Engineering
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World’s Smallest Autonomous Programmable Robots Created by Penn & Michigan Engineers
Read more: World’s Smallest Autonomous Programmable Robots Created by Penn & Michigan EngineersEngineers have built the smallest fully autonomous robots yet, capable of sensing, computing, and acting on their own at microscopic scales, with potential applications in medicine and manufacturing.
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Light-Powered Photonic AI Chip Claims 100x Speed Over NVIDIA GPUs
Read more: Light-Powered Photonic AI Chip Claims 100x Speed Over NVIDIA GPUsPhotonic chip uses light interference for 100x faster neural compute than GPUs with massive energy savings.
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Tiny Chip Breakthrough Enables Scalable Quantum Computing
Read more: Tiny Chip Breakthrough Enables Scalable Quantum ComputingTiny chip revolutionizes laser control for million-qubit quantum systems.
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Imec Achieves Breakthrough: 120-Layer Si/SiGe Stacking on 300mm Wafers for 3D DRAM and AI Memory
Read more: Imec Achieves Breakthrough: 120-Layer Si/SiGe Stacking on 300mm Wafers for 3D DRAM and AI MemoryImec stacks 120 Si/SiGe layers on 300mm wafers, enabling production-scale 3D DRAM for AI compute density.
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The Text-to-Object Robot: MIT’s Physical Generative AI
Read more: The Text-to-Object Robot: MIT’s Physical Generative AIThe researchers say their robot can also anticipate the intended use of the final object during construction, improving accuracy and reducing manufacturing errors.
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AI Designs Real-World Biology Experiments in Laboratory Tests
Read more: AI Designs Real-World Biology Experiments in Laboratory TestsGPT-5 has demonstrated the ability to improve real laboratory experiments, marking a shift from AI as an analytical tool to AI as an active research collaborator.
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The Loneliness Solution: Companion Robots Enter the Home in 2026
Read more: The Loneliness Solution: Companion Robots Enter the Home in 2026In the coming year, companion robots will help address the loneliness epidemic, marking a transition into a new era of AI in the human loop.
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2025’s Tech Breakthroughs (15 New Tech You Need to See Now!)
Read more: 2025’s Tech Breakthroughs (15 New Tech You Need to See Now!)What if 2025 is the year technology takes its biggest leap forward yet? We reveal 15 groundbreaking technologies—from hyper-realistic humanoid robots to quantum-enhanced chips—that are already redefining how we live.
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The Cell-to-Body Revolution: Volvo’s Structural Battery SUV
Read more: The Cell-to-Body Revolution: Volvo’s Structural Battery SUVThe Volvo EX60 will feature battery cells integrated with its body structure instead of being stacked into battery modules… This ‘cell-to-body’ technology saves weight, reduces cost, and reinforces the structure.
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The Rise of “Physics-Native” Computing: Hardware That Mimics Reality
Read more: The Rise of “Physics-Native” Computing: Hardware That Mimics RealityPhysics-native computing—hardware that solves equations by mimicking the physics being modeled—will emerge as a recognized category alongside CPUs and GPUs in 2026.