first U.S. nuclear fusion plant

 https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/18/climate/world-first-nuclear-fusion-power-plant-commmonwealth/index.html

Google AI Studio can watch & teach Blender

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0Qd1n-sdU4

https://aistudio.google.com/prompts/new_chat

nVidia nano super computer $249

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkK7uVPb29s

https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/jetson-generative-ai-supercomputer/

Assuming an LLM could query a proprietary database on such a device without any security concerns.

Spatial computing

 https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-early-adopter-companies-embracing-spatial-computing-cathy-hackl-gwkle/?

Laser weapons in Ukraine

All the cool shit we love and dreamed of - VR, robots, artificial intelligence, drones. And, don't forget about lasers!  Just like in Star Wars, care of the evil empire. How long until a death star shows up posing as a moon and blows a planet apart? Earth, for example.

I was following laser weapons 20 years ago, I can't believe I haven't thought to check in sooner.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/12/18/russia-ukraine-zelensky-putin-war-latest-news16/

Mary Lou Jepson

 https://alejandrocremades.com/this-innovator-entrepreneur-built-100-laptops-and-now-raised-100-million-to-develop-wearable-imaging-devices-and-therapeutic-tools/

Google quantum computer breakthrough

 https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/technology/google-quantum-computing.html

"On Monday, Google unveiled a new

hashtag#quantumcomputer that may end this back-and-forth race with traditional machines and that points to a future in which quantum computers could drive advances in areas like drug discovery and artificial intelligence.

Google said its quantum computer, based on a computer chip called hashtag#Willow, needed less than five minutes to perform a mathematical calculation that one of the world’s most powerful supercomputers could not complete in 10 SEPTILLION years (A septillion is 1 followed by 24 zeroes...
1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000), a length of time that exceeds the age of the known universe...

“When quantum computing was originally envisioned, many people — including many leaders in the field — felt that it would never be a practical thing,” said mikhail lukin, a professor of physics at Harvard University and a co-founder of the quantum computing start-up QuEra Computing Inc. “What has happened over the last year shows that it is no longer science fiction.”...

Google’s quantum computer also uses a form of error correction — a way of reducing mistakes — that could allow this kind of machine to reach its potential. In a research paper published on Monday in the science journal Nature Magazine, Google said its machine had surpassed the “error correction threshold,” a milestone that scientists have been working toward for decades."