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A tiny grid is bringing clean power to the live music industry
A new way to stop music festivals from heaving pollution.
F1 racer takes life-size Lego car for a spin
It may be Lego Technic’s best creation yet.
A new VR tool is training eye doctors around the world
The initiative could help tackle the global shortage of doctors training in eye surgery.
‘Living walls’ are transforming London construction sites
A mix of "low tech" and high tech solutions.
A Google AI model is improving climate forecasting
The news comes weeks after a report concluded that the use of AI has increased Google's emissions by 48 percent.
A sand battery in Finland is transforming sustainable heating
From housing to businesses and a municipal swimming pool, this battery is slowly changing the game for Finland's district heating.
Cities might hold the key to sustainable woodworking
When a tree falls in a city, it is heard — and (re)used.
Non-invasive wearables are transforming how we control smart devices
The devices can be controlled with a simple head gesture or by blinking.
Sony’s careful robot is learning how to perform microsurgeries
It's still in development stage, but it's pretty impressive.
Tiny shapeshifting stickers detect post-surgery complications
These dissolvable devices ‘tag’ organs to monitor abnormal activity.
World’s tallest wooden wind turbine promises a cleaner future
Wooden turbines could help eliminate the carbon emissions coming from steel production.
Robots can learn like humans thanks to OpenAI spinoff
Using a vast amount of data, the model can learn through observation.
What if protecting coral reefs means growing them on land?
"It's frankly absurd that our job even exists. We shouldn't live in a world where coral restoration's necessary."
Brick by brick, this autonomous robot is transforming construction
Robots are now also skilled at bricklaying.
CES 2024: Control your Apple devices with the wave of your hand
Touchscreen who?
By Emmett Smith and Teodosia Dobriyanova
St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City gets a digital twin
Architectural preservation is in its 3D mapping era. 💅
The 3D printed buildings we loved in 2023
From space homes to building in war zones, 3D printing pushed the limits this year.
An entire country ran on renewable energy for six days straight
Portugal's plans for the future are even more ambitious.
Tiny wireless wearables now monitor health by capturing sound
The human body generates all sorts of sounds that can give out information about our health.
Iceland’s seismic waves sound awfully eerie. You can listen.
If people in Iceland could hear the seismic activity beneath their feet, it would sound like this.
Greenland’s glaciers are melting twice as fast this century, study shows
Satellite images and newly discovered historic photographs show a dramatic loss of ice over the last century.
How a flying hospital is helping fight preventable blindness
Peek inside the 'classrom in the sky' training eyecare professionals across the world.
NASA may get houses on the moon in our lifetimes
We’re not sure about Mars, but there may soon be life on the moon.
Artificial reefs could offer a new climate solution
As rising ocean temperatures lead to coral bleaching, projects like this can bring a level of resilience to marine life.
