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NFT Mania – Hype Or A New Paradigm? CryptoPunks, BAYC, Generative Art, Loot Explained

NFTs are clearly one of the hottest topics in crypto at the moment. CryptoPunks, Autoglyphs, Bored Apes, Pudgy Penguins – some of them selling for hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars.

So are NFTs just a hype or a paradigm change? What are some of the most interesting NFTs out there? And what are the biggest challenges of this new space? You’ll find answers to these questions in this video.

Let’s start with a quick recap of what NFTs are in the first place.

An NFT or a Non-Fungible Token is a way of representing ownership in the digital world.

Since the dawn of our civilization, humans have been collecting rare items. From seashells and gems to coins, post stamps and Pokemon cards. NFTs are just digital versions of that.

Collectibles, pieces of art, game items, domain names and even complex bespoke financial instruments – all of these can be represented as NFTs.

In contrast to cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin or Ether where each unit is interchangeable, NFTs are unique – at least in most cases. The creator of an NFT project can decide on the exact parameters of their NFTs.

Some of the common examples are:

-only 1 NFT per unique piece of art – artists that create individual pieces like Beeple follow this approach,
-a collection where each item has a unique combination of different traits – CryptoPunks, Bored Apes
-a collection where there is a set number of the same item in the collection – usually used for card collectibles like My Curio Cards.

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How The GPU Chip Shortage Hit Gamers And Crypto Miners

There’s a certain kind of computer chip that has become incredibly important to the modern world. The GPU — short for graphics processing unit. GPUs bring digital worlds to life. In the last few years, they’ve become the computer chip of choice among certain crypto miners. They’re also becoming increasingly more important in cutting edge fields like self-driving cars and supercomputing. But like every other kind of computer chip in 2021, GPUs remain in short supply. Here’s why, and why it’s hurting gamers and crypto miners specifically.

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28,000 Year Nuclear Waste Battery? Diamond Batteries Explained

Given the relatively short lifespan, overheating, and battery cell supply issues of current battery technologies, they can’t be used everywhere. Some companies are claiming that nuclear diamond battery technology can kill two birds with one stone: creating energy storage that could last for thousands of years by putting nuclear waste to use… potentially powering everything from EVs to cellphones. Is this the holy grail of battery technology or hype; and more importantly, is it safe? Let’s explore Nano Diamond Batteries and where this might be going

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The Future of War | Answers With Joe

War has been a part of the human experience since the beginning of civilization. But new technologies are changing the face of warfare in ways that we never really expected. From cyberwarfare to autonomous AI-piloted drones to space warfare, the future of war is weird. And terrifying.

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5 reasons why the world is running out of chips

Did you know that there is an international chip shortage? Indeed, the world does not have enough chips, and it’s a real problem.

Chips can be found in almost every product you use. They are in your phone, your computer, and your TV and even power the factories that make all of these things. As a result, it is understandable that there will be a high demand for them.

So, why isn’t that demand being met? There are several reasons starting with the COVID-19 pandemic. There are a variety of reasons for this, beginning with the COVID-19 pandemic.

The pandemic increased the demand for electronic products. People were bored at home, so they began ordering a large number of devices, and chip manufacturers were unable to keep up.

Then, there was the fact that the U.S. government placed restrictions on China’s biggest chip manufacturer: Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC). This trade war prevented SMIC from selling chips to some of the world’s largest corporations.

Finally, there were the unrelenting droughts and fires that plagued the country. Chip manufacturers use large amounts of ultra-pure water to clean their factories and wafers before beginning the chip-making process.

This significantly reduces the ability to produce new chips when there is no water readily available.

So, how are companies dealing with all these shortages? By getting creative, adapting, and growing. Tesla, for instance, rewrote its own vehicle software to support alternative chips.

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Evolution Simulator with Neural Networks in Unity!

In this video, I explain how I used Unity to create a natural selection simulator. Then I added neural networks to the creatures so they could learn how to survive on their own. I also explain how neural networks work at the lowest levels.

This concept is also known as a genetic algorithm and is a simple form of artificial intelligence.

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What is nanotechnology and where can it be applied?

*Nanotechnology is essentially the study of minute particles, knows as nanoparticles, their design, and applications. Nanoparticles typically range between 1 to 100 nanometres, where one nanometre is one-billionth of a meter.

*Nanotechnology manipulates the whole molecular structure of materials to change their intrinsic properties and acquire others on the back of revolutionary applications.

  • This particular method is used to produce structures in inorganic materials, coal, metals, semiconductors, and  silicon, that don’t function under humidity.

*The nanotechnology space is expected to grow globally, packed with technology advancement, increased government support, and increased private investment. Countries like the US, Brazil and Germany are expected to lead the sector.

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Carl Zeiss, Explained: Germany’s Semiconductor Optics Master

Germany-based Carl Zeiss AG is a fascinating company. Fascinating, even if you do not take into account that they make lenses and optics for some of the coolest systems in the world.

When you are etching patterns as wide as a small virus, you have graduated beyond simple lens. Now we refer to them as “optics systems”. These massive multi-component systems are at the very heart of the multi-million dollar photolithography machines that ASML makes. Without them, ASML has no machine to deliver to TSMC, Samsung or Intel.

In this video, we are going to continue with our deep dive into the semiconductor industry’s critical suppliers with a look at one of ASML’s closest partners. The makers of the optics systems that let high-energy UV light etch wafers. And a company with an utterly fascinating history. Carl Zeiss.

Error: The video shows that Zeiss died in 1866. He died in 1888.

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6 warehouse robots that are reshaping the industry

The future will be fully automated. That is, at least in the case of warehouses. Today, warehouses all around the world have a large number of robots working for them, helping them to accomplish tasks more safely and efficiently.

These active robots combine the finest of science, technology, and engineering to become extremely useful machines that manufacture the vast majority of the products you use every day.

They are the future. It is automation at its most effective, and it creates some pretty amazing results in the process.

Do you want to see what these robots are capable of? We bring you live-action footage of some of the best warehouse robots.

There’s Amazon’s robot army, which can number up to 500 robots and is responsible for assembling consumer orders. They use a conveyor belt to move between hundreds of zip codes and load packages into delivery trucks as they pass along the track.

The Shentong Express factory robots are on the job 24 hours a day, seven days a week, sorting through 200,000 parcels every day in the world’s largest completely automated sorting facility. Approximately 300 billion route combinations covering an area of 21,000 square feet are calculated in total by the team (2,000 sq m).

The SqUID robots that make up the BionicHIVE are based on the worker bee. There is no limit to where these robots can go in a warehouse and pick up or place boxes weighing up to 32 pounds (15 kg).

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