21+ hour, 28+ min ago   (939+ words) Why can a robot do a backflip but struggle to fold a shirt? The answer is surprisingly complicated. A humanoid robot can run, jump, dance, and even perform a backflip, yet ask it to fold a shirt, pick up a…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (530+ words) The debate over agentic mathematics has reached beyond mathematical proofs. A group of the world’s most decorated mathematicians is warning that the race to make AI solve difficult mathematics could damage the field it aims to advance. Twenty-five Fields Medalists…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (457+ words) Anthropic says it disrupted five cases in which researchers used Claude in ways that could have supported biological weapons development. The company said it could not establish whether the researchers intended to cause harm. It still blocked the activity because…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (229+ words) The new technology is being leveraged to overcome obstacles and facilitate the safe passage of follow-on forces. “A breaching mission can be executed most effectively with truly autonomous vehicles,” said Byron Boots, co-founder and chief executive officer of Overland AI....

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (457+ words) QuProtect has secured tactical networks during a live Army exercise. The US Army has tested a quantum-resistant cybersecurity platform under live battlefield conditions, demonstrating its ability to protect tactical communications from emerging quantum threats. QuSecure’s QuProtect R3 was deployed during Project…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (431+ words) Advanced reactor developers preparing for U.S. military installations now have a new cybersecurity team built around the unusual demands of those projects. OSC Global and InfraShield have launched Janus Cyber, an initiative focused on securing reactors through design, regulatory authorization and…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (326+ words) Canadian startup Sami Robotics is taking its multi-arm harvesting platform, SAMI, from broccoli to romaine lettuce, a crop still cut almost entirely by hand. 18 robotic arms, moving at once, cutting romaine lettuce with nobody in the field. This is SAMI,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (463+ words) Interesting Engineering...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (507+ words) What if a 3D-printed object could reshape itself when its environment changed? Imagine printing an object that does not remain exactly as it came out of the printer. Expose it to heat, water, light, or another trigger, and it could…...

2+ week, 21+ hour ago   (907+ words) Extreme heat does more than make a machine uncomfortable. It can soften metals, damage electronic circuits, break down lubricants, and cause vital components to crack. The challenge is growing as data centers become more powerful and aircraft engines run hotter....