DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Maryanne Kane, Journalist
DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF
By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane
NEXT GEN SOLAR CELLS: LOWER COST & MORE EFFICIENT SOLAR ENERGY
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- University of Colorado Boulder researchers have revealed an innovative method to manufacture solar cells that may revolutionize solar energy. Here's what we know:
- Many experts consider this the next gen of solar tech
- The new solar cells are known as perovskite cells
- The innovative method to manufacture perovskite cells is considered critical to commercialization
- Until now nearly all solar panels have been made of silicon, which are expensive to make, have 22% efficiency and only convert 20% of the sun's energy to electricity
- Perovskite cells can potentially increase efficiency by 50%
- More tests are needed to show how the new cells hold up over time
- But many think this will be a gamechanger that could eventually dominate the market.
NVIDIA'S GENERATIVE AI POWERED ROBOTS
- Chipmaker Nvidia just unveiled several AI powered humanoid robots, including a foundation model for humanoid robots to learn by watching humans do the task. Here's what we know:
- This is part of Nvidia's Project GROOT, which is a major upgrade to the company's AI initiatives
- GROOT is a technology system to handle the operation of robots and enable them to learn skills and tasks by watching humans do them
- The new robot has a new computer system called Jetson Thor that enables it to interact naturally and fluidly with people and machines
- It includes a "system on a chip" to handle the massive demand on processors to run AI models.
- The goal is to enable robots to quickly add to their skill sets and do so in multiple environments
- The company says its next robots will be "self-reliant" and capable of doing a breadth of skills & tasks
- Nvidia is also working on "true, general purpose embodied autonomy" for robots, which it says is further out.
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