Robotics: The Gripper That Learned to Feel

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.

Today, we're looking at a future where a car can adjust its speed based on how far it can see around the corner.

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…