CAREFUL PLANNING OF EV CHARGING STATION PLACEMENT COULD LESSEN OR ELIMINATE NEED FOR NEW POWER PLANTS

MIT researchers have found that strategic placement of electric vehicle charging stations and delayed home charging could mitigate or eliminate the need for costly new power plants to meet peak loads in the evening, reports TechXplore. This would also reduce waste from overproduction of electricity from solar farms during the daytime.

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CHAT GPT AND BING AI CHATBOTS TO BE USED AS PANELISTS IN WORLD-FIRST AT FINTECH CONFERENCE

Artificial intelligence chatbots will be used alongside human panelists for the first time at a fintech conference — according to City A.M. — to answer audience questions and harness the extensive knowledge of generative AI models. The event, hosted by the Gillmore Centre for Financial Technology at Warwick Business School, will feature workshops on fintech governance, digital currencies and fraud detection.

SCIENTISTS NOW HAVE THE BLUEPRINT FOR AN ACTUAL, WORKING WORMHOLE

Physicist Hatim Salih of Bristol's Quantum Engineering Technology Labs has published a paper in the journal Quantum Science and Technology, describing the possibility of building a "counterportation" — A/K/A a lab-based wormhole that could allow for teleportation without moving particles, reports Popular Mechanics. The technology is some way off, however, and Salih admits that "an entirely new type of quantum computer has to be built" to make the theory a reality. But hey, at least it's possible!

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NASA AND AXIOM SPACE UNVEIL NEW SPACESUIT FOR ARTEMIS III MOON MISSION

NASA and Axiom Space have unveiled the space suit redesign for the Artemis III mission, which will take astronauts back to the moon, according to CBS News. It has been designed to be more mobile, with improved visibility in the helmet and thermal insulation for walking on the moon's south pole. The final version is close to completion before testing in the Johnson Space Center's Neutral Buoyancy Lab in Houston.