Robotics: The Gripper That Learned to Feel

Today we're looking at a future where a desert weed could be the new source of your drinking water.

Today, we're looking at a future where the number that decides whether a forest closes comes from a machine that has studied every wildfire on Earth.

Spent coffee grounds are almost pure carbon once dried, which is exactly what sits inside the lithium-ion anode in your phone. Researchers at Chungnam National University and KAIST skipped the furnace entirely and carbonised coffee waste with a femtosecond laser instead. One dial on the machine dec…