Padraig Belton Technology Reporter Getty Images The Apollo mission lunar rovers were lightweight vehicles Going back to the Moon after half a century, and then to Mars, literally means reinventing the wheel. After all, Mars is a long way to come back if you get a flat. “One thing you cannot have is a puncture,”…
ZodiAq, a bacteria-inspired underwater robot Anup Teejo Mathew An underwater robot can delicately propel itself in any direction with its 12 flexible arms, inspired by the flagella of bacteria. Its creators claim it can carry out underwater inspections without endangering humans or wildlife, as propeller-driven robots would. Flagella are tiny, hair-like protrusions found on many…
Elon Musk and US President Donald Trump in the White House Andrew Harnik/Getty Images The US government task force known as the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) claims it has saved $1 million by switching away from storing data on tape. But experts say that the move is difficult to understand, will likely save no…
Could we fight quantum with quantum? Bartlomiej Wroblewski / Alamy A “useless” algorithm that serves as a benchmark for demonstrating the power of quantum computers over ordinary devices could potentially be repurposed as a way to keep data secure from, ironically, quantum computers. Quantum computers have long threatened to crack existing encryption algorithms, which rely…
The Apple Watch’s fitness features have been getting consistently more impressive in recent years, between new running metrics, the recent addition of Training Load, and integrations with third-party apps such as TrainingPeaks. And yet, despite these advanced tools at my fingertips and as someone who tests the best Apple Watches as part of my job,…
The drone autonomously flies towards a smell source using a moth antenna as a sensor Daigo Terutsuki, Shinshu University A drone equipped with an antenna from a male moth can locate the source of a smell more accurately than any electrical sensors. Unfortunately, however, the only smell it can detect is the sex pheromone emitted…
Medical professionals have been using artificial intelligence (AI) to streamline diagnoses for decades, using what are called diagnostic decision support systems (DDSSs). Computer scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), a founding member of the Mass General Brigham healthcare system first developed MGH’s own DDSS called DXplain in 1984, which relies on thousands of disease profiles,…
AMD is aggressively acquiring talent to bridge the Instinct and Blackwell GPU performance gap Brium’s compiler expertise could help AMD accelerate inference without hardware-specific dependencies Untether AI’s team joins AMD, but existing customers are left without product support AMD’s recent moves in the AI sector have centered around strategic acquisitions aimed at strengthening its position…
Researchers gave participants face tattoos that can track when their brain is working too hard. Published May 29 in the Cell Press journal Device, the study introduces a non-permanent wireless forehead e-tattoo that decodes brainwaves to measure mental strain without bulky headgear. This technology may help track the mental workload of workers like air traffic…
