it would be available by 2027—about a decade after he first promised an autonomous vehicle.

The Tesla CEO said the fully electric car—which has no steering wheel or pedals—would be priced under $30,000, would be charged wirelessly with inductive technology and would be “10 to 20 times safer” than human-driven cars.

“You can think of the car in an autonomous world as being like just a little lounge,” he told a crowd at the Warner Brothers Studio lot near Los Angeles.

Oct 11, 2024

Revolutionizing Sodium-Ion Batteries: Ultrafast Anode Preparation via Microwave Induction Heating

Posted by in categories: energy, nanotechnology, sustainability, transportation

“Our microwave induction heating technology enables fast and easy preparation of hard carbon, which I believe will contribute to the commercialization of sodium-ion batteries,” said Dr. Daeho Kim.


Can sodium-ion batteries be improved to exceed the efficiency and longevity of traditional lithium-ion batteries? This is what a recent study published in Chemical Engineering Journal hopes to address as a team of researchers from South Korea investigated how microwave induction heating can produce sufficient carbon anodes used in sodium-ion batteries. This study holds the potential to help researchers and engineers better understand how to develop and produce efficient sodium-ion batteries, which have demonstrated greater abundancy and stability.

“Due to recent electric vehicle fires, there has been growing interest in sodium-ion batteries that are safer and function well in colder conditions. However, the carbonization process for anodes has been a significant disadvantage in terms of energy efficiency and cost,” said Dr. Jong Hwan Park, who is from the Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI) and a co-author on the study.

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Oct 11, 2024

Tesla robotaxi: Cybercab unveiled by Elon Musk

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, sustainability, transportation

Elon Musk revealed a prototype of the long-awaited robotaxi at a Hollywood film studio — but investors aren’t wowed.

Oct 11, 2024

The Tesla Robovan Is Elon Musk’s Vision of Group Transport for the Future

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, sustainability, transportation

Well it does kinda look like a stapler.


This wild-looking people mover can transport up to 20, Musk said.

Oct 10, 2024

Overcoming ‘catastrophic forgetting’: Algorithm inspired by brain allows neural networks to retain knowledge

Posted by in categories: biological, information science, robotics/AI, transportation

Neural networks have a remarkable ability to learn specific tasks, such as identifying handwritten digits. However, these models often experience “catastrophic forgetting” when taught additional tasks: They can successfully learn the new assignments, but “forget” how to complete the original. For many artificial neural networks, like those that guide self-driving cars, learning additional tasks thus requires being fully reprogrammed.

Biological brains, on the other hand, are remarkably flexible. Humans and animals can easily learn how to play a new game, for instance, without having to re-learn how to walk and talk.

Inspired by the flexibility of human and animal brains, Caltech researchers have now developed a new type of that enables neural networks to be continuously updated with new data that they are able to learn from without having to start from scratch. The algorithm, called a functionally invariant path (FIP) algorithm, has wide-ranging applications from improving recommendations on online stores to fine-tuning self-driving cars.

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