EPFL researchers from the Laboratory of Photonic Materials and Fiber Devices have developed a new technology that can be used to detect…
SOLAR PANEL-LIKE DEVICE GENERATES POWER FROM DARKNESS
A strange new device — think of it as a Bizarro World version of solar panels — is capable of generating electricity…
WATCH THE WORLD’S LARGEST ELECTRIC PLANE TAKE TO THE SKIES
The world’s largest all-electric plane passed a short test flight with flying colors last week. The plane, a Cessna Grand Caravan 208,…
WATCH NASA ASTRONAUTS GIVE ZERO-G TOUR OF SPACEX’S NEW CAPSULE
After becoming the first humans in history to reach orbit in a commercial spacecraft, NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Douglas Hurley took the…
Gogoro Eeyo wants to be the Porsche 911 of ebikes
Gogoro promised something special in ebikes, and the Gogoro Eeyo 1 delivers, aiming to buck the trend in powered cycling with a…
THIS CAFE IS USING A ROBOT BARISTA TO AVOID SPREADING COVID
As South Korea recovers from the deadly coronavirus, businesses are getting creative to ensure their customers are safe. Case in point: a…
WATCH A ROBOT DOG HERD SHEEP ON A NEW ZEALAND FARM
New Zealand-based robotics company Rocos just shared a video of how Boston Dynamics’ dog-like robot Spot could give agriculture workers a hand…
JAPANESE STARTUP WANTS TO REPLACE ASTRONAUTS WITH SPACE ROBOTS
Instead of launching human astronauts up to orbital space stations, a Japanese startup called Gitai wants to send humanoid telepresence robots in their place.…
THE PANDEMIC HAS SERIOUSLY CONFUSED MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEMS
The chaos and uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus pandemic have claimed an unlikely victim: the machine learning systems that are programmed to make…
TESLA LEAK DESCRIBES UPCOMING “MILLION MILE” BATTERY
Tesla will soon announce a “million mile” battery that it says will bring down the cost of electric vehicles to the price…