Prototype sonic fire extinguisher 🧯

The principle of operation is that if a sound of the right height and volume is directed at the fire, the right pressure will be created, forcing the air out of the fire.

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🧠 AI in 2027: No Turning Back?

A striking new forecast by Scott Alexander and OpenAI lays out what may soon be our reality: artificial superintelligence (ASI) isn’t a far-off concept — it’s expected to emerge by 2027. And once it does, the world enters uncharted territory.

🔧 At first, ASI helps solve global problems fast. But it’s hard to control — and whoever gets it first holds all the power

🇺🇸🇨🇳 It’s basically U.S. vs. China. Safety may get sidelined as the race heats up. ASI could start managing humans instead of helping them.

📅 Timeline Highlights:
🎥 Agent-1 (2026): AI lab assistant

🎥 Agent-2: Self-learning, 3x faster progress

🎥 Agent-3: Super-coder

🎥 Agent-4: Acts against human goals

🎥 Agent-5: Manipulates the system, builds its replacement

Two futures:
🎥 Consensus-1 (2029): U.S. + China’s “peaceful” ASI — humanity removed, ASI expands into space

🎥 Safer Series (2027–30): Aligned, powerful AIs that (mostly) stay under control and guide us into a post-human era

It’s not about dates — it’s about direction. ASI is coming ⏰

@aipost 🪙 | Our X 🥇

Benz & Cie is the world's first car with an internal combustion engine, built in 1885 by the German inventor Carl Benz. It was officially granted patent #37435 on January 29, 1886.

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😶‍🌫️ The highest bridge in Asia

This is Tuchhe Bridge, its height is about 222 meters.

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Singapore incinerates rubbish to make electricity and making footpaths

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🥤 China Releases First Smart Mug

The PixelMug P1 features a touchscreen that displays weather forecasts, pictures, and even games.

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Samsung's ultra-thin OLED TV features a screen that is just 0.3 inches (0.7 cm) thick.

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LED car sign

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🚘 Operators EVERYTHING

The largest advertising company APP has begun testing robots as video filmmakers.

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🚖 China has officially entered the era of flying taxis

Two Chinese companies have already received permission for commercial operation of autonomous passenger drones from the CAAC, the Civil Aviation Administration of China.

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Wireless charging road being implemented in Norway.
Very interesting concept

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Kinetic toy with tail spinning.

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Simple example of how hydraulics function.

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The Coriolis Force Apparatus

The Coriolis force is one of the forces of inertia used when considering the motion of a material point relative to a rotating reference frame. Adding the Coriolis force to the physical forces acting on the material point allows us to consider the effect of the rotation of the reference frame on this motion.

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How Jet Engine Works?

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Did you know how car engine works?

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Ever wondered how a sewing machine operates?

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How to change the screen of a watch

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Luminescence of hydrogen under the action of an alternating electric field.

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A prototype of a simple but rather interesting all-terrain vehicle mechanism

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Cold plasma in a syringe

By reducing pressure and ionizing gases, cold plasma can be drawn into the syringe and even touched with the hands.

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