Cleanup

Who couldn't use a little help cleaning up around the house? Right? Imagine a little helper robot that could clean up rooms around your home all by itself. Scientists at New York University and AI at Meta have joined forces to develop a robot to do just that. They call it OK-Robot. It's like a smart vacuum that not only cleans but can pick up toys and other things around the house, putting them where they belong.CLICK TO GET KURT’S FREE CYBERGUY NEWSLETTER WITH SECURITY ALERTS, QUICK VIDEO TIPS, TECH REVIEWS, AND EASY…

When he left Morgan Stanley to join SoftBank Group in Tokyo in 2015, Alex Clavel had little in common with the swashbuckling dealmakers who surrounded CEO Masayoshi Son. After years of executive departures and soured bets, including a $16 billion investment in co-working space firm WeWork, the 49-year-old former tech investment banker is Son's top lieutenant leading SoftBank's attempt at a turnaround.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteNorthwestern UniversityKellogg Post…

Image Source : APPLE Representational Image In the recent iOS 17 update, Apple rolled out a convenient feature aimed at simplifying the management of two-factor authentication (2FA) codes for iPhone users. If you're someone who prioritises security and finds the manual handling of these codes tiring, the newly introduced "Clean Up Automatically" option could be a real…

A proposed federal rule calls for forcing companies to disclose whether their products contain toxic “forever” chemicals, the government’s first attempt at cataloging the pervasiveness of PFAS across the United States. The Environmental Protection Agency rule would require manufacturers to report many products that contain perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances. They’re a family of chemicals that don’t degrade in nature and have been linked to cancer, birth defects, and hormone irregularities. Companies would…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain When it comes to reducing pollution in the Chesapeake Bay, throwing more money at the problem may not be enough. A new independent study suggests better tactics are needed in order to improve the health of the bay and its estuaries. For the past four years, the Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee,…

The Ocean Cleanup is possibly best known for deploying huge trash collectors to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, but has also sought to prevent plastic waste from reaching the oceans. The latest Interceptor vessel will prevent around 1,000 tons of plastic flowing into the Java Sea each year from the Cisadane River in Indonesia.The Interceptor was launched in October 2019, but model 001 was already on a cleanup mission at the Cengkareng Drain in Jakarta, Indonesia, by then, and was followed by similar operations in…

With a horrific mortality and recovery rate, intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is a devastating disease with poor long-term outcomes for those who do manage to survive it. And studies show that for people who receive treatment at its onset, around 50% of sufferers will see their condition deteriorate within 28 days.In fact, only a quarter of ICH-related brain deterioration happens in that first 24-hour window. Most occurs during the secondary stage, where blood cells lyse and neurotoxic products are generated. With no…

Believed to be caused by a mix of genetic and environmental factors, Parkinson’s disease is a chronic, progressive disease that affects the central nervous system, particularly the motor system, resulting in tremors, rigidity, and difficulty walking. New research has found that a gene associated with an increased risk of Parkinson’s disease also contributes to one of the hallmarks of the disease.At the end of of the part of a nerve cell called an axon sits the pre-synaptic terminal. Here, a nerve impulse is converted into…

When ABL Space System’s RS1 rocket exploded shortly after liftoff from the Pacific Spaceport Complex—Alaska on January 10, the resulting black mushroom cloud was visible from at least about 25 miles away. In a phone call with Gizmodo, one Kodiak Island resident, who requested anonymity for employment reasons, described the sight of the dark smoke pillar rising and expanding where they’d expected to watch a rocket shoot into the sky.Nobody was injured in the incident, but the explosion and subsequent crash back to Earth…

Contrast between plant-bearing chert and layers of phytodebris. Phytodebris layers have more total organic carbon (TOC), but lower degree of pyritization (DOP). Greater oxide formation in these layers implies fungal activity, which overrides normal redox characteristics. Oxides and sulfides (pyrite) sequester different trace elements. Credit: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (2022). DOI: 10.1029/2022GC010647 Analysis of…