Yale researchers have found a way to make flowing fluids remember previous events by using tiny flexible fibers that change shape under pressure. The discovery could help engineers develop soft robots that process information without traditional electronic controls. The idea turns a well-known technical problem on its head. Most fluid systems respond to the conditions … Read more
The big picture: Apple today unveiled a range of smart home hardware powered by Siri AI and Apple Intelligence at its Welcome Home event in New York City. The products signal the company’s newfound focus on the smart home segment after spending years largely on the fringes of a market dominated by Google, Amazon and … Read more
Researchers in South Korea have developed a semiconductor manufacturing technique that has over 99% success in controlling where individual crystals form in 400 patterned growth regions, potentially helping manufacturers build vertically stacked computer chips. The technique allows researchers to grow a single crystal of molybdenum disulfide (MoS₂), a semiconductor just a few atomic layers thick, … Read more
In short: In a recent interview with Brazilian YouTuber Coelho no Japao, Bill van Zyll – VP and GM of Nintendo Latin America – shared the company’s stance on selling physical games on the Switch 2. Simply put: Nintendo won’t make the same mistake as Sony. When asked about Nintendo’s stance on physical media, Zyll … Read more
A redesigned superconducting magnet storage system at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory is expected to save about $420,000 while increasing storage capacity for equipment needed in a future particle accelerator. The four-tier structure can hold up to 45,000 pounds of magnets in a limited space. It was developed by Robert Desjardins, a … Read more
Make compromises: Epic is now another major software company looking to integrate AI into everything it does. According to internal sources, the real test of fire for this “AI First” approach will be the shooter that Epic is developing together with Disney. If it ever comes out. Epic’s first game under its Disney partnership is … Read more
According to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), more than 99 percent of international data flows over undersea telecommunications cables. These fiber optic lines carry everything from cloud traffic to financial transactions to video calls between continents. Much of this hidden infrastructure depends on a surprisingly specialized industry: manufacturers that build cables designed to operate under … Read more
In short: PC manufacturers have long tried to find the most optimal cooling configurations for their components, shuffling fans, cables, etc. to find the best configurations. One YouTube channel decided to try something different: moving the components themselves. This involved moving the GPU next to the side intake of a case, which resulted in a … Read more
Military systems take years to build, cost a lot and are difficult to replace once deployed. It is characterized by slow procurement cycles, strict restrictions and tough trade-offs between performance, cost and reliability. This category examines how modern militaries actually develop, acquire, and use technology and what this reveals about the conflicts they prepare for. … Read more
A hot potato: AI has helped police forces across the US in recent years, for better and for worse. The latest use of the technology allows law enforcement to enter an interior photo of a home and have the AI determine the location, although there are some limitations. The tool, called Raven, is used by … Read more