New 3D printing breakthrough combines soft and hard materials in one object
Scientists at The University of Texas at Austin have developed an exciting new 3D printing method that blends soft and hard materials into one...
Bouncy toy inspires smarter, jumping robots
A classic children’s toy—the popping dome that flips inside out and launches into the air—has sparked a big leap forward in the world of...
Fake or real? New research shows AI watermarks can be easily tricked
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to generate images that are nearly impossible to tell apart from real photos, digital watermarks have been proposed as...
No cloud? No problem. AI now runs on tiny devices
Artificial intelligence (AI) usually requires a lot of computing power and energy, which can be a problem for small devices like sensors used in...
Storing your selfies in DNA? Scientists say it’s closer than you think
In the future, your photos might not live on your phone or in the cloud—but inside strands of DNA.
While that might sound like science...
Say goodbye to Wi-Fi? Light-based internet just got a major upgrade
Imagine downloading movies or sending files not through traditional Wi-Fi, but through light—faster, more secure, and without interference.
This is the promise of Li-Fi, or...
Mattel and OpenAI have partnered up. Here’s why parents should be concerned about AI...
Mattel may seem like an unchanging, old-school brand.
Most of us are familiar with it—be it through Barbie, Fisher-Price, Thomas & Friends, Uno, Masters of...
Diamonds light the way for the future of quantum technology
Scientists in the UK have made a major breakthrough that could help unlock the full potential of quantum technologies.
Researchers from the Universities of Oxford,...
Smarter eyes for machines: New silicon tech speeds up computer vision
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed a breakthrough in computer vision technology by creating new hardware that acts more like the...
Meet iRonCub3: The first jet-powered flying humanoid robot takes off
Scientists at the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) have achieved something remarkable — they’ve successfully flown a humanoid robot using jet engines and artificial...