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    Spot Robots Wow America's Got Talent Stage With Queen Dance Performance
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    Tick, Tick, Bot: Robots Master the Art of Bomb Disposal
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    Predictive Passes: A New Football AI Could Change the NFL Gameplan
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    Japan Creates and Sends First Wood Satellite Into Space
    Fun Innovations Friday: MIT's Agile Grabber Drone Could be a Step Towards Drone Sports
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    Fun Innovations Friday: Cleveland's Hottest Export: Flame-Throwing Robot Dogs

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    This Liquid-Powered Robot System Was Inspired by Human Blood
    June 13, 2025
    Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have developed a bio-inspired energy system that helps robots run longer and more efficiently by mimicking how the human body...
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    Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Has a Cool New Role: Powering Vermont’s Grid
    June 6, 2025
    Ben & Jerry’s ice cream waste is now generating renewable energy for Vermont’s grid, thanks to a new facility from PurposeEnergy.
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    May 30, 2025
    Clone Alpha, the latest humanoid robot from Clone Robotics, blurs the line between machine and human with disturbingly lifelike movement and anatomy.
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    Infrared Contact Lenses Turn Eyes Into Night Vision Sensors—No Power Required
    May 23, 2025
    Developed by researchers at the University of Science and Technology of China, these infrared-enabled contact lenses convert heat into visible light—offering hands-free thermal...
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    AI-Powered RVs and Shape-Shifting Trailers: The Future of Housing?
    May 16, 2025
    LG and AC Future are reimagining mobile living with AI-powered RVs and expanding smart trailers that blur the line between home and vehicle. Could this be the future of affordable...
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    Fun Innovations Friday: Electric Mushrooms are Being Used to Control Robots
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    Fun Innovations Friday: Light-Absorbing Material Turns Any Object Into Solar Panel
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    Fun Innovations Friday: Researchers Create Chip-Based 3D Printer That's Smaller Than a Coin
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    IIT VERO Vacuum Robot
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    Fun Innovations Friday: Industrial Heat Could Be Your New Drinking Water Source
    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.
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    CarStation
    July 19, 2024
    ProovStation has found a use for AI in the car rental industry, making a frustrating process more transparent and worry-free.
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    July 12, 2024
    FMAP combines 3D printing and lasers to create multimaterial, multilayered sensors and circuit boards, even going as far as printing sensors embedded within a structure.
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    TOKUFASTbot solving a Rubix cube
    July 5, 2024
    A Guinness World Record has been awarded to an engineering team from Mitsubishi Electric Corporation for creating a robot that can solve a puzzle cube in just 0.3 seconds— demonstrating...