Hardware

Cheetahs and LEAP robots

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An article published in the journal “Science Advances” reports the presentation of the project of a so-called soft robot created inspired by the cheetah’s biomechanics. This type of robot, called Leveraging Elastic instabilities for Amplified Performance (LEAP), can move much faster on solid surfaces than previous generations of soft robots. Another skill of LEAP is to grasp objects gently or with enough force to lift heavy objects. The idea of ​​its creators is to propose a new paradigm for soft robots with different possibilities for their construction and use.

PS4 (Image courtesy Sony)

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Video games had an amazing evolution since their humble beginning and today you can enjoy them on a PC or buy a video game console with the power that not that long ago was limited to supercomputers at really affordable prices. Today there are many options for gamers and it can be confusing if you’re just having your first look into this world, but you just need to get some basic ideas to make the best choice for you.

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ESports are becoming something really big with professional video gaming constantly growing. Professional organizations mean greater competitions with media coverage that can go beyond the tournaments’ live streaming and more money. There are arguments about eSports being real sports but the International Olympic Committee already started looking into their possible recognition. Don’t expect to watch eSports at the next Olympic Games but you can be sure that you’ll hear about them more and more. If you’re into gaming and you’re motivated enough, you might consider them as a possible line of work.

A technology created for particle physics is now used in the art field

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A technology developed by CERN to create detectors capable of counting and tracking particles also used by ESA in space missions found a very different application in the art field. InsightART, a company opened in Prague, in the Czech Republic, in ESA’s Business Incubation Center (BIC), adapted a chip based on that technology called Timepix to a device to find fake artworks and incorrectly attributed.

IBM Q System One (Photo courtesy International Business Machines Corporation. All rights reserved)

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At CES, IBM announced its first commercial 20-qubit quantum computer called IBM Q System One and the IBM Q Quantum Computation Center for its business customers. For some years IBM has been developing its own IBM Q quantum systems, also thanks to tests conducted allowing its customers the access to them via cloud and offering the possibility to develop specific applications, now the company has announced a system declaring a reliability comparable to that of a classic mainframe.