More from Mack DeGeurin (Page 3)

illustration of rockets and satellites circling moon

Six weeks, three moon landers: The era of private space exploration is here

By Mack DeGeurin

a robot looking at a reflection of itself

Like babies and dancers, this robot learns from studying itself

By Mack DeGeurin

ALLENTOWN, PA - MAY 09: Home Plate Umpire Brian Walsh uses an earpiece to hear the electronic notification as to weather a pitch was a ball or a strike by the ABS system during a AAA minor league baseball game between the Memphis Redbirds and Lehigh Valley IronPigs at Coca-Cola Park on May 9, 2023 in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The Automated Balls and Strikes system, similar to the Hawk-Eye system used in professional tennis, uses over 30 cameras and sensors around the stadium to identifies weather the pitch is a ball or a strike. MLB is testing the system for possible use next year. (Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images)

This could be baseball’s last season without ‘robot umpires’

By Mack DeGeurin

a map of the world with a line representing where the cable would connect

Meta spending billions on world’s longest subsea internet cable

By Mack DeGeurin

Genetically modified zebrafish and fruit flies munch on mercury to make it less toxic

By Mack DeGeurin

Researchers used a combination of nontoxic water, sodium acetate, sodium iodide, and hypophosphorous acid to recycle a solar cell.

How water could make future solar cells recyclable

By Mack DeGeurin

Researchers implanted cultivated tooth constructs into the mandibles of six two-year-old mini pigs.

Human-like teeth successfully grown in a pig’s mouth

By Mack DeGeurin

Deep envisions several of its 'sentinel' units parking beside each other to from an underwater research center.

The company spending millions to build an underwater human settlement

By Mack DeGeurin

A general view exterior of Caesars Superdome, home of the NFL New Orleans Saints, on October 13, 2024 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

FAA creates ‘No Drone Zone’ around Super Bowl LIX

By Mack DeGeurin

rat looking at you

Rats beat AI at recognizing obscured objects

By Mack DeGeurin

Researchers say taking steps to prevent battery fires may be more effective than relying on possibly dangerous flame retardants.

Electric Vehicles

Flame retardants in some batteries might be making fires worse

By Mack DeGeurin

smartwatch forever chemicals

Apple accused of exposing some Watch owners to ‘forever chemicals’

By Mack DeGeurin

The future of AI is even more fossil fuels

By Mack DeGeurin

A robot called 'Tiangong' is expected to join dozens of other humanoids in a half marathon race later this year.

Human vs: humanoid: Half-marathon pits robots against 12,000 joggers

By Mack DeGeurin

Brain-connected implants help paralyzed patients feel objects and shapes

By Mack DeGeurin

humanoid robot learned how to Waltz by 'mirroring' its human partner.

Humanoid robot learns to Waltz with the grace of … a robot

By Mack DeGeurin

New DJI drone policy could fuel even more conspiracy theories

By Mack DeGeurin

Ask Us Anything

Do animals experience mental illness?

By Mack DeGeurin

A firefighter battles the Palisades Fire while it burns homes at Pacific Coast Highway amid a powerful windstorm on January 8, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.

This crowdsourcing app is a lifeline for Californians tracking wildfires

By Mack DeGeurin

Atmospheric photo of the site at dusk, showing the location at the convergence of two gorges. 2023 excavations of inner fortress are visible in foreground.

Drone reveals ancient fortress is 40x larger than archaeologists once thought

By Mack DeGeurin

cancer cells microscope

AI is already changing the ways we fight cancer

By Mack DeGeurin

sensors visible Waymo robotaxi

Aerodynamic sensors could speed up autonomous vehicles

By Mack DeGeurin

A Waymo robotaxi Jaguar I-PACEs driverless car makes a stop in downtown Los Angeles Monday, March 11, 2024.

2024 was the year robotaxis proved they are here to stay

By Mack DeGeurin

A smiling robot's skin in action.

The 11 weirdest things humans did to robots in 2024

By Mack DeGeurin

The Chinese ship, the bulk carrier Yi Peng 3 is anchored and being monitored by a Danish naval patrol vessel (unseen) in the sea of Kattegat, near the City og Granaa in Jutland, Denmark, on November 20, 2024. Denmark's navy said on November 20, 2024 it was shadowing a Chinese cargo vessel in the Baltic Sea, a day after Finland and Sweden opened investigations into suspected sabotage of two severed undersea telecoms cables.

The mystery surrounding two severed Baltic subsea internet cables is getting murkier

By Mack DeGeurin

Boston Dynamics wishes you a merry terrifying robot Christmas in new video

Boston Dynamics wishes you a merry terrifying robot Christmas in new video

By Mack DeGeurin

google street view of possible crime

Google Street View helps catch suspect of a grisly crime

By Mack DeGeurin

fake drone video on tiktok

People keep falling for fake ‘drones over Jersey’ videos

By Mack DeGeurin

A digital license plate made by Bay Area company Reviver Auto is displayed at Reviver Auto headquarters on May 30, 2018 in Foster City, California.

Researchers hack digital license plates, demonstrating way to evade tolls and cops

By Mack DeGeurin

Friday November 15, 2025. Zhigang Chen Thermoelectric device. Prof. Chen and his team from ARC Research Hub in Zero-emission Power Generation for Carbon Neutrality (ZeroPC) have developed an ultra-thin, flexible film that could power next-generation wearable devices using body heat instead of batteries and be utilized for chip cooling.

How body heat could replace batteries in wearables of the future

By Mack DeGeurin

Cruise had planned to expand its testing and offer autonomous rides through the Uber app as early as 2025.

GM is killing Cruise robotaxis

By Mack DeGeurin

Moxie relies on a cloud-based AI system which will go offline in the coming days.

‘I love you… goodbye:’ What will happen when this companion robot suddenly dies?

By Mack DeGeurin

New research suggests daily EV driving may not decay lithium-ion batteries as quickly as once thought.

Electric Vehicles

Surprise: EV batteries might have a longer shelf live than once thought

By Mack DeGeurin

An oil rig in Oklahoma.

‘A needle in a haystack:’ How AI is helping uncover abandoned oil wells

By Mack DeGeurin

Scientists are drawn to coral because its surface resembles the spongy structure of human bones.

3D-printed, coral-inspired material can heal bones

By Mack DeGeurin

Researchers say they were inspired by the way the Manta ray effortlessly propels itself forward using its fins.

This Manta ray robot is the world’s fastest soft-bodied swimmer

By Mack DeGeurin

A Tesla Model 3 engaged in the so-called ‘Full Self Driving’ mode reportedly plowed through a deer without ever detecting it. While more advanced driverless systems use a mix of sensors including LiDAR, Tesla is trying to attain full autonomy using only cameras.

Ask Us Anything

Why are ‘driverless’ cars still hitting things?

By Mack DeGeurin

Peach and Blossom, the National Thanksgiving Turkeys, are seen on the South Lawn of the White House before recieving a Presidential Pardon from US President Joe Biden in Washington, DC, on November 25, 2024.

Ask Us Anything

How did Thanksgiving turkeys get so darn big?

By Mack DeGeurin

bottlenose dolphin screaming

A lone dolphin has been yelling into Baltic Sea for years

By Mack DeGeurin

The Shadow Robot company's Dextrous Robotic Hand was the most advanced robot hand in the world in 2008.

Why advanced robots still struggle with simple tasks

By Mack DeGeurin

Aerial view of brine ponds and processing areas of the lithium mine of the Chilean company SQM (Sociedad Quimica Minera) in the Atacama Desert, Calama, Chile, on September 12, 2022.

‘Everything has a cost:’ High-tech products and the new era of mineral mining

By Mack DeGeurin

An AI-generated rendition of the "Daisy" AI bores a scammer with descriptions of her fictional cat.

This AI-generated grandma thwarts scammers with long stories about her cat

By Mack DeGeurin

Goodbye, annoying touchscreens. Welcome back, buttons?

By Mack DeGeurin

Professor Jade Morton (co-author) posing with a phone and a monitoring station at the University of Colorado, Boulder. A monitoring station has a large and expensive antenna. Phones have smaller antennas, which leads to noisier measurements, but phones are present in more parts of the world.

Google used millions of Android phones to map the worst enemy of GPS

By Mack DeGeurin

bats on treadmills

Why scientists made vampire bats run on treadmills

By Mack DeGeurin

Two perfectly articulated skeletons of the sheep-size dinosaur Psittacosaurus, found in China's Yixian Formation. New research suggests they died in burrow collapses, not via volcanism, as previously thought.

Dinosaurs discovered in ‘Chinese Pompeii’ actually died in extremely boring ways

By Mack DeGeurin

autonomous atlas

Oh good, the humanoid robots are working on their own

By Mack DeGeurin

Geospatial scientists have found a way to detect plastic waste on remote beaches, bringing us closer to global monitoring options.

Satellite imaging can now spot plastic trash hiding on beaches

By Mack DeGeurin

Boston Dynamic's Spot getting kicked in a routine test.

Researchers tortured robots to test the limits of human empathy

By Mack DeGeurin

Sensors spread throughout the garden will measure the garden soil for changes in temperature, moisture, and other environmental factors.

AI helps plants tell you when they are thirsty

By Mack DeGeurin

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says the first illness linked to the contaminated Quarter Pounders was reported in September.

Why McDonald’s E. coli outbreak could be a sign of more to come

By Mack DeGeurin

First responders and residents alike are using drones to assess hurricane damage and search for missing persons.

Drones are playing a critical role in Milton and Helene recovery

By Mack DeGeurin

Axiom and Prada designed a custom white fabric that can protect astronauts from extreme heat and dangerous lunar dust.

How Prada’s fancy Artemis III spacesuits work

By Mack DeGeurin

An architect's rendering of what Kairos' first demonstration mini nuclear reactor will look like when it's completed.

Google bets big on ‘mini’ nuclear reactors to feed its AI demands

By Mack DeGeurin

Collecting arm hanging from drone.

Drone discovers hidden Hawaiian plant species

By Mack DeGeurin

Video Still: Optically driven rotation of ZEEM torus on an air–glycerol interface.

Tiny, doughnut-shaped robot can swim through snot

By Mack DeGeurin

‘Godfather of AI’ wins Nobel Prize for work he fears threatens humanity

By Mack DeGeurin

I spoke to a 60-year-old AI version of myself and it was…. unsettling

I spoke to a 60-year-old AI version of myself and it was…. unsettling

By Mack DeGeurin

Aerobat uses a combination or rigid and soft 3D-printed materials to mimic a bat's malleable wings.

Bats’ weird wings inspired this drone

By Mack DeGeurin

Researchers put little hats on cats to measure their brainwaves

By Mack DeGeurin

electric scooter

E-bike and scooter injuries are up 293%

By Mack DeGeurin

Nissan cars will yell at you for hogging the fast lane

By Mack DeGeurin

The Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant is seen in the early morning hours March 28, 2011 in Middletown, Pennsylvania.

Massive AI energy demand is bringing Three Mile Island back from the dead

By Mack DeGeurin

Lionsgate will let Runway AI train its model on John Wick and thousands of other titles.

What a major movie studio’s AI deal could mean for the future of Hollywood

By Mack DeGeurin

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