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Sanders pushes for a public AI fund to pay Americans $1,000 annually

Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced the American AI Sovereign Wealth Fund Act, proposing a nationwide sovereign wealth fund funded by large AI companies (with a 50% government stake) that would distribute annual payments to U.S. citizens—initially around $1,000 per person—while potentially funding public priorities like healthcare, education, and housing as the AI industry grows.

25 days ago•Source: Interesting Engineering

Centaur-style wearable robot cuts walking fatigue by 35%

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11.145 min•4 months ago

Centaur-style wearable robot cuts walking fatigue by 35%

Chinese researchers developed a centaur-style wearable that adds two legs behind the user via an elastic back interface, sharing load and lowering metabolic energy use by about 35% (with ~52% less foot pressure) when carrying ~20 kg, allowing longer, natural walking; designed to coordinate with movement and balance, it could aid heavy tasks in logistics, disaster response, and industry, and was described in The International Journal of Robotics Research.

via Interesting Engineering