📋 Log for 2026-04-10

😄 Joke of the Day

Why did the belt go to prison? He held up a pair of pants!

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Latest OpenRouter Models

Qwen: Qwen3.7 Max (qwen/qwen3.7-max)

Qwen3.7-Max is the flagship model in Alibaba's Qwen3.7 series. It supports text input and output and is designed for agent-centric workloads, with particular strengths in coding, office and productivity tasks,...

Published: 21/05/2026

https://openrouter.ai/qwen/qwen3.7-max


xAI: Grok Build 0.1 (x-ai/grok-build-0.1)

Grok Build 0.1 is xAI’s fast coding model trained specifically for agentic software engineering workflows. It supports text and image inputs with text output, and is optimized for interactive coding...

Published: 20/05/2026

https://openrouter.ai/x-ai/grok-build-0.1


Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash (google/gemini-3.5-flash)

Gemini 3.5 Flash is Google's high-efficiency multimodal model, bringing near-Pro level coding and reasoning at Flash-tier cost and speed. It is highly optimized for coding proficiency and parallel agentic execution...

Published: 19/05/2026

https://openrouter.ai/google/gemini-3.5-flash


Free Models Catalog

Model Capabilities Publication Date
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super (free) N/A 11/03/2026
MiniMax: MiniMax M2.5 (free) N/A 12/02/2026
Free Models Router N/A 01/02/2026
StepFun: Step 3.5 Flash (free) N/A 29/01/2026
Arcee AI: Trinity Large Preview (free) N/A 27/01/2026
LiquidAI: LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking (free) N/A 20/01/2026
LiquidAI: LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct (free) N/A 20/01/2026
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (free) N/A 14/12/2025
Arcee AI: Trinity Mini (free) N/A 01/12/2025

Robot Technology

🤖 Ultrasonic wristband used to track hand movements like never before

Despite decades of technological progress, robots still can’t move as smoothly as humans – they drop objects, and struggle to pick them up properly. Scientists have been trying to teach robots to move with the same precision as humans, but hand movement is more complex than it might seem at first glance. Even a simple action, like holding and scrolling your phone, uses dozens of small muscles, joints, and over 100 tendons and ligaments working together. Continue Reading Category: Robotics , Engi...

Source: newatlas.com • Published: Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:48:11 GMT

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🤖 Robot Talk Episode 151 – Robots to study the ocean, with Simona Aracri

Claire chatted to Simona Aracri from National Research Council of Italy about innovative robot designs for oceanography and environmental monitoring. Simona Aracri is a researcher in the Institute of Marine Engineering at the National Research Council of Italy. Previously, she was a Post Doctoral Research Associate at the University of Edinburgh, working on the award […]

Source: robohub.org • Published: Fri, 10 Apr 2026 12:16:36 +0000

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🤖 Speak! Robot guide dogs converse with their owners

Since the early 1900s, dogs have helped people who are blind or have low vision to navigate their world. Now, in a very 21st century twist, seeing-eye dogs have gone robotic and added a skill that not even the most well-trained canine could pull off: conversation. Continue Reading Category: Robotics , Engineering Tags: Unitree , Dogs , Binghamton University , Blindness

Source: newatlas.com • Published: Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:33:00 GMT

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Good News

Scientists Track Where Butternut Trees Have Resisted Deadly Disease – So Reforesting Efforts Can Thrive

The butternut tree, (Juglans cinerea) a close relative of black walnut prized for its pale wood and wildlife value, is on the brink of disappearing from North American forests. But a new study from Virginia Tech offers hope that the species could regain its foothold with help from modern data science. By mapping climate and […] The post Scientists Track Where Butternut Trees Have Resisted Deadly Disease – So Reforesting Efforts Can Thrive appeared first on Good News Network .

Published: Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:30:18 +0000

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Coalition Pushed for Cycling Lanes and Better Buses and Got Them, Transforming Manila in the Process

For decades, 98% of transportation-related funding and infrastructure went to the 6% of people in the Philippines who own cars. Now after years of research, advocacy, and lobbying, a national coalition has led a transformation in public transit and civic planning on behalf of cyclists, pedestrians, and non-car commuters, and has attracted international attention and […] The post Coalition Pushed for Cycling Lanes and Better Buses and Got Them, Transforming Manila in the Process appeared fi...

Published: Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:30:28 +0000

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Artifacts from 2,000-yo Shipwreck at Bottom of Swiss Lake Include Roman Chariot Pieces (LOOK)

In November 2024, an exceptional shipwreck was discovered at the bottom of Lake Neuchâtel, Switzerland. It contained an exquisitely preserved cachet of pottery, weapons, tools, and components for horse-drawn transport that date back 2,000 years. Archaeologists believe it was a civilian merchant ship crossing the lake on a supply mission to a Roman legionary camp […] The post Artifacts from 2,000-yo Shipwreck at Bottom of Swiss Lake Include Roman Chariot Pieces (LOOK) appeared first on Good...

Published: Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:00:49 +0000

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In Memorium: First American to Climb Everest Dies at 97 After a Lifetime of Climbing with His Brother

America doffs its hat to one of its greatest modern outdoorsmen: the first among our countrymen to conquer the two highest peaks in the world: Mount Everest in 1963, and K2 in 1978. Jim Whittaker was born in Washington state on February 10th, 1929. His identical twin brother Lou was born on the same day. […] The post In Memorium: First American to Climb Everest Dies at 97 After a Lifetime of Climbing with His Brother appeared first on Good News Network .

Published: Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:00:24 +0000

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Good News in History, April 10

59 years ago today, Marvin Gaye finished recording “I Heard It Through the Grapevine,” one of the hottest singles in Motown history, for his then upcoming album In the Groove. Written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong for Gaye, Motown executive Barry Gordy declined to release it at the time. Whitfield and Strong then recorded […] The post Good News in History, April 10 appeared first on Good News Network .

Published: Fri, 10 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0000

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