1X Technologies wants to sell humanoid robots into homes starting next year.
But how do you make a humanoid safe enough to interact with humans?
I went to
@1x_tech
to meet some robots, chat with
@ericjang11
, and find out.
tl;dw:
1X's strategy is precisely the opposite of
The first season of First Principles starts tomorrow.
And the lineup is STACKED:
→ electric-adaptive jet engines
→ atmospheric hydrocarbon synthesis
→ weather modification drones
→ space launch guns
→ underground hyperlogistics drones
→ light-powered
Is it possible to launch 1 kg into orbit for $10?
Nato Saichek (
@natosaichek
) thinks so — but only if we go beyond rockets, and build guns that shoot payloads into orbit.
Let's dive deep, with Longshot Space:
.
@DanielleFong
is building a light-powered engine.
It converts fuel → heat → light → electricity, giving it the energy density of a hydrocarbon-powered engine and the mobility of a battery.
Basically, its a portable Dyson Sphere.
Here's how it works:
Vulcanized rubber (1839), gunpowder (850), and bronze (3500 BC) were accidentally discovered.
But if Deep Prasad (
@Deepneuron
) builds an AI system that understands physics, we may be able to transcend trial and error.
Here's how he's building the future of materials science:
Hydrogen is ~75% of the universe's mass and 3x more energy-dense per kg than gasoline.
But it's also tiny, low density by volume, and highly flammable with invisible flames.
That promise — and that challenge — are why
@pickupsimon
is dedicating his career to Element
#1
.
César Rodríguez Rosario (
@cesarquantum
) is one of the best science communicators I've ever met.
He taught me the first principles of quantum computing — from quantum gates to the no-cloning theorem, and much more.
Check out our conversation here:
In
@bryan_johnson
's mind, there are five tiers of human ambition:
1. start a company
2. start a country
3. start a religion
4. don't die
5. become God
Bryan is working on Level 4. Here are the first principles of the "Don't Die" movement:
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