Awesome Engineering
The most impressive engineering feats in and around AI, explained
Brain Computer Interface
A brain implant just gave a paralysed man his voice back
A man silenced by ALS now speaks through electrodes in his motor cortex and an AI that turns the intention to talk into his own voice, in about a second, fast enough to interrupt
19 min read
Defense Tech
How AI learned to intercept a drone swarm
Faced with waves of cheap attack drones, Ukrainian engineers report teaching software to do what human crews no longer can: watch, prioritise and strike dozens of targets at machine speed, turning swarm defence from a manpower problem into an equation
8 min read
Energy Storage
The batteries that turn sun and wind into power you can schedule
By trading the lightness and speed that made lithium famous for cheap, abundant materials that can hold charge for days, a new class of grid batteries does the one thing sun and wind never could: turn intermittent power into power you can schedule
8 min read