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How Scientists Are Teaching Soft Robots to Move Accurately

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Controlling soft robots remains an open challenge, with both model-based (PCC, FEM) and data-driven (ML, Reinforcement...
Controlling soft robots remains an open challenge, with both model-based (PCC, FEM) and data-driven (ML, Reinforcement Learning) approaches being explored. While FEM provides accuracy, it is computationally expensive, leading to the rise of ML techniques for efficient control. PAUL’s control prioritizes simplicity, enabling initial movement tests before future sensor integration.

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Soft, Squeezable, and Smarter Than Ever: The Rise of Pneumatic Robots

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This section reviews pneumatic actuation techniques in soft robotics, including bio-inspired designs, Pneunet actuators, and hybrid...
This section reviews pneumatic actuation techniques in soft robotics, including bio-inspired designs, Pneunet actuators, and hybrid approaches. It also explores various methods for integrating pneumatic actuators into robotic arms, highlighting innovations in 3D printing, origami robotics, and fiber-reinforced designs.

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Meet PAUL: A Soft Robot That Moves with Air Pressure

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This research presents PAUL, a modular soft robotic arm with pneumatic actuation, featuring 5 degrees of...
This research presents PAUL, a modular soft robotic arm with pneumatic actuation, featuring 5 degrees of freedom. It is constructed using silicone and wax casting, with an open-loop control system for movement. The study explores its bending ability, load capacity, and potential applications in soft robotics.

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Naptha.AI Launches Its Decentralized, Multi-agent AI Platform

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Naptha.AI launches its decentralized, multi-agent AI platform, enabling seamless collaboration across diverse environments. With open-source, scalable...
Naptha.AI launches its decentralized, multi-agent AI platform, enabling seamless collaboration across diverse environments. With open-source, scalable infrastructure, it challenges the traditional centralized AI model, fostering interoperability, efficiency, and innovation. This marks a major shift toward an agentic web, where AI systems operate cooperatively across industries, unlocking new possibilities for automation and intelligence.

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The Sandbox Introduces Major Enhancements For Creators And Brands To Build In The Metaverse

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The Sandbox is the social gaming metaverse where people come together to create, connect, and play....
The Sandbox is the social gaming metaverse where people come together to create, connect, and play. The update to Game Maker, the creation platform within The Sandbox ecosystem, enables creators to level up their user-generated content (UGC) with major improvements to multiplayer experiences and new gameplay mechanics. New pre-made Templates and Dynamic Libraries that allow creators to build faster and smarter.

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BYDFi Partners With Safeheron To Launch MoonX, The Ultimate Platform For Secure MemeCoin Trading

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BYDFi, a well-known crypto exchange, officially announced the upcoming launch of its new Web3 on-chain trading...
BYDFi, a well-known crypto exchange, officially announced the upcoming launch of its new Web3 on-chain trading platform, MoonX. MoonX aims to provide a fast, secure, and intuitive on-Chain trading experience. The platform integrates core security technologies from Safeheron, a self-custody platform for digital assets.

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The HackerNoon Newsletter: Climb the Ranks: 3 Actionable Tips to Become a Top Writer (2/12/2025)

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Before AI Predicts Your Social Life, It Needs to Clean Its Data

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In this post we'll continue working on link prediction with the Twitch dataset.

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PINTU Reports 150% YoY Growth in Trading Volume, Driven by AI and Meme Token Surge

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PINTU announced a 150% year-on-year (YoY) surge in trading volume, fueled by the explosive growth of...
PINTU announced a 150% year-on-year (YoY) surge in trading volume, fueled by the explosive growth of AI and meme tokens in 2024. The most traded tokens on PINTU were AI tokens, which saw a trading volume surge of over 1,200%, followed by meme tokens. In Indonesia, crypto transactions surged 335.91% from 2023 to 2024, reaching a total value of IDR 650.61 trillion.

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TikTok Shopping Is Opening the Floodgates to Scams

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TikTok Shop is generally safe to buy from, but it’s important to be careful when purchasing...
TikTok Shop is generally safe to buy from, but it’s important to be careful when purchasing from the online marketplace.

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The TechBeat: Hackers Are Becoming a Rarer Breed (2/12/2025)

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How are you, hacker? 🪐Want to know what's trending right now?: The Techbeat by HackerNoon has...
How are you, hacker? 🪐Want to know what's trending right now?: The Techbeat by HackerNoon has got you covered with fresh content from our trending stories of the day! Set email preference here. Developers Are Ditching Basic Text Editors—Here’s What They Want Instead By @filestack [ 6 Min read ] Many developers find ...

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AI Meets Bitcoin: How Rootstock Powers the Future of Trustless AI

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Rootstock is the best place to build AI-driven blockchain applications. It brings together Bitcoin’s security and...
Rootstock is the best place to build AI-driven blockchain applications. It brings together Bitcoin’s security and smart contract flexibility. Rootstock offers the security of Bitcoin, the flexibility of Ethereum, and the innovation of trustless AI.

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Regulatory Clarity Will Define Crypto Wallets in 2025

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Web3 wallets are at the core of the Web3 ecosystem. Top wallet providers like MetaMask found...
Web3 wallets are at the core of the Web3 ecosystem. Top wallet providers like MetaMask found success with 100M users by perfecting browser-based DeFi interactions. Europe's Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) regulations have already forced Tether to wind down.

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An Outline of the Dark Matter Thesis

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To explain DM, we introduce a few simple WIMP models that can bypass present constraints and...
To explain DM, we introduce a few simple WIMP models that can bypass present constraints and have observable signatures in the future.

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What Are the Most Popular Methods of Dark Matter Detection?

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In this section, we describe the most popular methods to detect DM.

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Some of the Most Popular Dark Matter Candidates: Looking Into the Standard Model

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These are DM candidates, which were produced thermally in the early universe when it was in...
These are DM candidates, which were produced thermally in the early universe when it was in the plasma state.

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Vibe Coding - A New System of the World

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Software engineer and software entrepreneur, Woody Hayday, says AI will soon do a better job than...
Software engineer and software entrepreneur, Woody Hayday, says AI will soon do a better job than him. Hayday: 'My craft is code. AI will be better at it, in many ways, in a matter of months'. What happens then?

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Security's Moving Parts 01: Linux Access Control Mechanisms

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Nikolai Khechumov: Security's Moving Parts is a series of articles on security in software and hardware....
Nikolai Khechumov: Security's Moving Parts is a series of articles on security in software and hardware. In this article, he looks at access control mechanisms in Unix / Linux.

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Social Recognition: A Must for Developers in Today's World

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The role of a developer has changed as the world has changed. It's no longer enough...
The role of a developer has changed as the world has changed. It's no longer enough to just write code. The professional world requires developers to be socially active people.

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The Myth of Connectivity: Uncovering the Global Blueprint of Digital Deception

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This paper is presented as an analysis of transnational misinformation diffusion, showing that cultural, thematic, and...
This paper is presented as an analysis of transnational misinformation diffusion, showing that cultural, thematic, and geographic ties shape online networks.

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fmt.Sprintf: Looks Simple But Will Burn A Hole in Your Pocket

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This article explores various methods for string concatenation and conversion in Go. It demonstrates that for...
This article explores various methods for string concatenation and conversion in Go. It demonstrates that for simple cases, direct concatenation using the + operator is the fastest, while strings.Builder and strings.Join are better suited for more complex or iterative scenarios due to lower memory overhead. Additionally, for converting values like integers, floats, and booleans to strings, using the strconv package is far more efficient...

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Graphing the Gossip: Unraveling Social Media Conspiracies

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This paper is presented as an ERGM-based analysis of transnational factors shaping tie formation in Facebook...
This paper is presented as an ERGM-based analysis of transnational factors shaping tie formation in Facebook misinformation networks.

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To PR or Not to PR, That Is the Question

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Many founders and C-levels confuse marketing and advertising with public relations. PR focuses on maintaining a...
Many founders and C-levels confuse marketing and advertising with public relations. PR focuses on maintaining a positive, credible, and reputable image of a company, brand, or person through media coverage. Marketing is more about sales and generating leads by promoting products, services, or ideas via their websites and social media channels.

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Tariffs or No Tariffs, Smart Dealers Are Betting on Used Vehicles - And You Should Too

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Dealers who wait for a final ruling on March 6 will already be behind. Smart operators...
Dealers who wait for a final ruling on March 6 will already be behind. Smart operators aren’t reacting; they’re adapting. The automotive market is already undergoing a major shift, and smart dealers are reading the signals.

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