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Anger at Health Insurance Prompts the Public to Fund a 9-Year-Old's Bionic Arm(2024-12-29 09:00:03)

A 9-year-old girl born without a left hand had "started asking for a robotic arm to help her feel more confident," her mother told the Washington Post. So her parents met with a consultant from Open Bionics, which fits people with lightweight, 3D-printed prostheses that function more like a natural ...
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Python in 2024: Faster, More Powerful, and More Popular Than Ever(2024-12-29 06:00:22)

"Over the course of 2024, Python has proven again and again why it's one of the most popular, useful, and promising programming languages out there," writes InfoWorld: The latest version of the language pushes the envelope further for speed and power, sheds many of Python's most decrepit elements, ...
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How a Retrocomputing Enthusiast Got a 30-Year-Old Clamshell Computer Online(2024-12-29 03:00:03)

It had a 4.8-inch display. Introduced in 1991, Hewlett-Packard's (DOS-based) HP 95LX Palmtop PC — a collaboration with Lotus — was finally discontinued back in 2003. But one found its way to long-time Slashdot reader Shayde (who in November repaired a 48-year-old handheld videogame con...
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Will AI Transform Online Dating?(2024-12-29 00:00:10)

"Dating apps are on the cusp of a major transformation," argues CNN, suggesting AI-powered possibilities like "personalized chatbots dating other chatbots on your behalf," as well as "AI concierges fielding questions about potential matches," and "advanced algorithms predicting compatibility better ...
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LEAP 71 Hot-Fires Advanced Aerospike Rocket Engine Designed by AI(2024-12-28 21:00:03)

Long-time Slashdot reader schwit1 writes: The Dubai-based startup LEAP71, focused on using AI software to quickly develop rocket engine designs it can then 3D print, has successfully test fired a prototype aerospike engine on December 18, 2024 during a static fire test campaign conducted in the Unit...
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