57 m. ago Turning robotic ensembles into smart materials that mimic life

Researchers have engineered groups of robots that behave as smart materials with tunable shape and strength, mimicking living systems. "We've figured out a way for robots to behave more like a material," said Matthew Devlin, a former doctoral researcher in the lab of University of California, Santa Barbara (USCB) mechanical engineering professor Elliot Hawkes, and the lead author of the article published in the journal Science.

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93 m. ago San Francisco Region to Enjoy Continued Warm, Dry Weather with Potential Record

San Francisco Region to Enjoy Continued Warm, Dry Weather with Potential Record-Highs Midweek  Hoodline

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2 h. ago Trump 2nd term live updates: Poll finds only a third approve of Musk's role

President Donald Trump's administration is continuing its radical effort to cut much of the federal government.

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4 h. ago Trump vows to cut off federal funding to Maine over refusal to comply with 'No Men in Women's Sports' order

President Donald Trump announced he will cut off federal funding to Maine if it continues to defy his executive order keeping trans athletes out of women's sports.

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6 h. ago NBC's Gutierrez: Coyote Told Me Trump's Policies Caused His Business to Decline About 80% Since Inauguration

On Thursday’s broadcast of “NBC Nightly News,” NBC News Senior White House Correspondent Gabe Gutierrez reported on a conversation with a human smuggler in Mexico who he said told him that “Trump’s stricter border policies have caused his business to plummet The post NBC’s Gutierrez: Coyote Told Me Trump’s Policies Caused His Business to Decline About 80% Since Inauguration appeared first on Breitbart.

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7 h. ago Hamas claims remains of mother of two young boys mixed with other human remains after Israeli airstrike

Shiri Bibas, who was murdered by Hamas terrorists, while in captivity was not among the bodies returned to Israel and Hamas officials say it's the result of an Israeli air strike.

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7 h. ago Senate Republicans approve budget framework, pushing past Democratic objections

Republican senators pushed a $340 billion budget framework to passage over Democratic objections after a nearly all-night vote

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11 h. ago ICE San Francisco with FBI, DHS rescue human trafficking victims

ICE San Francisco with FBI, DHS rescue human trafficking victims  KTVU FOX 2 San Francisco

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13 h. ago Exclusive — Tulsi Gabbard Identifies More than $20 Million a Year in Savings for Taxpayers in Ordering End to DEI, Stopping Useless Conference Travel

Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard has identified about $20 million a year in savings for taxpayers by ordering her department’s staff to cut all Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs in coordination with President Donald Trump’s executive order ending DEI, Breitbart News has learned exclusively. The post Exclusive — Tulsi Gabbard Identifies More than $20 Million a Year in Savings for Taxpayers in Ordering End to DEI, Stopping Useless Conference Travel appeared first on Breitbart.

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14 h. ago Trump's DOGE stays on track after pair of federal judge rulings

A pair of federal judges, in two separate cases, filed rulings that allow DOGE to continue its track of finding government waste and slashing it.

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15 h. ago Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act reintroduced as funds for rural schools continue to wait in jeopardy

Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act reintroduced as funds for rural schools continue to wait in jeopardy  KGW.com

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19 h. ago Federal department cafeteria empty for years under Biden: source

The Department of Interior (DOI) cafeteria remained closed for years under the Biden administration, Fox News Digital has learned.

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19 h. ago Greenlandic politician describes struggle to remember 'America has good people'

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Greenlandic parliamentary candidate Naaja Nathanielsen about the continued Trump administration push to acquire the territory.

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20 h. ago Israel's UN ambassador slams Hamas' 'evil and depraved' display of hostages' coffins

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk condemned Hamas' parading of the coffins containing Shiri, Ariel and Kfir Bibas and Oded Lifshitz.

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20 h. ago Michigan State baseball seeks to continue hot start versus Washington State

Michigan State baseball seeks to continue hot start versus Washington State  Impact 89FM

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22 h. ago Costa Rica becomes a stopover for US deportees, minors and families, sparking human rights concerns

Costa Rica becomes a stopover for US deportees, minors and families, sparking human rights concerns  The Associated Press

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23 h. ago President Trump Invites 'Governor Trudeau' Join Him to Watch 4 Nations Final

The fists flew when Team USA faced off against Canada on Saturday night, and the war of words continued. Now, President Trump is weighing in. The post President Trump Invites ‘Governor Trudeau’ Join Him to Watch 4 Nations Final appeared first on Breitbart.

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23 h. ago President Trump Invites 'Gov. Trudeau' to Join Him to Watch 4 Nations Final

The fists flew when Team USA faced off against Canada on Saturday night, and the war of words continued. Now, President Trump is weighing in. The post President Trump Invites ‘Gov. Trudeau’ to Join Him to Watch 4 Nations Final appeared first on Breitbart.

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24 h. ago Inside the Humane acquisition: HP offers big raises to some, others immediately laid off

Hours after the acquisition was announced, several Humane employees received job offers. Others were not so lucky. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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25 h. ago Figure’s humanoid robot takes voice orders to help around the house

Figure founder and CEO Brett Adcock Thursday revealed a new machine learning model for humanoid robots. The news, which arrives two weeks after Adcock announced the Bay Area robotics firm’s decision to step away from an OpenAI collaboration, is centered around Helix, a “generalist” Vision-Language-Action (VLA) model. VLAs are a new phenomenon for robotics, leveraging […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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