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Google’s Project Suncatcher aims to build orbital AI data centers powered by sunlight

Project Suncatcher envisions networks of AI satellites powered by sunlight, pushing machine learning beyond Earth. Imagine ...
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French-made drone laser ‘paints’ targets for long-distance strike, keeps soldiers safe

MERIO’s system moves this capability onto unmanned drones, so targets can be marked remotely and safely. According to Merio, ...

Ultra-fast laser platform enables fabrication and study of nanostructures in metal films

Using ultra-fast laser beams, a team from the Irradiated Solids Laboratory has designed an experiment that allows both the ...

Light can reshape atom-thin semiconductors for next-generation optical devices

Rice University researchers studying a class of atom-thin semiconductors known as transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) ...
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Microchip adds a timing solution for long-haul optical transmissions

Looking to add more resiliency to long-haul optical transmissions, Microchip Technology has introduced a timing solution that ...

Meet Project Suncatcher, Google’s plan to put AI data centers in space

The tech industry is on a tear, building data centers for AI as quickly as they can buy up the land. The sky-high energy costs and logistical headaches of managing all those data centers have prompted ...
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Harvesting Electricity From High-Voltage Transmission Lines Using Fences

When you have a bunch of 230 kV transmission lines running over your property, why not use them for some scientific experiments? This is where the [Double M Innovations] YouTube channel comes into ...

Using this handy laser tape measure for only a few minutes had me hooked - here's why

Take tape measures, once a palm-sized object that housed a metal ribbon that could snap back enthusiastically -- has been transformed into a palm-sized device with with a laser inside. Yup, the ...