Video Friday: Meet Mech, a Superhumanoid Robot
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion.European Robotics Forum: 25–27 March 2025, STUTTGART…
IEEE Recognizes Itaipu Dam’s Engineering Achievements
Technology should benefit humanity. One of the most remarkable examples of technology’s potential to provide enduring benefits is the Itaipu Hydroelectric Dam, a massive binational energy project between Brazil and Paraguay. Built on the Paraná River, which forms part of the border between the two nations…
Billions of Humanoid Bots and Robotaxis Could Enable a Quadrillion Dollar Economy by the 2040s
What would the world GDP in the 2040s be if there were 10 billion humanoid robots? Assuming the robots were 4 times as productive as humans. There would also be 3 billion robotaxis and robotrucks making transportation 10 times cheaper and 2-3 times faster for ground transportation…
A radical new idea for how our ancestors invented stone tools
Stone tools are considered the first form of technology devised by ancient humans – but they might not have been invented from scratch…
Mira Reaches Major Milestone: 2.5M Users and 2B Daily Tokens Processed
Singapore, March 21, 2025 — Mira, the pioneer in decentralized AI verification technology, announces unprecedented growth with 2.5 million users and two billion tokens processed daily across its ecosystem applications. The milestone demonstrates growing market demand for AI that can operate autonomously without human oversight. Processing two billion tokens daily is equivalent to approximately...
Aotearoa once home to elephant seals
Southern elephant seals are the ‘canary in the coal mine’ for the Southern Ocean, offering insight into how the ecosystem may react to future climate change and human impact, new research shows…Einat Wilf: Israel’s existential battle is against the vilifying of the collective Jew
“There is a better world out there – a world of salvation, a world of racial purity, a world of human rights, of cleanliness, and that the collective Jew stands between this world and utopia.”…
Military vehicles to get mixed reality windshields controlled by human eyes
Finnish startup Distance Technologies emerged from stealth last year with a technology it claims can turn any transparent surface into a mixed reality (MR) display. Now, it has teamed up with Patria to trial the tech on the defence firm’s armoured vehicles. The partners will jointly develop a heads-up display for Patria’s six-wheel drive armoured…
Report: Trump administration wants USAID to adopt blockchain technology
USAID will change its name to the US Agency for International Humanitarian Assistance (IHA) By using blockchain technology, it will “radically increase security, transparency, and traceability” The revamp comes after Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cut USAID numbers from 10,000 to just under 300 in early February The Trump administration reportedly wants its…