passes 🍓 test

several hundred thousand or you can send out per sample to a private lab

Drawing on my background in running labs, the guide covers the entire process - from sequencing samples to synthesizing RNA, using open-source software and benchtop lab equipment. My goal is to spark interest to find cures.
Note: This is for educational purposes only and is not for medical use.

Inspired by the man who built a personalized cancer vaccine for his dog, I’ve written an open-source guide to DIY mRNA vaccine production:
philfung.github.io/openvaxx

full MIT course open-sourced on flow matching and diffusion
(basically how modern video generators + protein generators + robotics work)
diffusion.csail.mit.edu/2026/index.h...

i made it easy to click on folders/files in my terminal and found it useful.

in case you want to do this, instructions here:
github.com/philfung/cli...

LIES

Even the Companies Making Humanoid Robots Think They’re Overhyped Despite billions of dollars in investment, startups say their androids can only perform simple tasks.

www.wsj.com/tech/ai/huma...

cute little guy I saw at a conference.
They will launch Kickstarter this January.

www.hightorquerobotics.com

GitHub - philfung/awesome-reliable-robotics: Robotics research demonstrating reliability and robustness in the real world (continuously updated) Robotics research demonstrating reliability and robustness in the real world (continuously updated) - philfung/awesome-reliable-robotics

Also, a list of my favorite robotics papers:

github.com/philfung/awe...

I’ve started using NotebookLM to turn my favorite robotics papers into infographics. It’s an efficient way to digest info, much like scanning a conference poster.

Here are a few of my favorites I've made:

Comparing 3d-printed gears: cycloidal v belt drive v planetary
Tldr
1. use belts
2. greasing / lube makes big difference

youtu.be/9CDH4NMT_Pc?...

HUGE: Google Colab can now run inside VS Code.
Which means you can:
- run ML/training jobs on (~free) Google Cloud TPU straight from VSCode
- use your favorite AI coding tools (Cursor, Cline etc) with your Colab notebook.
Just install new extension from Google - I tried it and it works.

Oh we are cooked aren't we

Meta Ray-Ban Display + Neural Band available starting today, $799

robots which can adapt even when some limbs/motors fail.
skild.ai

Grout is a complete scam. If your shower didn't have tiny tiles, then there would be no shower cleaners, no sealants, no chalking, no mildew. Entire sections in Home Depot gone, all co's run by Big Grout.

moonwalking policy trained w/ reinforcement learning

DRCD lab, Korea dynamicrobot.kaist.ac.kr

Meta Ray-Ban Display: AI Glasses With an EMG Wristband Today at Connect, Mark Zuckerberg unveiled the next evolution in AI glasses: Meta Ray-Ban Display and Meta Neural Band.

Ray Bans w/ beautiful display controlled by moving fingers. $799 — avail Sept 30th. Welcome to the future

about.fb.com/news/2025/09...

Penpot is like Figma but free (to generous limits) OR self-hosted.
I've used it for ~2 days and its quite good.
penpot.app

High schoolers wear the same gigantic jeans that I wore in high school. Grateful but also a bit sad to have lived a full fashion cycle.

A very mistaken list of the last 12 presidents of the United States and their years in office produced by the Ph.D level scholar known as ChatGPT-5. Includes John F. Katwady, president 1991-1968; George W. bush, president 220Z-1999), and Bill Christen, president 1999-2001

I've seen this on Bluesky and had to try it myself. The image below was the response to the prompt: "Show me a diagram of the US presidents since Herbert Hoover, with their names and years in office under their photos" Bravo, OpenAI, bravo.

AI Coding Tool Cline Has Raised $27 Million To Help Developers Control Their AI Spend Software developers are often frustrated by obscure pricing plans for the AI coding tools they use. With $27 million in new funding, Cline is developing tools to help them manage their AI bills.

Big congrats to @cline.bot on their $32M Series A raise! 2.7M devs strong and a great open-source product that doesn't degrade inference for their bottom line.

www.forbes.com/sites/rashis...

Director / VP dynamic

GitHub - philfung/awesome-reliable-robotics: Collection of robotics research papers demonstrating reliability and robustness in the real world. Collection of robotics research papers demonstrating reliability and robustness in the real world. - philfung/awesome-reliable-robotics

I'm obsessed w/ robots that can do real-world tasks reliably (vs general intelligence), and created this repo to track papers that have progressed here.

github.com/philfung/awe...

Please feel free to PR with your research!

Committed "one-piece" uvc camera mount, updated for SO-101 arm.
Simply unscrew the jaw & replace.

GitHub: github.com/TheRobotStud...

Thanks to LeRobot team for reviewing!

The new LeRobot arm calibration for SO-101 is so sick - just wiggle the joints. ∞ times better than SO-100. Props to team for innovative solution.

did you make a rotating joint or is this static?