Mathematical puzzle from 1904 takes physical form in gold-studded helium droplets

When identical charges repel each other but are confined to the surface of a sphere, they seek the arrangement with the lowest possible energy. The idea is simple, but the problem gets harder to solve ...
Utility Dive

Utilities can use AI to solve grid backlogs: AWS energy lead

Joseph Santamaria is general manager of energy and utilities at Amazon Web Services. The U.S. economy is facing a looming shortage of electricity on the grid. With energy demand projected to grow more ...
GitHub

push3-m8-lpp

devices/m8-lpp-handshake/ S2 gate device. Answers the M8's Device Inquiry as an LPP MK3, counts what comes back, shows PASS when LED traffic arrives on ch1–3. No LiveAPI, no Push grabbing. Counters ...
ZDNet

‘I use AI to do the things that I’m bad at’: Linus Torvalds on why it works for him

The Linux creator calls vibe coding 'a wonderful way to find joy in programming,' but not for running Linux development. (Finding bugs is OK.) Also: Linus Torvalds is using AI to develop Linux kernel ...
Cal Alumni Association

Study explores how AI use affects performance on math and reasoning tasks

Brian Christian has spent 20 years thinking about how artificial intelligence will change our minds and our world. His 2020 book The Alignment Problem has been praised as one of the best on AI, and ...