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Once the neural-override hardware got small enough, and once the control waveforms became predictable, every military bloc was going to pivot into biomechanical platforms. Roaches, beetles, bees, dragonflies, they’re cheap, stealthy, regenerating carriers with built-in navigation and energy efficiency no drone can match. This is going to become a standard layer in recon, infiltration, disaster assessment, and even battlefield EW

Last week the U.S. Army announced they will buy 1 million drones over the next two years- today Neros is announcing our selection for the Army’s Purpose Built Attritable System (PBAS) program and a $75M series B fundraise led by Sequoia Capital.

Soft low-voltage contracting artificial muscles are the next transistor.

New post from @glebchuck and I on what it takes to actually build hardware in America for DoD. Gleb is an engineer at @neros_tech, the first company to build a Blue UAS approved FPV drone. Link below. 🇺🇸🚀

Thrilled to launch our 2nd annual National Security Hackathon, April 26-27, @SHACK15sf 🇺🇸 Defense is rapidly evolving. It's an honor partnering w/ category definers @ShieldCapVC, @VannevarLabs, @scale_AI, the NATO Innovation Fund, In-Q-Tel, & more. Apply below👇

@TylerBlaylock18 @ChrisDJackson 🥲

@ChrisDJackson If you were an engineer you’d know that a lot of data is collected even in failures

If you’re keeping count, that’s four Starship explosions out of eight attempts—an impressive failure rate. Elon’s philosophy seems to be the same for everything: blow it up, waste billions, and call it innovation.

Bullish on the future of quartz brutalism

1/ When developing and deploying AI applications for DoD + IC customers, what do model developers need to take into account? @max_dauber and I break this down in our newest blog post 👉 maggiegray.substack.com/p/simplifying-…

Has anyone made a volumetric topology optimizer that lets you print variable-density parts?

🚀 We're excited to announce our Silicon Valley National Security Hackathon in San Francisco on May 4th-5th at @SHACK15sf! In collaboration with @ShieldCapVC, @anduriltech, @foundersfund, @IqtLabs, @VannevarLabs, @StanfordGKC and Stanford's Defense Tech Club. Two days of hacking, and participation from top NatSec officials and industry pioneers. Sign up below 👇 #NatSecHackathon

@divalbanerjee @KevZag Underwater Liquid Metal fdm???

@glebchuck @KevZag i think underwater fdm was a better idea

my kingdom for AM "innovators" to discover casting.

@divalbanerjee @KevZag Very smart imo, why deal with finicky wire or powder when you can just melt a giant pot of metal and drip it out?

@KevZag this one in particular is stupidity distilled

Incredible achievement

🚨Excited to share our new decision tool in @JournalObesity on the role of bariatric surgery in obesity & heart failure ➡ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38017330/ ✔️Bariatric surgery reduces the need for🫀transplant & improves waitlist candidacy (⬇️BMI) when needed @pennsurgery

:O

Paul Graham on why ambitious people need each other.

@robin7331 What machines are you using?

POV of making PCBs for the #PixelPump 🎬 🤌

@lethic1 Actuonix is awesome

Thinking of upgrading my robotic hand with linear actuators

Does anyone know a human I can talk to at @BambulabGlobal? Their customer service is awful. Full stop.

@clayhaight 8 dollars printed

@glebchuck cool! cost?

How small can you make a robot actuator? Over the weekend, I tried to make a mini-mini Cheetah actuator to find out. It's probably manufacturable, but the gears are approaching their limits.