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02 Oct 23

New AI tool promises to rig and animate static models within moments

Computer & Information Technology

Anything World, a 3D content creation startup, has launched a new AI tool that rapidly rigs and animates static models. The product, named Animate Anything, aims to democratise 3D animation and game development. To use the tool, creators can upload any version of their own static 3D model. After a…

02 Oct 23

ChatGPT’s New Upgrade Teases AI’s Multimodal Future

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

ChatGPT isn’t just a chatbot anymore.OpenAI’s latest upgrade grants ChatGPT powerful new abilities that go beyond text. It can tell bedtime stories in its own AI voice, identify objects in photos, and respond to audio recordings. These capabilities represent the next big thing in AI: multimodal models.“Multimodal is the next…

02 Oct 23

Making Boston Dynamics’ Robots Dance

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Chatbot Episode 1: Making Boston Dynamics’ Robots Dance Evan Ackerman: I’m Evan Ackerman, and welcome to ChatBot, a robotics podcast from IEEE Spectrum. On this episode of ChatBot, we’ll be talking with Monica Thomas and Amy LaViers about robots and dance. Monica Thomas is a dancer and choreographer. Monica has…

01 Oct 23

The Marimba Virtuoso’s Desktop Planetarium

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

On 21 April 1962, the Seattle World’s Fair opened to the public. Included in its many exhibits on modern science and the progressive future was this electric desktop orrery. Much like the traditional clockwork orreries of centuries past, this unit showed the motions of the planets and other celestial objects,…

30 Sep 23

IEEE Society Restores Electricity To a Nepali School

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Until recently, the residents of Melamchi, Nepal, cooked meals and heated water for bathing over a wood-burning stove. Schoolchildren didn’t have access to the Internet or reliable electric lighting for studying after dark. That all changed this year, after a team of IEEE volunteers traveled to the village and installed…

30 Sep 23

Video Friday: Good Behaviors

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion.IROS 2023: 1–5 October 2023, DETROITCLAWAR 2023: 2–4 October 2023, FLORIANOPOLIS,…

29 Sep 23

4 ways Nest thermostats can help you save energy

Computer & Information Technology

Nest thermostats can help you use energy more efficiently.

29 Sep 23

Solar-Powered Microfliers for Swarm-Based Surveying

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Microfliers, or miniature wireless robots deployed in numbers, are sometimes used today for large-scale surveillance and monitoring purposes, such as in environmental or biological studies. Because of the fliers’ ability to disperse in air, they can spread out to cover large areas after being dropped from a single location, including…

29 Sep 23

Paris-based Mistral releases first generative AI model — and it’s totally free

Computer & Information Technology

Europe’s startup contribution to the generative AI bonanza, Mistral, has released its first model. Mistral 7B is free to download and be used anywhere — including locally. French AI developer Mistral says its Large Language Model is optimal for low latency, text summarisation, classification, text completion, and code completion. The…

29 Sep 23

European Space Agency opens proposal call for lunar mission tech

Computer & Information Technology

The European Space Agency (ESA) is enabling tech companies to take part in its Terrae Novae exploration programme, calling for proposals for small missions to the Moon. Sending the first European astronaut to explore the Moon’s surface stands at the core of the Terrae Novae 2030+ strategy. It further aims…