Engineering

• A few months back, Sandia National Laboratoriesannounced they had acquired a new supercomputer. • It wasn’t the biggest, but it still offered in their eyes something unique. • Th

• New method converts old phones and paper industry waste into green battery tech Scientists have created a sustainable, cost-effective, and highly efficient solution that promotes

• Multi-material models replicate bone and soft tissue behavior and can be customized using CBCT data for case-based training. • Stratasys announced a dental anatomical model prese

• Anchoring US dominance: 7 critical technologies that give America an edge over China The sectors defining America’s technological dominance over. • The intense tech battle betwee

• Work includes tested integrations, UI workflow updates, and ongoing support to reduce manual handoffs and improve traceability across distributed teams. • OpenBOM is continuing i

• Membership brings exchange and training; IPAI has been in Heilbronn’s Zukunftspark since 2024 and broke ground on a campus Oct 2025. • As a new member of the IPAI innovation plat

• Meta to deploy Grace and Vera CPUs, Blackwell and Rubin GPUs, Spectrum-X networking and confidential computing for WhatsApp. • NVIDIA announced a multiyear, multigenerational str

• World’s largest steam heat pump begins operations, targets 19,000-ton annual CO2 cut System uses CO₂-free power and waste heat to replace fossil steam, cutting about 19,000 tons

• Swiss nanodevice turns saltwater evaporation into electricity using heat and light The hydrovoltaic device achieves five times higher energy output by controlling ions and electr

• UV-DTFA print sheets and UV-DTFB transfer film target VersaOBJECT MO/CO-i and VersaSTUDIO BD printers, sold via dealers and online. • Leading wide-format digital imaging provider

• Rockwell Automation, Inc. • announced its collaboration with DLG Group, one of northern Europe’s leading manufacturers of agricultural feedstocks and agri-products, targeting red

• Assessment by the UK Defence Infrastructure Organization confirms compliance for handling Official-sensitive project data. • Reviztois proud to announce it has officially achieve

• Botched Boeing Starliner flight that left astronauts stranded classified as top mishap This designation places the mission on the same official level of seriousness as the fatal

• A modern computercanbe a great productivity tool. • It can also be a great source of distractions. • To solve that issue, [Quackieduckie] built the e-typer-a device for writing w

• Record-breaking microscopic QR code battle built to store our future Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Flipboard Email For those of us who weren’t paying attention, over the last

• High-performance sodium-ion batteries could be made with Japan’s phosphorus addition work Sodium-ion batteries can operate on the same principle as lithium-ion batteries. • Resea

• As anyone who’s made a thing knows, a lot of work goes into bringing something from idea to completion. • But there’s also considerable satisfaction in the process. • [Willian] r

• Watch: Fury platform brings agentic AI to battlefield drones Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Flipboard Email Watch as a team of drones destroys their target in a demonstration o

• Donald Trump orders release of classified information on extraterrestrial life, UFOs Trump suggests declassifying alien records after criticizing Obama’s remarks on extraterrestr

• World’s largest solar-plus-storage site with 3.5 GW capacity confirms safe grid connection The development builds on MTerra Solar’s continued progress for its Phase 1. • The worl

• Ducati just built a super exclusive, super gorgeous café racer Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Flipboard Email Who had a Ducati café racer on their 2026 wishlist? • The Italian

• It’s becoming somewhat of a theme that machine-generated content - whether it’s code, text or graphics - keeps pushing people to their limits, mostly by how such ‘AI slop’ is gen

• First-of-its-kind nanocellulose filters rare earth metals, reduces toxic waste Modified cellulose isolates dysprosium from rare earth mixtures, offering greener recovery method.

• Austria opens advanced rail lab focused on real-world steel fatigue and brake vibration Researchers will use advanced brake and roller test rigs to simulate real operating condit

• With the ESP32-P4 not having any wireless functionality and instead focusing on being a small SoC, it makes sense to combine it with a second chip that handles features like WiFi

• Dry electrode breakthrough boosts EV battery life and power, cuts toxic waste New dry electrode design boosts conductivity and high-voltage stability in lithium-ion batteries. •

• Smart steel repairs bridge cracks and boosts strength 2× when heated at 392°F The method uses fiber-optic sensors and digital imaging to track structural changes. • Swiss scienti

• Impossibly curvaceous egg camper drops price and weight Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Flipboard Email The most egg-shaped of all the egg campers, the British-developed Barefoo

• The curviest egg camper out there now comes at a cheaper price Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Flipboard Email The most egg-shaped of all the egg campers, the British-developed

• US Air Force aims to enhance aircraft safety with improved data management The US Air Force will utilize a new data management method to enhance aircraft safety and reduce mainte

• AI simulation accelerates materials innovation. • Integrates with existing design workflows. • Reduces time‑to‑market for new materials. • Enhances predictive accuracy for perfor

• New Gemini 3.1 Pro crushes previous benchmarks, outperforms GPT 5.2 reasoning The latest Gemini update sharpens coding support and nearly doubles performance in agentic workflow

• When you’re livestreaming, it can be tempting to fire off all kinds of wacky sound effects like you’re a morning radio DJ back in the heady days of 1995. • If that’s who you want

• Nimble whitewater stand-up paddle board is made to sink Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Flipboard Email Although whitewater stand-up paddle boards do indeed exist, they’re (unde

• Nimble whitewater stand-up paddle board is made to take a dive Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Flipboard Email Although whitewater stand-up paddle boards do indeed exist, they’r

• IMDEA and UPM create deformable woven nitinol metamaterials. • Hybrid combines metal strength with textile flexibility. • Uses 3D printing to build complex geometries. • Potentia

• Simple button‑reading logic fails with switch bounce. • Bounce causes misread inputs and errors. • Discusses hardware debounce techniques. • Software solutions for reliable input

• As common as the Xbox 360 was, the development kits (XDKs) for these consoles are significantly less so. • This makes it even more tragic when someone performs a botched surgery

• Fossil discovery reveals specialized fish-eating adaptations in new dinosaur species The most arresting feature of this new species is its ‘scimitar-shaped’ crest. • A team of 20

• Agentic AI drives design engineering innovation. • Higher data speeds enable new applications. • Thermal management remains critical for chip design. • Interconnects face challen

• We are going to bet that as a kid, you had a View-Master. • This toy has been around for decades and is, more or less, a handheld stereoscope. • We never thought much aboutthe de

• Rugged beast of a phone packs thermal and night vision for field pros Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Flipboard Email Chinese rugged phone maker Ulefone has equipped its new Arm

• Video: New control system makes bipedal robots 81% more stable on uneven ground New control framework helps Cassie robot recover from sudden pushes and moving terrain with 81% be

• Thermoforming is the process of softening a material enough so that it can be tweaked into a new shape, with the source of the thermal energy being not particularly relevant. • C

• New system simplifies snowboarding by replacing bindings with magnets Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Flipboard Email Fumbling with bindings is nobody’s idea of a good time, esp

• US: New gel-based electrolyte boosts anode-free EV batteries, retains 80% capacity A salt-phobic polymer network in the electrolyte helps create favorable conditions at nanoscale

• Microsoft’s ‘glass plates’ can store data for 10,000 years The technology, known as Project Silica, tackles the growing problem of ‘bit rot,’ which is the slow decay of magnetic

• Acme Space’s three AI agents work together to generate new designs, analyze them, and make sure they’re manufacturable. • AI has shaken up one industry after the next. • Engineer

• US particle accelerators turn nuclear waste into electricity, cut radioactive life by 99.7% The system uses a particle accelerator to fire high-energy protons at a target, such a

• French firm’s sodium test rig to replicate nuclear reactor’s temperatures reaching 1,382°F ELISE is the first installation on Blue Capsule Technology’s development roadmap and is

• The media is full of breathless reports that AI can now code and human programmers are going to be put out to pasture. • In fact, we think the ‘AI revolution’ is just a natural e

• Off-grid-capable tiny house doubles down on flexibility Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Flipboard Email Though it only has a length of 7.3 m (23 ft), the Venus squeezes a space-

• Canada’s silicon drone battery doubles flight time with 50% faster charging to rival China The NBM Drone Cell enabled 50 percent faster charging speeds. • A Canadian battery mate

• Two US defense firms Janus Marine & Defense and Raven Defense collaborate on ‘wall of steel’ maritime shield. • System combines sea and air drones, ISR, autonomous patrols, rapid

• China claims lead with world’s first land-based scramjet hypersonic missile Chinese state-backed media say the CJ-1000 could leave traditional air defense systems ‘powerless,’ th

• EPA rating 396 miles, real‑world test achieved 232 miles. • Cold weather and 20‑inch wheels reduce range. • Onboard computer predicted 426 miles, actual 232 miles. • 92‑kWh batte

• Massive 13-foot shark found patrolling freezing Antarctic seabed for the first time Filmed in January 2025 near the South Shetland Islands, the shark appeared as an ‘ungainly bar

• Kit combines Ivoclar Ivotion discs, hyperDENT CAM strategies, adapters and PMMA tooling for use with DGSHAPE DWX-53 mills. • Roland DGA Corporation announced the launch of theEle

• Algorithms at war: 5 ways to protect your data from AI-powered malware in 2026 A survival manual for navigating the new arms race between intelligent hackers and defenses. • AI-p

• New software targets chiplet and 3DIC packaging, modeling complex geometries and streamlining multi-die workflows. • Keysight Technologies introduced 3D Interconnect Designer as