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    The End of Lines Forever? Sensei's Bold Retail Moonshot

    Feb. 21, 2025
    After Walmart's clunky scan-as-you-go and Amazon's abandoned 'Just Walk Out' technology, Sensei's AI-powered supermarket might finally deliver the frictionless grocery shopping...
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    The Future of Home Robotics Is... A Desk Lamp? Apple's ELEGNT Vision
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    The Future of Home Robotics Is... A Desk Lamp? Apple's ELEGNT Vision

    Feb. 14, 2025
    In its boldest move yet, Apple is developing an expressive robotic desk lamp that channels Pixar's beloved mascot—and it might just change how we think about home robotics.
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    "Inside the Factory": The Manufacturing Show You Didn't Know You Needed

    Jan. 31, 2025
    Missing "How It's Made"? The BBC's show delivers hour-long deep dives into production lines, with a fascinating historical twist.
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    Eliza: The $420k AI Companion Robot Bringing AI to Life

    Jan. 24, 2025
    Eliza Wakes Up is a project that's creating a new generation of humanoid robots with AI in a very human-like form to be assistants, conversationalists, and companions.
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    A 3D-rendering of an automated robot bee pollinating a blue orchid.
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    Vertical Farming 2.0: MIT's Robotic Pollinators Could Take Agriculture to New Heights

    Jan. 17, 2025
    MIT researchers are working on creating robotic pollinators to help farmers increase yields while reducing the environmental harm of agriculture.
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    EBook: The "What Is...?" Collection: Understanding Key Manufacturing Technologies and Techniques

    Aug. 12, 2024
    From PCs to generative design, gain a better understanding of essential equipment and processes in manufacturing.
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    Fun Innovations Friday: Researchers Create Chip-Based 3D Printer That's Smaller Than a Coin
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    Next-Gen 3D Printer Smaller Than Small Change

    Aug. 9, 2024
    3D printers might be going the way of computers with a new focus on miniaturizing the tech as one team of researchers from MIT and the University of Texas developed the first ...
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    Fun Innovations Friday: Robot Dog Sucks Up Trash With Its Feet

    Aug. 2, 2024
    A four-legged robot vacuum named VERO, developed by Italian researchers, autonomously scours the ground for cigarette butts, potentially changing environmental cleanup efforts...
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    Fun Innovations Friday: Industrial Heat Could Be Your New Drinking Water Source
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    The Unlikely Manufacturing Byproduct Being Used to Create Drinking Water

    July 26, 2024
    Norway is stepping up its sustainability by finding a way to recycle its 20 TWh of waste heat per year to create energy and purify water in the process.