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Meta announces a partnership with Midjourney, to license the startup's "aesthetic technology" for Meta's future models and products (Alexandr Wang/@alexandr_wang)
https://x.com/alexandr_wang/status/1958983843169673367

Alexandr Wang (@alexandr_wang) on X
1/ Today we’re proud to announce a partnership with @midjourney, to license their aesthetic technology for our future models and products, bringing beauty to billions.

Judge refuses to expunge record of man exonerated for Jan. 6
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/trump-appointed-judge-refuses-to-expunge-record-of-accused-capitol-rioter-who-called-jan-6-a-magical-day-but-was-fully-acquitted-of-charges/

A 21-DOF Humanoid Dexterous Hand with Hybrid SMA-Motor Actuation: CYJ Hand-0
Jin Chai, Xiang Yao, Mengfan Hou, Yanghong Li, Erbao Dong
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.14538

A 21-DOF Humanoid Dexterous Hand with Hybrid SMA-Motor Actuation: CYJ Hand-0
CYJ Hand-0 is a 21-DOF humanoid dexterous hand featuring a hybrid tendon-driven actuation system that combines shape memory alloys (SMAs) and DC motors. The hand employs high-strength fishing line as artificial tendons and uses a fully 3D-printed AlSi10Mg metal frame designed to replicate the skeletal and tendon-muscle structure of the human hand. A linear motor-driven module controls finger flexion, while an SMA-based module enables finger extension and lateral abduction. These modules are int…

Constrained Control Allocation With Continuous-Time Rate Constraints: Three-Dimensional Case
S\"uleyman \"Ozkurt, Adrian Grimm, Walter Fichter
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.15489

Constrained Control Allocation With Continuous-Time Rate Constraints: Three-Dimensional Case
This paper presents a novel quadratic programming (QP) approach for constrained control allocation that directly incorporates continuous-time actuator rate constraints without requiring slack variables. Over-actuated aircraft configurations, particularly prevalent in eVTOL and military applications, require control allocation algorithms to distribute commanded control moments among available actuators while respecting position and rate constraints. Existing methods such as direct allocation, ps…

80s anime aesthetic convinced me we’d all be living in a future where we all wore red headbands.
I look around and what do I see, no headbands. NO HEADBANDS!

Just found the video again of an old experiment from 2009, showcasing the volumetric voxel brush and mesh conversion of my Java geometry libraries. Even though it's very different, but as for the overall aesthetics, this is the first thing I thought of when seeing the White Tower...
https://mastodon.thi.ng…

Russland weitet Einreiseverbote für EU-Vertreter aus
Russland hat die Liste der mit Einreiseverboten belegten EU-Vertreter ausgeweitet und reagiert damit nach eigenen Angaben auf neue Sanktionen der Europäischen Union. Die Liste sei "erheblich verlängert" worden, teilte das Außenministerium in Moskau auf dem Kurznachrichtendienst Telegram mit. Wen die neuen Einreiseverbote betreffen, wird dort nicht…
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Slowakei gab Blockade auf: EU verhängt neue Russland-Sanktionen
Nach wochenlanger Blockade durch die Slowakei haben sich die Mitgliedstaaten geeinigt: Die EU verhängt wegen des russischen Angriffskrieges gegen die Ukraine neue Sanktionen. Die Maßnahmenliste ist umfangreich.

A federal judge on Thursday ordered that no more immigrant detainees be sent to a center in the Florida Everglades,
and that much of the facility be dismantled.
The ruling rebuked the state and federal governments for failing to consider potential environmental harms before building the facility, known as Alligator Alcatraz.
The judge gave both branches of the government 60 days to move out existing detainees
and begin to remove fencing, lighting, power generators and…

Judge Orders ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center in Florida to Shut Down for Now
A judge ruled that the state and federal governments acted illegally by not conducting an environmental review before building the center in the Florida Everglades.

In #Manitoba wüten seit Mai #Waldbrände, die sich im Juli stark ausgeweitet haben.
Über 10.000 Menschen wurden evakuiert, ganze Gemeinden wie Split Lake sind betroffen. Starke #Hitze,

Heterogeneous object manipulation on nonlinear soft surface through linear controller
Pratik Ingle, Kasper St{\o}y, Andres Fai\~na
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.14967

Heterogeneous object manipulation on nonlinear soft surface through linear controller
Manipulation surfaces indirectly control and reposition objects by actively modifying their shape or properties rather than directly gripping objects. These surfaces, equipped with dense actuator arrays, generate dynamic deformations. However, a high-density actuator array introduces considerable complexity due to increased degrees of freedom (DOF), complicating control tasks. High DOF restrict the implementation and utilization of manipulation surfaces in real-world applications as the mainten…