Startups & Ventures

❄️ Graphene Sleeping Bag Adapts to Cold Hong Kong's Graphene-X is crowdfunding a modular sleeping bag system on Kickstarter. The Tardigrade Sleeping System includes a winter bag rated to -30 °C, a lighter three-season bag rated to -10 °C, and an insulating liner that can be added for extra warmth. The bags use graphene, a one-atom-thick carbon sheet known for strength and heat conduction, combined with aerogel-filled fabric tubes. These tubes inflate or deflate based on outside temperature, letting the bag adjust insulation without adding weight. 📊@tech

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This floor projection turns property blueprints into a real walk-through. 📊@tech

🤖 GPT-4.1’s random numbers aren’t random An enthusiast named Exmergo asked GPT-4.1 to pick a random number from 1 to 100, 10,000 times. The results failed a chi-square test with a value of 15,604 and p near zero, showing the choices are far from truly random. GPT-4.1 avoided round multiples of ten except for 10 once, and nearly ignored the extremes 1 and 100. The number 42 appeared four times more often than expected, a nod to “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.” Numbers with 7 were favored, while 69 appeared much less, likely due to training filters. The model reflects human biases in number selection despite being asked for randomness. It seems to have absorbed our quirks from the texts it was trained on. 📊@tech

🚀 Blue Origin’s New Glenn Explodes in Test A fiery explosion destroyed Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket during a routine engine test at Cape Canaveral. The blast heavily damaged launch complex LC-36, the only pad for New Glenn, putting the rocket’s next flight on hold. New Glenn is a 98-meter heavy-lift rocket designed to carry NASA’s Blue Moon lunar lander and deploy Amazon’s satellite internet constellation. It has flown only three times, with its last launch delayed by an FAA investigation after a satellite was placed in the wrong orbit. 📊@tech

🤖 Claude Code Unlocks Turbo Mode Activating /ultracode in Claude Code switches the agent to turbo mode, adding a full color fill and a rainbow blinking prompt line in the "thinking" mode. Claude then starts requesting "real" work instead of trivial questions, showing a new level of engagement. 📊@tech

🚀 NASA’s Moon Base missions start this year NASA will launch three spacecraft to the Moon’s South Pole this year, the first of over a dozen missions before 2028 supporting a crewed Artemis landing. Moon Base I will fly no earlier than late 2026 on Blue Moon Mark 1 Endurance, carrying instruments to study rocket plume effects and a laser reflector for orbital positioning. Moon Base II will deliver 500+ kg of cargo with Astrobotic Griffin, including the FLIP rover to develop crewed lunar rovers. Moon Base III will carry NASA, ESA, and Korean instruments on Nova-C Trinity to study lunar swirls. Firefly Aerospace plans to launch four MoonFall drones in 2028 to capture high-res images of hard-to-reach lunar areas. 📊@tech

📊 Boston Dynamics teaches Atlas football Boston Dynamics launched School of Football for the 2026 World Cup, training Atlas to play football fully, including kicking and goal celebrations. Atlas has mastered the rabona kick, demonstrating advanced ball control. 📊@tech

🤖 OpenAI Scientist Sees AI Boosting Math Skills Leading OpenAI researcher Noam Brown believes AI can improve human mathematical abilities. He compared this to how AlphaGo changed Go players' skills after its success. AlphaGo introduced new tactics that top players adopted, altering their play styles. Brown expects AI to open new paths in math that humans will reuse in proofs, as already seen. 📊@tech

🤖 Anthropic updates Claude with Opus 4.8 The new model scored 69.2% on SWE Pro. Anthropic says it performs better on long coding tasks, catches and fixes its own mistakes 4x more often, and follows instructions more reliably. Claude Code also got a new feature called dynamic workflows. The agent can now handle tasks that take days by launching and coordinating hundreds of subagents, adjusting plans, and reviewing outputs. Anthropic says this system was used during Bun’s migration from Zig to Rust. Claude.ai and Cowork now let users control reasoning effort. Higher effort gives deeper reasoning, lower effort gives faster replies. Fast mode for Opus 4.8 is also 3x cheaper, while overall pricing stays the same. 📊@tech

Google I/O revealed how fast AI is growing 📊@tech

🔍 Google revamps Colab with AI agent Google updated Colab with a Gemini-based AI agent integrated directly into the editor. The agent appears in a toolbar call line and a side window, letting users run and discuss entire pipelines. The agent accesses the full notebook context to create and run cells, analyze files, build charts, and train models autonomously. It also offers inline error fix suggestions as diffs inside cells. 📊@tech

🤖 Anthropic launches security plugin for Claude Code Anthropic released a new plugin for Claude Code that checks code for vulnerabilities during editing. It triggers on file writes and edits to catch issues before pull requests, reducing problems found at final review by up to 40%. The plugin detects obvious security flaws and flags unsafe coding patterns. It also prevents agents from modifying sensitive files. The tool is free and available to all users. 📊@tech

🖥 Microsoft open-sources SkillOpt for agent skill tuning Microsoft released SkillOpt, a framework that improves agent abilities by editing markdown skill files in the background. It runs a learning loop in text space, logging agent actions and suggesting small skill file updates after verification on a test set. SkillOpt works by iterating on files, applying minor changes that pass safety rules and verification before adoption. This prevents large accidental regressions while boosting performance. The framework shows consistent gains across models and benchmarks. On GPT-5.5, Codex and Claude Code saw average improvements of +21.8 and +18.6 respectively. The project includes code, overview, and usage instructions. 📊@tech

🧱 LEGO WALL-E Robot with Taser YouTuber Crostplay2 spent 6 months converting a LEGO WALL-E set into a robot with motors, movie sounds, LEDs, a gyroscope, and a 2,000-volt taser module. It’s controlled via a PlayStation 4 controller over Bluetooth using an ESP32 microcontroller and the Bluepad32 library. WALL-E moves on two motors with tank controls. Custom 3D-printed mounts and gears replace LEGO parts to handle the motors. The head mimics controller tilt with the gyroscope. The taser module is relay-controlled and used briefly to ignite objects, adding a surprising feature to the build. 📊@tech

🏎 Ferrari unveils its first electric car with ex-Apple designer Jony Ive Ferrari officially introduced Luce, its first fully electric vehicle, designed together with LoveFrom, the studio of former Apple design chief Jony Ive. The car is a major shift for Ferrari. Luce is the brand’s first 5-seat model, with automatic rear suicide doors and enough back-seat space for passengers over 190 cm tall. MKBHD called it the best rear row Ferrari has ever made. Luce uses 4 electric motors with one motor per wheel and a 120+ kWh battery. The top Performance mode delivers 725 kW and 0–100 km/h in 2.5 seconds. But most attention went to the interior. Ferrari removed nearly all visible plastic. Controls are made from metal, leather, and glass. Even the key is a metal rectangle that magnetically docks into the dashboard to start the car. The starting price is around $640,000. The reactions online are split between “future classic” and “what happened to Ferrari.” 📊@tech

⏰ Clock Shows Time with 60 Water Pumps A maker called Strange Inventions built a clock that shows time using colored water in glass bottles. Each digit uses a 15-segment display made of small glass vials filled or emptied by pumps. The clock has 60 pumps controlling the water flow to light or darken each segment. Four digits form the time display by combining these segments. This design has no practical use. It needs constant water maintenance, the pumps add complexity, and it stops working if power goes out. 📊@tech

🤖 Anthropic to Collaborate with Vatican on AI Ethics The Vatican announced a new commission on artificial intelligence to develop a unified approach to AI issues, monitor technology progress, and communicate the Church's stance. At the event, Anthropic cofounder Christopher Olah confirmed the company's readiness to cooperate on AI ethics. Anthropic positions itself as a company prioritizing human dignity and safety over unchecked scaling. The Vatican views Anthropic as a model for responsible AI, especially after the company rejected mass surveillance and autonomous weapons projects. 📊@tech

📶 Japanese team hits 112 Gbps at 560 GHz for 6G Researchers at Tokushima University achieved 112 Gbps wireless speed at 560 GHz, surpassing limits in 6G tech. They used an optical microcomb to reduce power loss and phase noise above 350 GHz. The microcomb creates ultra-stable laser lines, eliminating phase noise. Two optical signals modulated with QPSK and 16QAM reached 84 Gbps and 112 Gbps respectively. The compact, temperature-controlled device suits practical use. This targets mobile backhaul links, potentially replacing fiber cables with terahertz wireless beams. The team aims to cut residual noise and develop stronger antennas for longer range. 📊@tech

🎁 Colossal Biosciences hatches chicks in artificial egg Colossal Biosciences created an artificial egg incubator that has successfully hatched 26 chicks. The device uses a 3D-printed shell and a transparent silicone membrane that controls oxygen flow like a real eggshell. The startup aims to revive the extinct giant moa bird from New Zealand, which laid eggs the size of footballs. The artificial egg bypasses the need for a surrogate mother by allowing embryo development outside a natural egg. The membrane avoids oxygen overdose that damaged embryos in previous attempts. After transferring the embryo 36-40 hours post-laying, the team monitors growth closely. Next targets are emus and ostriches before trying moa. 📊@tech