danielkhent 8 months ago

LLMs Aren’t Mirrors, They’re Holograms The article is pretty soft, but the idea of a re-entrant symbolic hologram is interesting… #AI #LLM

Psychology Today

LLMs Aren’t Mirrors, They’re Holograms

An LLM isn’t a mirror—it’s more like a hologram, one that reconstructs meaning from language.

danielkhent 9 months ago

Major Lithium Deposit found in deposit running southeastern Oregon to north Nevada #renewableenergy

UNILAD

Scientists discover $1,500,000,000,000 lithium deposit in US state

Mining is already underway in one state, but another is debating whether or not to begin drilling - with an endangered species inhabiting it

danielkhent 9 months ago

“Engineers build record-breaking wind turbine with material no one saw coming” Pretty cool. But no one thought of wood before? #renewableenergy

The Cool Down

Engineers build record-breaking wind turbine with material no one saw coming: 'It's not difficult to envision'

A Swedish company has turned to wood for a more sustainable construction material for wind turbines.

danielkhent 9 months ago

Turn Cheap Solar Marine Buoys Into Solar-Powered Meshtastic Nodes #solarpunk

Hackster.io

Stephen Heinz Turns Cheap Solar Marine Buoys Into Solar-Powered Meshtastic Nodes

Cheap solar-powered marine lights can live a new life as housings for solar-charged battery-backed Meshtastic LoRa nodes.

danielkhent 9 months ago

“Neither climate change nor meteorites – NASA confirms that the end of life on Earth will be due to loss of oxygen” finally some good news... #climatechange #science https://eladelantado.com/news/earth-oxygen-loss-nasa-study/

danielkhent 9 months ago

Photovoltaic spheres called “Sphelar by Kyosemi” that capture light from all angles Not sure if this is real. A sphere with ~20% efficiency? #renewableenergy #solarpunk

Say goodbye to solar panels - Japan is revolutionizing solar energy with photovoltaic spheres called "Sphelar by Kyosemi" that capture light from all angles

Sphelar Power Corporation

Development story - Technology - Sphelar Power Corporation

danielkhent 9 months ago

'breathing' magma cap inside Yellowstone supervolcano This cap acts like a lid that traps a significant amount of heat and pressure inside, but it appears to be porous enough to steadily release some of that pressure. #science #geology

Live Science

Scientists find

Yellowstone

danielkhent 9 months ago

Lucid Dreaming Reveals a New Layer of Conscious Brain Activity #luciddreaming

Neuroscience News

Lucid Dreaming Reveals a New Layer of Conscious Brain Activity - Neuroscience News

Lucid dreaming, where people become aware they are dreaming, has long fascinated both scientists and dreamers.

danielkhent 9 months ago

Fossil Fuels Were Less Than Half of US Electricity in March? #renewableenergy

CleanTechnica

Fossil Fuels Were Less Than Half of US Electricity in March! - CleanTechnica

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Or support our Kickstarter campaign! The cleantech revolution conti...

danielkhent 10 months ago

#writing

danielkhent 10 months ago

“New quantum-based navigation tech beats GPS precision by 50 times” Better Name: Vibe Positioning System (VPS) #technology #vps

Interesting Engineering

New quantum-based navigation tech beats GPS precision by 50 times

Explore the advantages of Q-CTRL's quantum navigation system that operates independently of GPS and offers unparalleled accuracy.

danielkhent 10 months ago

Massive lithium discovery beneath California's Salton Sea More tradeoffs on renewable energy and environmental impact. #renewableenergy #rareearths #environment

Newsweek

What Next for California's Salton Sea after $540bn "white gold" discovery

A lithium gold rush is erupting beneath California's Salton Sea, where a $540 billion discovery could supercharge U.S. battery independence.

danielkhent 10 months ago

Solar panels in deserts transforms ecosystems? Interesting. Not sure how credible or environmentally sound this is, but worth keeping an eye on... #renewableenergy #climatechange #solarpunk

Glass Almanac

China confirms installing solar panels in deserts irreversibly transforms the ecosystem

Solar energy has long been hailed as one of the most effective ways to combat climate change, offering a clean, renewable source of power. While mu...

danielkhent 10 months ago

danielkhent 10 months ago

"...breakthrough 3D holograms can be touched, grabbed and poked." #technology

Live Science

In a first, breakthrough 3D holograms can be touched, grabbed and poked

Futuristic holograms you can manipulate have become a reality sooner than we thought, thanks to breakthrough display.

danielkhent 10 months ago

"At the moment ... em dash enthusiasts will just have to live with the chatbot allegations." Expected fallout as folks try to identify the authentic. More to come. (Impulse to em dash successfully resisted) #AI #writing #chatgpt

'ChatGPT Hyphen': Are Em Dashes a Giveaway of AI Writing?

Viral posts and clips on social media suggest the em dash is the product of AI chatbots, with some calling the punctuation mark a 'ChatGPT hyp...

danielkhent 10 months ago

North America is Dripping from Below #geology #science

North America is Dripping from Below, Geoscientists Discover

A figure from the study showing rock dripping from the craton. The researchers hypothesize that the dripping is caused by…