Giovanni Todeschini

A robotic sculptors! 🗽 In the heart of Tuscany, where Michelangelo sourced the marble for his greatest masterpieces, a company called Robotor is using industrial robots to redefine sculpture. Founded by Giacomo Massari robot and Filippo Tincolini, Robotor deploys 13-foot robotic arms tipped with diamond-crusted cutting tools to mill and carve marble. The numbers are extraordinary: → 10x faster than traditional hand-carving → Production time reduced from months to days → 24-hour autonomous operation, no human intervention required → Proprietary OR-OS software generates toolpaths directly from 3D files → Plans to carve the largest robot-sculpted statue in history from a 200,000-pound marble block The client list is staggering: Jeff Koons, Maurizio Cattelan, Zaha Hadid and major museums and corporations worldwide. And yes, the art world is divided. Traditionalists call it sacrilege. Forward-thinking artists call it the next evolution of the craft. But here's what I find most interesting from a robotics perspective. This is a company that figured out a real, commercially viable, high-value application for industrial robots, in one of the most ancient and tradition-bound industries on the planet. Just a robot arm, a block of marble, and 500 years of sculptural history being rewritten in real time. This is what happens when robotics meets culture. 🇮🇹 ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news → ziegler.substack.com

¿Sabías que Christina Koch es una genio superdotada? Si lo es, aquí voy a describir sus títulos más sobresalientes: 🚀Formación académica: Ingeniera eléctrica y física Licenciada en Ingeniería Eléctrica y Física por la North Carolina State University Máster en Ingeniería Eléctrica 🚀Carrera profesional: Ingeniera en el Goddard Space Flight Center Investigadora en estaciones científicas en la Antártida (condiciones extremas) Astronauta de la NASA (seleccionada en 2013) 🚀Logros como astronauta: Miembro de la misión Expedition 59 / Expedition 60 / Expedition 61 Récord de mayor tiempo continuo en el espacio por una mujer (328 días) Participó en la primera caminata espacial 100% femenina junto a Jessica Meir 🚀Programas actuales: Astronauta asignada al programa Artemis Tripulante de la misión Artemis II (sobrevuelo a la Luna)…. Una vida de ciencia y para la ciencia…. Absolutamente fascinante 🤩

NASA Artemis passing close to the Moon

The ultimate view. Spying the boot of Italy and the stunning Mediterranean coastline from low Earth orbit.

Creative games in Japan helping elderly residents stay active and engaged

Next flight of Starship and first flight of V3 ship & booster is 4 to 6 weeks away

Questo non è un thread di oncologia, ma di cardiologia pediatrica. E di come la Ferrari abbia aiutato a salvare migliaia di bambini. Avete capito bene, la Ferrari, più precisamente il team di Formula 1, all’inizio dei 2000. Tutto nasce a Londra, al Great Ormond Street Hospital.

Sir Roger Penrose explains why being conscious isn't just a biological fluke; it’s a deep question of physics.

theatlantic.com/technology/202… Terry Tao, on AI's promise for math

LA CILIEGINA SULLA TORTA! Ilia Malinin e Adam Siao Lui ci regalano questo doppio flip all’indietro in chiusura di Gala: siamo in estasi

What if understanding a single parasite 🦠 could unlock new treatments for diseases affecting millions of Americans? MIT President Sally Kornbluth talks with biologist Sebastian Lourido about why understanding them could change how we treat infectious disease. Give it a listen 🎧 news.mit.edu/podcast/podcas…

LLMs don’t form judgments. They skip straight to the answer. No evaluation. No grounding. Just fluent output. When generation bypasses judgment, knowledge becomes a performance. Welcome to Epistemia. @PNASNews @SapienzaRoma pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Glutamate is the primary molecule that neurons use to communicate with each other. Previously, scientists have mostly recorded when neurons fire output signals, but now with a new glutamate indicator, they can record the many inputs that causes cells to fire. 🧵

I’m beyond excited to announce our MIT Press book on Neuroevolution! An HTML version is now available for free on neuroevolutionbook.com, with a print edition coming out later in 2026. Real intelligence is not static; it evolves. For decades, the field of neuroevolution has pursued this necessary adaptability. Our book chronicles its development, from early concepts to its modern integration with deep learning and reinforcement learning, exploring its potential for understanding the origins of intelligence and its real-world applications. And the companion webpage is more than just a book site! It comes equipped with interactive demos, videos, exercises, and tutorials to allow everyone to experience neuroevolution in action. Check it out and let us know what you think! It was a pleasure to work on this book over the last 4+ years with David (@hardmaru), Yujin (@yujin_tang), and Risto. We are incredibly proud of the result and look forward to celebrating! We hope to connect with many of you at NeurIPS. We are very grateful to Melanie Mitchell (@MelMitchell1) who provided a fantastic foreword. To quote her: “The next big thing in AI is coming, and I suspect that neuroevolution will be a major part of it”. We think so too!

The developing brain? Yeah, we have it covered. The first brain cell atlas of the developing mammalian brain is now available to curious minds and researchers everywhere. Check out the findings in @Nature: nature.com/collections/gj… 🎨 Cover art by Jasiek Krzysztofiak

“Mathematics is not about numbers, equations, computations, or algorithms: it is about understanding.” - Terence Tao

Ho scritto un libro. Uscirà il prossimo 4 di febbraio, che è anche la giornata mondiale contro il cancro. amzn.eu/d/7OOubJG Cos’è il cancro, perché ci si ammala, cosa succede dopo una diagnosi. Come lo studiamo e trattiamo. E come lo cureremo. Un thread.

Cancro al polmone. Quali sono, cosa si sta facendo, che prognosi hanno e, soprattutto, come verranno curati in futuro. Un thread. Esistono due tipi istologici principali: quello a piccole cellule (microcitoma) e quello a non piccole cellule. Sono molto diversi tra loro.

Cancro al pancreas, un thread. Ogni tanto voglio ripetere alcune premesse. La prima è che questo è un social, non uno studio clinico. Quello che leggete, anche da me, è da considerare come divulgazione, non come consiglio medico. Ci tengo molto a ribadirlo.