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Drawing inspiration from how ants detect CO to locate food and bees sense temperature changes to maintain their hives, a new wearable system translates invisible signals from natural ecosystems into a sensory experience for humans, offering a novel way to understand and monitor our natural surroundings.The Gaia Communication System (GCS) uses an array of sensors to detect plant health, has bioacoustic sensors to capture communications from creatures and additional sensors monitoring water quality, air composition and soil conditions. This data is converted into vibrations felt through a wearable vest and gloves, accompanied by LED visualizations that provide the wearer with an intuitive, physical understanding of an ecosystem's vitality.As Earth faces its sixth mass extinction, with vertebrate populations declining by 69% since 1970, the GCS represents a new approach to rebuilding people's connection with nature. By allowing users to physically experience environmental transformations, the system could help drive more informed decision-making around ecosystem preservation. While initially conceived as a field research tool for architects, the system is equally applicable in urban planning and environmental policy. Next up: a commercially available version for consumers?
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I really hate vacuuming and put it off as long as possible. But, my budget isn't very robot vacuum friendly, so, alas I have no choice. However, that might change, as our favorite budget robot vacuum for 2025 is currently 48 percent off. Right now, the iRobot Roomba Vac Robot Vacuum (Q0120) is down to $130 from $250 a record-low price. There's a reason iRobot's Roomba Vac robot vacuum is across all our best lists (check it out alongside our top smart home gadgets). It's an easy to use, high-performance robot vacuum that's not going to break the bank. For starters, you can control the entire device with iRobot's very easy to use app. All that's required of you is connecting the Roomba to your home Wi-Fi network. The Roomba Vac robot vacuum also offers features like Clean While I'm Away, cleaning schedules and up to two hours of cleaning on one charge it automatically heads back to its charging station when on low battery. Plus, you can get a Clean Map report to see exactly where it cleaned. Follow @EngadgetDeals on Twitter and subscribe to the Engadget Deals newsletter for the latest tech deals and buying advice.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/deals/our-favorite-budget-roomba-is-half-off-right-now-152501845.html?src=rss
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The tech sectors ongoing effort to force-feed generative AI features into widely used services continues with updates to WhatsApps ChatGPT integration. There are now more ways to interact with the chatbot in the app. To use it there, you have to add 1 (800) CHAT-GPT or 1 (800) 242-8478 to your contacts. WhatsApp says users around the world can now upload images to the chatbot, just like they can when using ChatGPT directly. You can also send a voice message to talk to ChatGPT, which will respond using text. In addition, starting today, WhatsApp users can link to their free, Plus or Pro ChatGPT plan to get more usage out of the service in Metas app. ChatGPT debuted in WhatsApp in December, though text was the only input option at the jump. Metas own AI chatbot is available in the app too. Meanwhile, if youre trying to avoid that stuff as much as possible, its not too late to convince your loved ones to switch to Signal.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/ai/whatsapp-brings-image-and-voice-inputs-to-its-chatgpt-integration-151540677.html?src=rss
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