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Extra 'eye' movements are the key to better self-driving cars
Despite making constant head and eye movements throughout the day, objects in the world do not blur or become unrecognizable, even though the physical information hitting our retinas changes constantly. What likely make this perceptual stability possible are neural copies of the movement commands. These copies are sent throughout the brain each time we move and are thought to allow the brain to account for our own movements and keep our perception stable.
Health
New robotic AI system can autonomously determine the optimal conditions for growing replacement retina
A joint research group led by Genki Kanda at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) has developed a robotic artificial intelligence (AI) system for autonomously determining the optimal conditions for growing replacement retina layers necessary for vision.
Scientists devise robot finger fused with humn-like skin
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Tesla market share
Tesla’s share of the U.S. electric-vehicle market could drop as low as 11% in 2025, due to a flurry of new competitors from the likes of GM and Ford. That’s according to Bank of America analyst John Murphy. Tesla currently has more than 70% of the market. Bloomberg
Nio saga
Fortune’s Grady McGregor examines the turmoil around Chinese EV maker Nio, which short-sellers have accused of illegally inflating its revenue and profit figures, and which recently suffered a bizarre and fatal car crash: “Nio denies Grizzly Research's claims, and some investors remain upbeat, but the short-seller account is likely to inflict more lasting damage than the parking garage crash, providing another test for Nio, which only recently came back from the near-dead.” Fortune
Figs plans
Direct-to-consumer scrubs firm Figs wants to see its product “become the de facto uniform for all health care workers, from nurses to dentists to vets to surgeons,” writes Fortune’s Phil Wahba. Wall Street isn’t sure, but co-CEOs Heather Hasson and Trina Spear see plenty of room for growth. Fortune
Ancestry CEO
Wahba also interviewed Ancestry.com CEO Deborah Liu about hir first 90 days at the company, and how racism in South Carolina “sparked an intense desire to succeed so she could get out of the South, and also made her combative early in her career. Now 46 and with a number of high powered jobs behind her at marquee companies like PayPal and eBay, Liu admits that she has mellowed as she's matured, encouraged to do so by her mentor, outgoing Meta operations chief Sheryl Sandberg.” Fortune
