On Fridays I post here my favorite stories about emerging technologies, experiential activations, interactive art, advances in scientific research, and other things I find inspirational.
Researchers in the UK made a nanoscale graphene speaker that produces sound thermoacoustically:
Image: David Horsell/University of Exeter
Researchers used dye-sensitized solar cells to produce usable power from low indoor light conditions:
Image: NikonFilm35/Flickr
Tesla’s new Autopilot update will collect videos from its cars to improve its autonomous AI:
Image: Engadget
Chinese startup Infervision is developing an AI tool for diagnosing lung cancer:
Image: Ed Euthman/Flickr
Vollebak set out to produce the world’s most visible garment for cyclists and pedestrians:
Image: Vollebak/Sun Lee
Abundant Robotics, backed by Google, developed an apple harvesting robot that sucks fruit off trees:
Image: TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower
Electrick, from CMU researchers, uses conductive spraypaint to make everyday objects into touchpads:
Image: Future Interfaces Group, Carnegie Mellon University
Here’s our first look at Uber Freight, Uber’s long-haul driverless trucking venture:
Image: Travis Kalanick/Twitter
Finnish researchers have built a “nanofridge” that could be used to cool quantum computers:
Image: Kuan Yen Tan
How VR games are like religion and what that might mean for us once AI does all the world’s work:
Image:Samuel Zeller/Unsplash
To see stories throughout the week, follow me on Twitter: @josiah17