China’s Hangzhou tests an AI-piloted flying buoy for drowning rescues...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français On Xianghu Lake in Hangzhou, police put an unusual piece of kit through its paces: a buoy that can fly out to a drowning...
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Why glasses cause weird glare on TV screens 📺
Cliquez ici pour lire en français You’ve probably noticed it while watching the evening news: a presenter’s glasses suddenly throw off strange reflections, dark patches, or flickering distortions on screen....
Six dots, 64 combinations: Braille, the code that outsmarted the...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français Braille looks deceptively simple. Behind those six raised dots sits a coding system of remarkable efficiency — one devised nearly 200 years ago that...
Vietnam turns to DNA science to name 7,000 fallen soldiers...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français Vietnam is turning to science to honor its national memory. Dubbed « 500 Days and Nights, » a nationwide genetic data collection campaign officially launched on...
No crew, no problem: this drone-launching robot ship braves rough...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français British maritime autonomy just cleared a major technical hurdle. A robot boat has managed to launch and recover its own drone straight from its...
Suno, ChatGPT and the machine-made music flooding your feed 🎼
Cliquez ici pour lire en français Scroll through your social media feed long enough and you’ll almost certainly encounter it — that eerily polished track with no recognizable name behind...
This robot composts itself after use — and that could...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français This smart device was built to tackle a very concrete challenge: what happens to the technology we build once it’s no longer useful? What...
China deploys humanoid robots to help police manage city traffic...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français During China’s May Day holiday celebrations, police officers received support from humanoid robots deployed across several busy urban areas. The initiative helped improve traffic...
A robot runs a half marathon in 50 minutes: breakthrough...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français On April 19, a humanoid robot made headlines by delivering a spectacular performance during a half marathon. Named Lightning, it completed the race in...
Jeff Bezos wants to protect Earth from asteroids — here’s...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français As concerns about threats from space grow, planetary defense is becoming a serious topic. Tech giants are no longer focused solely on Earth-based innovation....