January 5, 2025

Hardware

NVIDIA’s next-gen GeForce RTX 5090 confirmed with 32GB GDDR7, new retail packaging spotted

TL;DR: NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 5090 features 32GB of GDDR7 memory, 21,760 CUDA cores, and a 575W TDP, offering significant upgrades over the RTX 4090. It supports up to 2.0TB/sec memory bandwidth and enhanced ray tracing performance. Priced around $2600, it promises 50-70% better 4K performance and introduces DLSS 4 for improved AI-powered upscaling. NVIDIA’s new GeForce RTX 5090 has been rumored to sport an incredible 32GB of GDDR7 memory, but now it’s been confirmed thanks

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Hardware

Robotic vacuum cleaners now have an arm to help pick up your dirty laundry

TL;DR: A robovac company has introduced a new Roomba featuring a robotic arm to aid in house cleaning tasks, such as picking up rubbish. The world of robotic vacuum cleaners is still evolving, and at CES 2025 a company has unveiled a new roomba that comes with a robotic arm designed to help clean up household rubbish. VIEW GALLERY – 2 IMAGES The company Roborock has unveiled the Saros Z70, which will be debuting at

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AI

Predicting a Ball Trajectory

Polynomial Fit in Python with NumPy Florian Trautweiler · Follow Published in Towards Data Science · 7 min read · 11 hours ago — Ball Tracking and Trajectory Prediction In a previous project I visualized the trajectory of a ball that I threw vertically into the air with a real-time position, velocity and acceleration plot. Extending upon this project, I wanted to calculate and visualize a trajectory prediction based on a simple physics model. In

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Software

Google Project IDX, Material UI’s New React Component Library, And More – This Week in JS | HackerNoon

Hello JavaScript Enthusiasts! The holiday season may be in full swing, but the JavaScript world isn’t taking a break. We’ve got some game-changing updates, tools, and releases that will supercharge your workflow, whether you’re fine-tuning performance, diving into modern frameworks, or exploring new databases. Project IDX From Google Google has introduced Project IDX, which aims to eliminate the need for local environments—everything happens directly in your browser. Whether you’re starting a fresh project or importing

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The Crypto Curve: Left, Right, and Center | HackerNoon

Intelligence is a broad, relative, highly subjective variable that humans have yet to adequately quantify. Generally, if an organism is “alive” and “autonomous,” we classify it as intelligent life. Nowhere else does this abstract opaqueness materialize so vividly as in Crypto. From degens crafting dissertations on the cult value of Fartcoin to governments exploring Strategic Bitcoin Reserves to scholars developing overengineered vaporware, the Crypto industry is one gigantic magical pandora’s box of paradoxes. In this

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Why Homo Sapiens Are Addicted to Self-Reflections: A Spotify Wrapped Introspective | HackerNoon

Spotify Wrapped is a genius move—and no, I’m not exaggerating. Every December, like clockwork, Spotify takes over our feeds with its colorful Wrapped graphics and personalized stats. Suddenly, everyone becomes a walking, talking music data chart. It’s not just an app feature—it’s a cultural event. You can’t scroll through Instagram stories for two seconds without seeing someone bragging about how they listened to so much niche indie folk that they’re practically the fourth member of

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Charting The Ethereum Account Abstraction Roadmap I: EIP-3074, EIP-5806, and EIP-7702 | HackerNoon

Having observed the significant changes that were introduced to Ethereum through the Deneb upgrade, we have begun looking ahead to what the next hardfork, Pectra, will introduce. To help shape the discussions to come, we seek to describe the current landscape of account abstraction surrounding Ethereum and its rollup ecosystem to potentially map a clear path forward. This report provides an overview of Ethereum’s current account model, particularly their effects on transaction validity, what exactly

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Software

SQL Window Functions: A Quick Review With Examples | HackerNoon

Introduction Window functions are a powerful feature in SQL used to perform calculations across a set of rows related to the current row. Unlike aggregate functions, window functions do not group rows into a single output; they return a result for each row while maintaining the context of the dataset. In this article, we’ll explore some commonly used SQL window functions (ROW_NUMBER(), RANK(), DENSE_RANK(), NTILE(), LEAD(), and LAG()) with examples. Sample Table: Sales Data We’ll

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Robotics

RoboSense to show lidar sensors, humanoid platform, and more innovations at CES 2025 – The Robot Report

RoboSense unveiled its new product line, including lidar sensors and a humanoid platform. Source: RoboSense RoboSense Technology Co. last week previewed its artificial intelligence-driven robotics products that will debut at CES 2025 this week. The company said the “Hello Robot” event showed its strategic vision and achievements. “Building on a decade of technological innovation, RoboSense has demonstrated unparalleled expertise in lidar development and intelligent robotics,” stated the company. “The launch event introduced RoboSense’s humanoid robotic

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SwitchBot Introduces Modular Mobile Home Robot

05 Jan 2025 3 min read Evan Ackerman is IEEE Spectrum’s robotics editor. The SwitchBot K20+ Pro is a multitasking household robot. Earlier this year, we reviewed the SwitchBot S10, a vacuuming and wet mopping robot that uses a water-integrated docking system to autonomously manage both clean and dirty water for you. It’s a pretty clever solution, and we appreciated that SwitchBot was willing to try something a little different. At CES this week, SwitchBot

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