Category: Technology

Unitree H1 Humanoid Robot. Unitree Unitree unveiled the humanoid robot H1, leveraging its expertise in quadruped robotics. Unitree is known for its advancements in quadruped robots, such as the recently launched Go2. Its experience potentially gives it an advantage over other companies in the humanoid robot arena. With tested perception and locomotion algorithms, Unitree swiftly […]

How can a person with a severe brain injury play chess? What does eye movement teach us about the likelihood of developing Parkinson’s disease? When will the family doctor know to tell us that next month we will be in pain? And can a robot pass a specialty exam written for a human? The 2nd […]

Do you ever get that feeling that there aren’t enough hours in the day? That time is somehow racing away from you, and it is impossible to fit everything in. But then, you step outside into the countryside and suddenly everything seems slower, more relaxed, like time has somehow changed. It’s not just you – […]

During its third Women Leaders Summit, The Jerusalem Post highlighted women who are leading the way toward our nation’s future amidst the backdrop of the October 7 tragedy and the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict. Hilla Bakshi, founder of HaMeetupistiot (women who meet up) was a speaker at the event held at the Google for Startup Campus […]

When you deliver a university course that makes students happier, everybody wants to know what the secret is. What are your tips? What are your top ten recommendations? These are the most asked questions, as if there is some quick, surefire path to happiness. The problem is that there are no life-transforming discoveries, because most […]

Aston University researchers sent data 4.5 million times faster than the average broadband. Researchers at Aston University have achieved a groundbreaking milestone: they’ve transmitted data at an astonishing speed, surpassing home broadband rates by a staggering 4.5 million times. This feat, accomplished through international collaboration, saw data transfer at a mind-boggling rate of 301 terabits […]

Why did humans take over the world while our closest relatives, the Neanderthals, became extinct? It’s possible we were just smarter, but there’s surprisingly little evidence that’s true. Neanderthals had big brains, language and sophisticated tools. They made art and jewellery. They were smart, suggesting a curious possibility. Maybe the crucial differences weren’t at the […]

On October 7, when Hamas brutally entered Israel and the Gaza war began, there was a pause in all Israeli high-tech deals, leading to worries about the competitiveness of local high-tech companies compared to firms in more politically stable nations globally. However, Startup Nation Central’s new analysis, released Sunday and based on data published on […]

Google and the XPrize Foundation have launched a competition worth US$5 million (£4 million) to develop real-world applications for quantum computers that benefit society – by speeding up progress on one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, for example. The principles of quantum physics suggest quantum computers could perform very fast calculations on particular problems, […]

South Africa’s Cape south coast offers many hints about how our human ancestors lived some 35,000 to 400,000 years ago during the Pleistocene epoch. These clues are captured in the dunes they once traversed, today cemented and preserved in a rock type known as aeolianite. Our research team has been studying this area since 2008. […]