Results for CY2023
We closed CY2023 on a good note. The results, like every year in the past, were better than the index. Quiver, our smallcase strategy, managed to perform the best. Again, that has been the norm in the last couple of years since we launched Quiver.
Note: The performance is taken from smallcase, a third-party independent system. Please note that past performance is NOT an indicator of future performance and it is best to assume that good performance is not likely to be repeated consistently.
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Robots for your housework
Most robots—and especially those doing valuable labor in warehouses or factories—can only follow preprogrammed routines that require technical expertise to plan out. This makes them very precise and reliable but wholly unsuited to handling work that requires adaptation, improvisation, and flexibility—like sweeping or most other chores in the home. Having robots learn to do things for themselves has proven challenging because of the complexity and variability of the physical world and human environments, and the difficulty of obtaining enough training data to teach them to cope with all eventualities.
The sweeping robot I trained uses a machine-learning system called a diffusion policy, similar to the ones that power some AI image generators, to come up with the right action to take next in a fraction of a second, based on the many possibilities and multiple sources of data. The technique was developed by Toyota in collaboration with researchers at Columbia University.
Toyota is trying to combine that approach with the kind of language models that underpin ChatGPT and its rivals. The goal is to make it possible to have robots learn how to perform tasks by watching videos, potentially turning resources like YouTube into powerful robot training resources.
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Batteries of the future
A Chinese startup has unveiled a new battery that it claims can generate electricity for 50 years without the need for charging or maintenance.
Beijing-based Betavolt said its nuclear battery is the first in the world to realise the miniaturisation of atomic energy, placing 63 nuclear isotopes into a module smaller than a coin.
The company said the next-generation battery had already entered the pilot testing stage and will eventually be mass-produced for commercial applications like phones and drones.
Atomic energy batteries are environmentally friendly. After the decay period, the 63 isotopes turn into a stable isotope of copper, which is non-radioactive and does not pose any threat or pollution to the environment.
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And another fast charging battery
Harvard-backed start-up Adden Energy has developed a battery for EV cars capable of fully charging in three minutes and has a lifespan of about 20 years which is more than twice that of current EV batteries.
The new battery is made of lithium metal, rather than lithium-ion found in EV cars. During the research, the battery prototype achieved charge rates as fast as three minutes with over 10,000 cycles in a lifetime.
The benefits of lithium-metal batteries hold substantially more energy in the same volume and charge. The new EV battery has a high energy density and a level of material stability that overcomes the safety challenges some other lithium batteries face.
Thought of the Week
“The way to win is to work, work, work, work and hope to have a few insights…. And you’re probably not going to be smart enough to find thousands in a lifetime. And when you get a few, you really load up. It’s just that simple.”
~Charlie Munger
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