FutureTechNow
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FutureTechNow
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Tracking Tesla, SpaceX, xAI & the future of tech 🚀 | Daily breakdowns & alpha | Not financial advice

Tesla FSD is nothing short of magic. Just rented a Cybertruck, picked it up at the airport and it drove us directly to the Airbnb. None of the stress of a new city, new roads, new car. Had it for 5 days and never drove myself. It drove perfectly. So easy and liberating









𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗼𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵. It can 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗸, 𝗷𝘂𝗺𝗽, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗹𝘆. Researchers at EPFL’s Laboratory of Intelligent Systems built 𝗥𝗔𝗩𝗘𝗡, a robot inspired by how birds move between land and air. Most drones need open space and stable launch points. 𝗥𝗔𝗩𝗘𝗡 works differently. → It can 𝗷𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 → It can 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 → It can 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗻’𝘁 What I find interesting here is the design philosophy. Instead of forcing robots to adapt to machines, engineers are studying how 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺. That approach could unlock new possibilities: → 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗰𝘂𝗲 in difficult terrain → 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 in tight or cluttered environments → 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 where drones cannot easily land Small shift in design. Potentially 𝗯𝗶𝗴 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 in real-world robotics. 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀: 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗵𝘆𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗱 𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗼𝘁𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹? #Robotics #AI #Innovation #FutureOfRobotics #Technology

SpaceX just performed the first ever static fire test of Starship Super Heavy Booster version 3 with the new Raptor V3 rocket engines. The first Starship V3 test flight is currently scheduled for sometime in April. Via @NASASpaceflight stream: youtube.com/live/z83PHp7A0…

Robot designed for fumigation and pesticide application



A 2.5-second rocket flight that heralded decades of discovery in space! Today marks 100 years since the first successful test of a liquid-fueled rocket. Robert H. Goddard's achievement would have appeared unimpressive by most measures: His rocket flew just 41 feet in the air, landing in a nearby cabbage patch. Liquid-propelled rocketry has been the backbone of spaceflight ever since. 📷 by Esther Goddard on March 16, 1926 (Clark University Archive)





