Only weeks after Figure.ai announced ending its collaboration deal with OpenAI, the Silicon Valley startup has announced Helix – a commercial-ready, AI "hive-mind" humanoid robot that can do almost anything you tell it to.
Category: Robotics, Technology
Tags: Figure, Artificial Intelligence, Robots, Swarm Robotics, Open AI
When someone has been rendered tetraplegic by a spinal cord injury, they may still retain partial use of their wrists. An experimental device has been designed to help such folks lift cumbersome objects, by adding a robotic hand to the back of their dominant hand.
Category: Good Thinking, Lifestyle
Tags: UC Berkeley, Robotic, Hand, Assistive Technologies, Disability
Not many people fancy the idea of spending the night in a sleep clinic with multiple electrodes stuck to their skin. That's why scientists have developed a smart pajama top that assesses sleep disorders while its wearer comfortably slumbers at home.
Category: Medical Devices, Medical Innovations, Body & Mind
Tags: Sleep monitors, University of Cambridge, Graphene, Wearable
If you fancy the idea of a book-style folding phone but don't relish the bulk in your pocket, Oppo might have the answer. Its new flagship foldable is "no thicker than a traditional phone" yet offers the largest display in its class.
Category: Mobile Technology, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Oppo, Foldable, smartphones
Using machine learning, a team of researchers in Canada has created ultrahigh-strength carbon nanolattices, resulting in a material that's as strong as carbon steel, but only as dense as Styrofoam.
Tags: Physics, Nanomaterials, Carbon
Following the launch of a lights-on 4K laser projector at ISE 2025 earlier this month, Optoma has unveiled the first member of its "groundbreaking Photon series." The Photon Go ultra-short-throw projector brings triple-laser tech to budget home cinema.
Category: Home Entertainment, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Optoma, Projectors, HD, Portable, Google TV
A decade after it was first revealed, London's "super sewer" is now finally complete. The £5 billion (US$6.3 billion) project is expected to revolutionize the handling of human waste in the British capital.
Category: Architecture, Lifestyle
Tags: Building and Construction, Infrastructure, London, Pollution, Sewage, Tunnel
Stellantis, which counts Dodge, Jeep, and Chrysler among its portfolio of automobile brands, says its Level 3 automated driving tech is ready to take over the wheel and let you take your eyes off the road safely.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Self-Driving, Autonomous Vehicles, stellantis, Jeep, Chrysler, Adaptive Cruise Control
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a debilitating genetic condition that’s usually fatal by a few years of age. But an intriguing case study might demonstrate a simple new treatment, with a child showing no signs at all two and a half years after birth.
Category: Illnesses and conditions, Body & Mind
Tags: Muscle, Muscular Dystrophy, Genetics, Drug, Drugs, St. Jude Medical, Pregnancy, Spinal, neurons
UK-based Core Power has announced that it plans to mass produce a fleet of floating nuclear power plants (FNPPs) using advanced reactor design and modular shipbuilding to be anchored off the US coast in about 10 years.
Category: Energy, Technology
Young adults who ate a handful of walnuts with breakfast saw a long-lasting improvement in their reaction times and a boost in memory performance hours later, according to a new study. The findings strengthen the claim that walnuts are a brain-enhancing food.
Category: Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & Mind
Tags: Brain activity, Memory, Diet, University of Reading
Water ice is a far more complex substance than we might assume. Scientists have now created an exotic new form of ice in the lab, known as “plastic ice VII.” This strange version could exist naturally on other planets and moons in our solar system.
Category: Science
A new study has shown how individual components of our diet – the protein, carbohydrates, fiber and fats we eat – can improve or worsen sleep quality. The findings suggest that dietary interventions could be used to enhance sleep health.
Category: Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & Mind
Tags: Sleep, Diet, Macronutrients, University of Tsukuba
Last month, Honda expanded the outboard family built around the first-ever production V8 in its storied history of engine building. Now, the company is sliding some of the shinier new technology from those V8 outboard models down the line to V6 and inline-four motors. With outputs ranging between 100 and 250 hp, the updated 2025 outboard lineup now boasts handy new drive-by-wire technologies, new styling, improved durability and boosted efficiency.
Tags: Honda, Outboard Motor, Boats, Boating, Miami International Boat Show
Located in the town of Thandarai, India, Vaazh House (designed by Vy Architecture Studio) merges cultural heritage with contemporary design to create a space that is both functional and deeply connected to its surroundings. The 1,500-square-foot (139-sq-m) residence incorporates a perforated curved wall that acts as a dynamic climatic buffer. Positioned to protect the house from the western sun, this wall allows for a playful interaction with light, while protecting the interior of the home from the intense heat.
Category: Architecture, Lifestyle
Tags: Eco-Friendly, sustainable design, Thermal mass, Home
California's Clone Robotics has just posted a video of its full-body Protoclone humanoid robot, and well … it's a wee bit creepy. The prototype's less disturbing Clone descendants, however, could one day be vacuuming our carpets.
Category: Robotics, Technology
Measuring just 6.6 m (21.7 ft) long, this tiny house offers a well-designed and open interior layout that sleeps two, plus guests, in comfort. It could also be a good fit for budding explorers as it can be outfitted with full off-the-grid functionality.
Category: Tiny Houses, Lifestyle
Tags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, House, Home
If you're thinking of getting an injection for back pain, you might want to think again. A panel of experts has examined the practice, found serious issues with its use – including financial gain – and issued strong recommendations to avoid it.
Category: Chronic Pain, Illnesses and conditions, Body & Mind
Tags: Chronic pain, Back Pain, Spinal, Pain, Nerves
Microsoft says it's made a major breakthrough in quantum computing capabilities with the Majorana 1, its first quantum chip, and the first of its kind to be powered by what are called topological qubits.
Category: Quantum Computing, Science
Asteroid 2024 YR4 has grabbed headlines lately, after NASA calculated a 1-in-32 chance of an impact in 2032 – the highest chance ever for an asteroid of hazardous size. Thankfully, new observations have dropped that probability to almost zero – for Earth, anyway.
Tags: Astronomy, Asteroid, Asteroid Redirect Mission, NASA, ESA
