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Across China: Xinjiang teenager shifts from sheep grazing to robot racing in just two years..​


Rozimemet Turghun has made an incredible journey in just two years, transforming from a sheepherder on pastures to a robotics enthusiast competing on the national vocational skills stage.

Representing his hometown team from Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, the 18-year-old man stood among more than 4,000 contestants at the second Vocational Skills Competition, which closed Tuesday in North China's Tianjin municipality.

Although he didn't secure a medal in the mobile robotics category at the contest, his enthusiasm remained unwavering.

"While there's still some ground to cover when compared to the top-notch participants, I pushed through and successfully completed the entire event, leaving me feeling thrilled," Rozimemet Turghun said.

Born in Aktokay village, Xinjiang's Aksu prefecture, Rozimemet Turghun didn't leave his rural upbringing until he entered Aksu Technical College two years ago.

"My parents made a living from herding, and I used to accompany them to the mountains to tend to the sheep," he said, adding that he couldn't have imagined leaving his remote village and leading a life different from his parents at that time.

During his leisure hours, Rozimemet Turghun developed a penchant for tinkering with household electronics. Even without formal instruction, he could methodically troubleshoot and repair electronic devices like lamps and radios.

After completing middle school, he enrolled in Aksu Technical College.

The turnaround came in March 2022 when Zhao Pengfei, vice dean of the electrical and mechanical engineering department, started assembling a team for a skills competition.

Rozimemet Turghun's remarkable hands-on skills caught the eye of Zhao during the selection process. He was handpicked to join the team, focusing on technologies related to industrial robot applications.

"I initially thought that a middle school graduate might struggle to grasp the knowledge needed for the competition. However, Rozimemet Turghun quickly understood the content explained by teachers and could put it into practice," Zhao said.

"His most valuable trait is his tenacity," Zhao added.

The competition involved programming industrial robots, a formidable challenge for someone with little experience with computers. Undaunted, Rozimemet Turghun acquired the essential skills, memorized the position of each component, and practiced each assembly step, day and night.

In April, Rozimemet Turghun, alongside his teammate Peng Ruixue, took their inaugural steps onto the competition field. They clinched the first-place position in the mobile robotics category at a prefectural vocational skills competition.

A month later, they secured a bronze medal during the Xinjiang tryout for the second Vocational Skills Competition. He astonished everyone by completing the disassembly and assembly of a mobile robot in just 2 hours and 12 minutes -- an achievement beyond his wildest dreams just two months ago.

China has long put vocational education high on its policy agenda. According to the education ministry, secondary and higher vocational schools in China produce approximately 10 million graduates annually. This consistent supply of skilled workforce has helped staff up production lines and outlets nationwide.

"With the advancement of technology and upgrades in manufacturing equipment, the complexity of electrical devices is increasing, and the precision required for installation and debugging is also higher," Zhao said. "Skilled talents are in greater demand than ever."

Zhao aspires to introduce cutting-edge technologies in the competition to remote classrooms and benefit more students in Xinjiang.

As the countdown reached zero on the day of the competition in Tianjin, Rozimemet Turghun couldn't tear his eyes away from the robots on the field. He lingered, reluctant to leave the grounds.

For him, each competition has not only honed his skills but has also shaped his future. "When I herded sheep as a child, I never thought about the future. Now I hope to refine my skills and step onto even broader stages."

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Gaze upon the savagery of this cultural genocide.
 

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The second batch of pre-research projects for Shenzhen Free Electron Laser Facility was officially launched!​

Recently, Academician Yang Xueming, deputy director of the Shenzhen Integrated Particle Facility Research Institute and general manager of the Free Electron Laser Engineering Management Department, presided over the launch meeting of the second batch of pre-research projects of the free electron laser device. The leaders of each pre-research project, main members of the project team and research Relevant personnel from the institute’s science and technology, finance, procurement and other functional departments attended the meeting.

This batch of pre-research projects belongs to the core technology research and engineering verification support plan in the field of independent research on major scientific research platforms of the Shenzhen Municipal Development and Reform Commission, aiming to support the scientific research units undertaking the task of building relevant major scientific research platforms in advance to independently research and develop a number of major scientific research platforms. The key technologies, core components, key equipment and application software necessary for the process will be constructed to build overall or sub-system principle prototypes of major scientific research platforms to verify the feasibility, practicality and reliability of key technologies. This batch of plans mainly supports the research and development of key technologies and equipment such as low-temperature superconductivity, room-temperature microwave structures, low-level, undulators, beam lines, general support systems, and experimental stations.

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There are many historical evidences. Giordano Bruno and Trofim Lysenko come to my mind as the most outstanding ones. China also had its own dark times in history of science and technology when politics or the ruler's own will and preference were forced upon scholars and researchers.

The west is wrong at that they wishfully think China as a replica of Soviet Union. The west did not get the fact that China, CPC included, has learned the lessons that politics do not mix well with natural sciences. The even bigger mistake of the west is that they now start politicizing sciences and technologies within their own borders.
The issue that I got is that the West says there is ONLY ONE WAY to do politics, science, technology, business, economy etc. And that is OUR WAY. And anybody that does things differently is often being portrayed as either stupid or evil. That is just wrong and based on the state of the West today it is clear that it is facing monumental challenge’s with no solutions in sight. Because the West has become a place where everyone has an opinion but no one has a solution as people are becoming ever more dogmatic in their personal, political and ideological believes shutting out any voice and opinion that are different from their own. What they do to others abroad they are now doing to themselves at home. And dispite the countless mistakes and disaster’s of the past two decades that the West had. They still believe that they know and are better than others and at this point they are just in denial about their own problems and maybe even demise.
 

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The issue that I got is that the West says there is ONLY ONE WAY to do politics, science, technology, business, economy etc. And that is OUR WAY. And anybody that does things differently is often being portrayed as either stupid or evil. That is just wrong and based on the state of the West today it is clear that it is facing monumental challenge’s with no solutions in sight. Because the West has become a place where everyone has an opinion but no one has a solution as people are becoming ever more dogmatic in their personal, political and ideological believes shutting out any voice and opinion that are different from their own. What they do to others abroad they are now doing to themselves at home. And dispite the countless mistakes and disaster’s of the past two decades that the West had. They still believe that they know and are better than others and at this point they are just in denial about their own problems and maybe even demise.
Yep the west has just been complacent after the cold war. The End of History? So arrogant and ignorant of these people collectively thinking themselves as immortal.

The west love to lecture others about how absolute power corrupts absolutely. They must have forgotten this curse while enjoying the unchallenged position of strength after the death of Soviet Union. Now look at how fast and how thoroughly the west have become corrupted.
 

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Chinese scientists propose strategy for studying brain-inspired cognitive intelligence​


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Chinese scientists have newly proposed a strategy for brain-inspired neural circuit evolution, shedding light on developing spiking neural networks with better biological plausibility and efficiency, according to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).

This study proposes an idea for the research of general brain-inspired cognitive intelligence, said Zeng Yi, a researcher with the Institute of Automation under the CAS and leader of the study team.

Different neural circuits in the brain are involved in the development of different cognitive functions, and the adaptive synergy of the circuits promotes human perception, learning, and decision-making. It is of value to explore the dynamic characteristics of biological neural circuits from a computational perspective and apply them to enhance the capabilities of artificial intelligence systems.

By applying the evolved neural circuits, the researchers construct spiking neural networks for image classification and reinforcement learning tasks. Using the brain-inspired Neural circuit Evolution strategy (NeuEvo) with rich neural circuit types, the evolved spiking neural network greatly enhances capability on perception and reinforcement learning tasks, according to the study.

Combined with on-policy and off-policy deep reinforcement learning algorithms, NeuEvo achieves comparable performance with artificial neural networks, as shown in the study.

The study was recently published in the U.S. journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
 

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A science and engineering team of Huazhong University of Science and Technology completed a whole-unit magnetization of a 20MW wind turbine generator. 20MW is the so far the highest power output of any single wind turbine in the world. This makes the team the first and the only team in the world that can do whole-unit magnetization/demagnetization of permanent magnet generators of the complete mega-watt wind turbine series.

Their inventions allow large permanent magnet generators/motors to be assembled without magnetization. Generators/motors are then magnetized in situ as a whole unit. Comparing to the traiditional approach that requires to magnetize the parts first before assembly, the new approach greatly improves assembly efficiency at the same time reduces risk of accidents.

Their technologies also work for demagnetization of retired generators/motors. Generators/motors can be demagnetized without being taken apart first. It takes only 100 milliseconds, with less than 1% loss of magnets. The old method requires to heat the rotors up to 300 degree celsius for 12 hours. Up to 40% of magnets can be lost at the end.

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我国科研团队实现全球最大功率风力发电机整体充磁​

10月8日,记者从华中科技大学国家脉冲强磁场科学中心获悉,9月29日,该中心工程技术团队成功实现20MW全球最大单机功率风力发电机转子的整体充磁,成为全球唯一能对兆瓦级永磁风力发电机全系列机型整体充退磁的技术团队。目前,该技术已在湘潭电机有限公司和中车永济电机有限公司等多家单位成功应用。

针对以往“先充磁后组装”的制造技术,国家脉冲强磁场科学中心李亮教授团队在国际上首次提出大型永磁电机“无磁装配-整体充磁”方法。该方法在提升永磁电机电气和机械性能的同时,可大幅提高生产效率和生产安全性,降低生产成本。

据了解,永磁风力发电机是风力发电的主力机型,其中,半直驱机型相比传统直驱机型具有转速高、功率大、功率密度高、成本低等优势,但相较于直驱机型,高功率半直驱机型磁极体积和极面曲率更大,充磁难度更高。

为此,李亮教授团队创新性地提出主-辅两级线圈方案及多维加固技术。与过去直驱整体充磁方案相比,虽然半直驱机型磁极面积更大,采用新技术后饱和充磁的线圈能耗、应力水平和温升却更低。

“我们开发的整体充退磁一体化装备,不仅能推动永磁电气装备的高效、高性能制造,同时,对于‘退役’永磁风电机组的绿色再制造也将起到关键作用。”李亮表示,装备实现快速充磁的同时,整体充退磁技术还具备低能耗、快速退磁能力。

国家能源局数据显示,截至今年6月底,我国风电装机总容量将达3.89亿千瓦,在风电装机容量不断增加的同时,早期投运的风电机组也将迎来大规模“退役潮”。因此,该技术在退役永磁风电机组的绿色再制造方面也具有广阔应用前景。

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Since a "CERES-1" rocket carried 5 "XiGuang-1" satellites into orbit on Aug 10, the Xi'an IOPM of CAS has conducted tests of its "all-optical switch systems" on board the satellites. The switches have worked as expected. No error code and packet loss were detected in the tests.

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中国科学院西安光机所星载光交换技术成功在轨验证

8月10日,“西光壹号”系列一箭五星在酒泉卫星发射中心搭乘“谷神星一号”遥七运载火箭发射升空,中国科学院西安光机所自主研发的星载光交换机作为重要载荷之一搭载升空,开展国内首次高速光交换技术的空间验证工作。

近日,好消息传来,载荷顺利开机多项技术验证试验按期正常进行,地面测试结果表明:星载光交换机各项功能正常,高光谱图像信息完整,下传地面解析后达到 “零误码”“零丢包”水平,实现全部既定目标,高速光交换技术在轨试验取得圆满成功。

搭建覆盖全球的空间大容量光网络,是未来实现海量用户信息互联共享的必由之路。星载光交换技术突破传统技术壁垒,在光域直接将光信号进行交换处理,无需“光/电”“电/光”转换,有效解决了电交换处理存在的“电子速率瓶颈”问题,具有网络资源配置智能动态、通信体制与协议透明、组网扩展灵活、功耗低等优势,是太空“高速信息公路网络的立交桥”,是空间海量数据分配、转发等处理的核心技术。此次试验成功,是继2022年5月20日实现星间激光通信技术在轨验证之后,西安光机所高速空间激光通信领域体系化发展取得的又一重要星上应用,再次夯实了我国未来空间大容量光网络建设的核心技术储备和装备支撑。
 

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Boston Scientific’s first plant in China will be located in Shanghai’s Lingang Special Area, local media learned at a signing ceremony today. The US medical device maker did not disclose the investment amount. CEO Michael Mahoney also attended the event.

Many foreign pharma firms are setting up production bases in China and linking arms with Chinese companies to develop innovative medical products and to qualify for the national healthcare bulk-buy program, which allows medical apparatus makers to gain access to the country’s vast medical insurance scheme.

Boston Scientific is also teaming up with Acotec, a wholly foreign-owned enterprise based in Beijing, to collaborate on research and development, manufacturing and commercialization over the next three years, according to the deal signed between the two parties in July.

Medtronic is also building a plant in Lingang with an initial investment of CNY300 million (USD41.1 million), the world’s largest medical device maker said in February last year..

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High end medical devices is next battle ground in Mainland/Globally. stiff competition with domestic firms.
 
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