Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

The teaser Tesla recently posted shows the company’s progress with the design of Optimus’ hands and hints at the design of the entire robot. In a 2014 BBC article, Dr. George McGavin explained that human hands evolved into the five-digit pattern we see today. Our hands’ design allows for a powerful grip.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

In a December 2019 Wired magazine interview, Jerome Pesenti, Facebook's Vice President of AI, suggested that even for a company with pockets as deep as Facebook's, this would be financially unsustainable: When you scale deep learning, it tends to behave better and to be able to solve a broader task in a better way.

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Ford BBC 2019 Massachusetts 128

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Take for instance the grossly-oversized wheels: a more aerodynamic design would use smaller ones, to minimize turbulence around the opening. It’s called aerodynamics. You must think an F-16 fighter jet is hideous, then.&# No, it’s not aerodynamics. Got a hot tip on breaking green news, or a suggestion for areas of coverage?

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Volt Green Electric Cars 2009 42

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

This “Total Transportation System&# is designed to keep America running when the OPEC countries start admitting empty wells, a certainty the date of which is a CIA secret, determined from space technologies ahead of OPEC themselves! Got a hot tip on breaking green news, or a suggestion for areas of coverage? Staff Tom Zeller Jr.

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