NASA’s Gateway project takes a major leap as the HALO module, a future home for Artemis astronauts, arrives in Arizona for final outfitting. With life support, command systems, and thermal controls being installed, HALO is preparing to serve as a critical link for lunar exploration. Excitement ma
New research led by Imperial College London and co-authored by the University of Bristol, has revealed that aerial robotics could provide wide-ranging benefits to the safety, sustainability and scale of construction.
The research examines the emerging field of using drones for mid-air material deposition in the construction industry —a process known as Aerial Additive Manufacturing (Aerial AM).
This technology addresses pressing global housing and infrastructure challenges using aerial robots equipped with advanced manipulators that can overcome the limitations of traditional construction methods and ground-based robotic systems.
A new AI robot called π-0.5 uses 100 decentralized brains, known as π-nodes, to control its body with lightning-fast reflexes and smart, local decision-making. Instead of relying on a central processor or internet connection, each part of the robot—like fingers, joints, and muscles—can sense, think, and act independently in real time. Powered by a powerful vision-language-action model and trained on massive, diverse data, this smart muscle system allows the robot to understand and complete real-world tasks in homes, even ones it has never seen before.
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🔍 What’s Inside:
• A groundbreaking AI robot called π‑0.5 powered by 100 decentralized “π-nodes” embedded across its body.
• Each node acts as a mini-brain, sensing, deciding, and adjusting without needing Wi-Fi or a central processor.
• A powerful vision-language-action model lets the robot understand messy homes and complete complex tasks without pre-mapping.
🎥 What You’ll See:
• How π‑0.5 combines local reflexes with high-level planning to react in real time.
• The unique training process using over 400 hours of diverse, real-world data from homes, mobile robots, and human coaching.
• Real-world tests where the robot cleans, organizes, and adapts to brand-new spaces with near-human fluency.
📊 Why It Matters:
What if humanity’s future isn’t on Earth—or even other planets—but in colossal artificial worlds built in space? In this episode, we explore the O’Neill Cylinder, a visionary space habitat that could house millions, serve as interstellar arks, and transform the cosmos into a network of orbital civilizations. Join us as we dive into the design, potential, and profound societal implications of these Islands in the Sky.
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Edited by: Briana Brownell.
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Addressing the challenges of fragrance design, researchers at the Institute of Science Tokyo (Science Tokyo) have developed an AI model that can automate the creation of new fragrances based on user-defined scent descriptors. The model uses mass spectrometry profiles of essential oils and corresponding odor descriptors to generate essential oil blends for new scents.
This advance could be a game-changer for the fragrance industry, moving beyond trial-and-error to enable rapid and scalable fragrance production. The findings are published in IEEE Access.
Designing new fragrances is crucial in industries like perfumery, food, and home products, where scent significantly influences the overall experience of these products. However, traditional fragrance creation can be time-consuming and often depends on the skill and expertise of specialized perfumers. The process is typically challenging and labor-intensive, requiring numerous trial-and-error attempts to achieve the desired scent.
And its already removed over 84,000 kg of ocean trash.
The Ocean Cleanup, a non-profit environmental organization, has embarked on a groundbreaking mission to eliminate 90% of floating ocean plastic by 2040.
Through innovative technology and a two-pronged approach—removing plastic already polluting the oceans and intercepting new waste in rivers—the project is making real progress.
Their ocean cleanup systems, including the latest System 3, are actively harvesting waste from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, while river-based Interceptors are stopping plastic at the source in high-impact areas like Southeast Asia and the Caribbean.
With over 84,000 kilograms of plastic removed and more than 2,700 square kilometers of ocean cleaned as of mid-2022, The Ocean Cleanup has already made significant strides. Backed by scientific research, partnerships with companies like Coca-Cola and Maersk, and global support, the organization is scaling up its efforts. Targeting the world’s 1,000 most polluting rivers, The Ocean Cleanup aligns closely with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 14—conserving marine life. Through technology, collaboration, and determination, they’re turning the tide on ocean pollution.
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If this scenario plays out, “the world as we know it would collapse like a house of cards,” says one theoretical physicist.
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If you go walking in the wild, you might expect that what you’re seeing is natural. All around you are trees, shrubs and grasses growing in their natural habitat.
But there’s something here that doesn’t add up. Across the world, there are large areas of habitat which would suit native plant species just fine. But very often, they’re simply absent.
Our new research gauges the scale of this problem, known as “dark diversity”. Our international team of 200 scientists examined plant species in thousands of sites worldwide.
