Long before satellites and sonar, entire cities vanished beneath water—some swallowed by earthquakes, others slowly erased by the sea. For centuries, their remains lay hidden, half-remembered in texts, legends, or local lore.
In recent…
Category: Engineering
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Underwater robots inspired by nature are making progress, but hurdles remain
Underwater robots face many challenges before they can truly master the deep, such as stability in choppy currents. A new paper published in the journal npj Robotics provides a comprehensive update of where the technology stands today, including…
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A pendulum-based system allows energy to be extracted from ocean currents
Converting the vibrations generated by water currents in contact with an object into energy. This is the basis of the new system designed by Francisco Huera, a researcher in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Universitat Rovira i…
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Robotics software maker Skild AI hits $14B valuation
Skild AI, which makes foundation models for robots, seems to have more than tripled its valuation in just seven months.
The startup has raised a $1.4 billion Series C round that values it at more than $14 billion, Bloomberg reported. The round…
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‘Tiniest earthquakes’ could shrink and speed up future smartphones
In the future, advanced smartphones might be powered by a controlled, microscopic earthquake.
Researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder, the University of Arizona, and Sandia National Laboratories have developed a surface acoustic…
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An earthquake on a chip: New tech could make smartphones smaller, faster
A team of engineers has made major strides in generating the tiniest earthquakes imaginable. The team’s device, known as a surface acoustic wave phonon laser, could one day help scientists make more sophisticated versions of chips in cellphones…
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Stretchable OLEDs: Stable Light in Flexible Form
Wearable displays are catching up with phones and smart watches. For decades, engineers have sought OLEDs that can bend, twist, and stretch while maintaining bright and stable light. These displays could be integrated into a new class of…
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Pebble Watch Returns to CES With Open Source Twist
History repeated itself at CES 2026. At this year’s event, Pebble—a popular but short-lived smartwatch pioneer of the 2010s—was on the show floor displaying its latest wearables, much as it had a decade ago. And the person providing that…
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Self-healing composite can make airplane, automobile and spacecraft components last for centuries
Researchers have created a self-healing composite that is tougher than materials currently used in aircraft wings, turbine blades and other applications—and can repair itself more than 1,000 times. The researchers estimate their self-healing…
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Flexxbotics Releases Free Download of Software-Defined Automation for Manufacturing Autonomy
Flexxbotics free download is not a trial or evaluation version. It includes the SDA runtime, Studio, and API with no time limits, capacity restrictions, or disabled capabilities.
Boston, MA – January 14, 2026 – Flexxbotics, the…
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