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- Gravity Industries' Jet Suit straps small jet engines to a pilot's arms and back, producing over 1,000 horsepower, and set a Guinness World Record of 85.06 mph in 2019. Built by British inventor Richard Browning, it has been trialled by paramedics and the Royal Marines, and Gravity now wants to take jet suit racing to the US.0221.1K
- Rendezvous Robotics is developing spacecraft tiles that autonomously assemble, separate and reconfigure in orbit.100786
- A proposed air-defense version of Spain’s F-110 frigate would expand missile capacity and integrate upgraded sensors, enabling a broader role in protecting naval formations from aerial threats.Military Mechanics @MilitaryMechsSpain’s proposed F-110 IAMD frigate could feature 64 missile launch cells, enhanced radar, and networked combat systems, transforming it into a powerful fleet air-defense warship.0121.2K
- The European Union has designated the Pan-Arctic Cable as a flagship infrastructure project, creating the first direct subsea internet connection between Europe and Greenland with plans to eventually extend through Canada to Japan and South Korea, bypassing the United States entirely. The EU has already invested $119 million toward Greenland’s connectivity and the cable project. The initiative reflects growing European concerns about both geopolitics and infrastructure vulnerability: over 90% of Europe-Asia communications run through undersea cables in the Red Sea, a route increasingly threatened by Houthi attacks, while Russian and Chinese-linked vessels have been linked to cable severing incidents in the Baltic Sea and near Taiwan. The project comes as US-European relations remain strained following Trump administration trade wars and its pro-Russia stance on Ukraine. A separate transatlantic cable directly linking Europe to Canada, named the Leif Erikson system, is also in development.
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Military Mechanics@MilitaryMechsSpain’s proposed F-110 IAMD frigate could feature 64 missile launch cells, enhanced radar, and networked combat systems, transforming it into a powerful fleet air-defense warship.006773- CATL and German energy storage solutions provider Intilion signed an MOU Monday to install 3 GWh of sodium-ion energy storage systems in Europe by 2031.0031.1K
- A new membrane technology could simplify lithium recovery, but researchers must first prove it works with real brines.0001.1K
- L3Harris just opened a new Arkansas plant to build the motors behind HIMARS rockets.Military Mechanics @MilitaryMechsL3Harris has opened a new solid rocket motor facility in Arkansas to support GMLRS production, strengthening America's capacity to manufacture precision rockets for HIMARS and M270 launchers.0201.3K
- Nuclear reactors run steadily, but electricity demand doesn't. Researchers are exploring a way to bridge that gap.0031.4K
- Military Mechanics@MilitaryMechsL3Harris has opened a new solid rocket motor facility in Arkansas to support GMLRS production, strengthening America's capacity to manufacture precision rockets for HIMARS and M270 launchers.001720
- An onboard pilot assistant has flown aboard three operational Air Force tankers.0001.6K
- The U.S. Navy just swapped two nuclear submarines between coasts, but left the crews behind.Military Mechanics @MilitaryMechsThe U.S. Navy swapped USS Wyoming and USS Pennsylvania between coasts without moving their crews, positioning its ageing nuclear submarine fleet for the transition to Columbia-class boats.0121.6K
- ETH Zurich's Robotic Systems Lab has built a control system that lets Unitree's G1 humanoid climb ladders, cross stepping stones, crawl, vault and stand back up after falls. An attention-based contact planner predicts where nine body parts should touch the terrain next, and in simulation the system cleared eight composite obstacle courses 92.5% of the time, against 58.8% for a baseline method.2141.9K
- Can Claude speed up drug development? Anthropic's latest partnerships show measurable gains, but clinical testing lies ahead.0141.6K
- Military Mechanics@MilitaryMechsThe U.S. Navy swapped USS Wyoming and USS Pennsylvania between coasts without moving their crews, positioning its ageing nuclear submarine fleet for the transition to Columbia-class boats.0041.1K
- Researchers suggest that the heaviest neutrino was 100 trillion times heavier than a proton.0041.8K
- Researchers have developed a low-cost catalyst for green hydrogen production that performed within 50 millivolts of a ruthenium-based benchmark during oxygen generation.0181.7K
- A Lockheed Martin test used the Strigo datalink and RIG-360 guidance system to redirect a GMLRS rocket midflight.0151.3K
- ROKAE reaches 10,000 force-controlled arms delivered as its Helios humanoids assemble robot components at Schaeffler’s factory.1122K
- Snowtunnel, an Australian company, is building the world’s first full-scale revolving snow tunnel in Braybrook, a suburb of Melbourne. The structure measures 12.5 meters high and 16 meters in diameter, providing around 600 square meters of continuously rideable terrain inside a rotating snow-covered cylinder. Skiers and snowboarders descend as the slope moves toward them, eliminating the need for lifts or tow systems. The main tunnel has been manufactured and delivered to the site, with construction crews now assembling the structure alongside a dedicated snow room using real snow produced by all-weather snow system specialists TechnoAlpin. Rider testing is expected in early 2027, with a planned public opening later that year.
1251.9K - A new real-time monitoring method could help battery manufacturers cut electricity consumption by 10% to 15% while maintaining cell performance.0241.4K
- Lockheed Martin's PrSM Increment 4 aims to double missile range using advanced L3Harris propulsion.2262.3K
- The design requires only 54.5 m² of space for the installation of a 4 MWh project, lowering the land requirements by more than 30% while using conventional battery solutions.0331.7K
- The Royal Navy may soon add drones that can see in the dark and navigate on their own.Military Mechanics @MilitaryMechsThe Royal Navy is looking to acquire Skydio X10D drones featuring AI navigation, thermal imaging, subject tracking, and anti-jamming capabilities designed for increasingly contested battlefields.0131.6K
- Electra's hybrid-electric demonstrator completed a landmark flight at Downtown Skyport.0082K
- China's H-6K bomber may be gaining electronic warfare capabilities, according to newly surfaced images.0032K
- Testing how materials handle space environments has long been a slow and tedious process.0562.2K
- Military Mechanics@MilitaryMechsThe Royal Navy is looking to acquire Skydio X10D drones featuring AI navigation, thermal imaging, subject tracking, and anti-jamming capabilities designed for increasingly contested battlefields.0151.1K
- Researchers at the University of Michigan and Paul Scherrer Institute have developed a physics-based Bayesian framework that can identify radioactive materials, estimate their activity within two percentage points of true values, and pinpoint their location within two meters during a single six-second helicopter flyover. Previous methods required hours or days of computation to generate the spectral templates needed for analysis. The team solved this by splitting the radiation journey into two parts, atmospheric scattering and aircraft scattering, allowing simulations that once took hours to run in microseconds. In field tests in Switzerland, the method successfully identified single and mixed radioactive sources from 30 meters altitude, even with weak and heavily distorted signals. In a radiological emergency, such capabilities could help first responders determine evacuation zones and protective measures in real time. The research is published in Nature Communications.
0111.7K - Idaho mine that supplied WWII tungsten gets $40 million US Army backing.0342.1K
- The U.S. government announces a provisional $5 billion loan to upgrade existing nuclear infrastructure.1572.2K
- Tiny magnets implanted in muscles could help people with amputations control robotic limbs more naturally.2041.7K
- South Korea developed a new method to improve the stability of perovskite solar cells in extreme heat and humidity.0092K
- Two high-speed trains collided in Spain on the Madrid-Andalusia line. 'Numerous injuries' have been reported.1034.1K
- Watch 110 Chinese humanoid robots dance in sync as AGIBOT sets a Guinness World Records title.04122.4K
- Reliant drone can now carry electro-optical sensors, laser-target designators, and electronic warfare payloads.1061.7K
- The technology lets the battery-less low-temperature sensor operate for at least 24 hours during a power outage.1162.3K
- Gönderiler @IntEngineeringThe crash happened just after 9 a.m. local time and caused two Iryo wagons to derail, according to a spokesperson for the Castilla La Mancha regional government. The spokesperson said the cause and number of injuries were still being determined, and emergency services asked a nearby mayor to prepare a sports hall for the injured. Source: Reuters0001.5K
- From chips to screens, Anduril wants an all-American computer.12122.1K
- Virgin Galactic flew Apeiron, its lead next-generation spaceship, from its Arizona factory to Spaceport America in New Mexico on October 28, marking the first flight of the vehicle. The spaceship will undergo avionics integration and flight testing before commercial operations are expected to begin in early Q2 2027. Designed to fly twice per week with a lifetime of more than 500 missions, Apeiron represents a significant scale-up from Virgin Galactic’s previous single-vehicle operations. A second spaceship is already in production, with commercial flights expected in late Q2 or early Q3 2027. The name Apeiron, ancient Greek for “boundless,” was selected by public vote from participants across more than 80 countries.
1071.8K - The approach could image samples about 27 times faster than a conventional point-by-point scan while collecting a complete spectroscopy dataset in about 220 seconds.0382.3K
- Most battery developers view semi-solid technology as a temporary fix on the road to fully solid-state batteries. A major Chinese manufacturer sees it differently.0042.6K
- Designed for the B-52 bomber, Lockheed Martin's ARRW air-launched missile is moving toward production.0282K
- Google's Gemini 4 Carbon leads three cybersecurity benchmarks, with an 88.2% score in vulnerability detection and 71% in security patching.3492.4K
- Berlin sign workshop Heerlein Werbetechnik turns a digital file into graphics printed directly onto the wall instead of onto wallpaper. The machine, which appears to be a wallPen, is a German-built mobile UV printer that uses laser sensors to follow the wall's surface, cures its ink instantly and prints up to 4 metres high with no limit on width.17305K
- The team at the Deep Space Exploration Laboratory (Hefei) developed a dual-site catalyst that combines copper and sodium on a porous crystalline support.0072.7K
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University signed a $405 million construction contract for China’s Deep-Sea All-Weather Resident Floating Research Facility, the world’s first mobile, self-sustaining artificial island. The semi-submersible twin-hull platform measures 138 meters long and 85 meters wide, with its main deck 45 meters above water, keeping laboratories clear even in 20-meter waves. Its maximum displacement of 74,000 tonnes approaches that of a large aircraft carrier. It can cruise at 11 knots while supporting over 200 researchers, operates in sea state 7, and is built to survive typhoons up to Force 17 on the Extended Beaufort Scale. Six onboard laboratories will focus on deep-sea equipment, typhoon detection, and marine ecosystem observation. Delivery is expected by June 2030, and the facility will be open to global research institutions.
15262.2K - Fire at US nuclear site triggers emergency and flight restrictions amid reports of a radiological release.1142.2K
- Four military families shared reunions in a new docuseries.0012K
- A new deck-mounted launcher could help American warships restore their missile stocks without returning to port for resupply.0132.1K
- Apple's new MacBook Pro finally gets a touchscreen, pairing direct touch controls with a tandem OLED display and M5 Pro and M5 Max chips.0142.6K
- OpenAI's latest research targets the Kakeya conjecture, computational complexity and the mathematical foundations of quantum field theory.2062.1K
- A drop-in replacement for standard electric water heater elements has been developed that contains 20 ASIC Bitcoin mining chips drawing up to 600W. The chips run at 34 trillion hash calculations per second, and the heat they generate warms the water tank rather than being wasted. Water cooling keeps the chips stable, since water conducts heat far more efficiently than air. A companion app monitors tank temperature, hashrate, and earnings, and learns usage patterns to ensure hot water is ready when needed. Heatbit, the company behind the device, estimates earnings of approximately $1.35 per day before electricity costs. The first batch is priced at $899, shipping in Q1 2027, with subsequent units at $1,299, compared to around $180 for a comparable conventional element.
18464.1K - Bay Area startup Reward AI has taken its OM-1 robot model outdoors, with a humanoid unloading parcels from a Tesla Cybertruck and carrying them to a doorstep, plus indoor clips of it grabbing objects on a staircase. The company says the clips are fully autonomous at real speed, and that OM-1 learned from people wearing a sensor glove, with no teleoperation or robot data.25264.2K
- A new membrane mimics biological cell transport to extract lithium faster, cleaner, and more efficiently.22102.6K
- A 77-inch humanoid robot with 39 degrees of freedom, silicone skin, and optional on-device vision? Meet Realbotix's Echo.1132.6K
- Gravity Industries has demonstrated its Jet Suit at more than 300 events worldwide and tested its potential for mountain rescue with NATO units.1132.8K
- NUS researchers developed eLuminator, a 70-micrometer electronic skin that converts pressure directly into visible light at the point of contact, with brightness indicating intensity. It resolves detail at 847 dpi, responds in 15 milliseconds, and requires no separate screen or processor. Applications include surgical instruments that show grip pressure in real time, diabetic foot ulcer monitoring, and robotic touch sensing.
1091.9K - The project brings together the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and Air Combat Command (ACC).0182.2K
- The U.S. Army is putting its Patriot battalions through a full readiness check in Texas.Military Mechanics @MilitaryMechsThe US Army tests Patriot battalion readiness in Texas, focusing on launcher deployment, communications, missile resupply and maintenance—the essential elements behind an operational air defense system.0042.6K
- Eight electric waterjets drive the ferry across the River Plate.0152.6K
- The Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency released the first high-resolution image of China’s classified reusable spaceplane, photographed in orbit in 2024 by a Maxar commercial imaging satellite. The vehicle features delta wings, payload bay doors, a dark heat shield, and rear-mounted solar arrays, a design closely mirroring the US Space Force’s X-37B. China has launched four spaceplane missions since 2020, with the fourth currently in orbit after launching in February 2026. The vehicle has demonstrated the ability to deploy and recapture a sub-satellite using what appears to be a robotic arm. The DIA report also warns that China may field space-based directed energy weapons by the late 2020s, and already operates multiple ground-based laser systems capable of disrupting satellites in low-Earth orbit.
04142.4K - ORNL's advanced microscope could improve lightweight alloys, permanent magnets and industrial catalysts.0182.1K
- NASA’s Mars Sample Return was effectively canceled in January 2026 after projections reached $11 billion. Japan’s MMX mission launched last week with a simpler approach: land on Phobos, scrape some dust, return in 2031. It could become the first mission to bring a Martian sample home.
0071.8K - Military Mechanics@MilitaryMechsThe US Army tests Patriot battalion readiness in Texas, focusing on launcher deployment, communications, missile resupply and maintenance—the essential elements behind an operational air defense system.0052K
- MIT researchers have developed a scalable, origami-based construction system.0272.6K
- X-Bow says the CHAOS selection is its seventh new propulsion program win in 2026.1142.7K
- Elbit Systems’ acquisition of Canada’s ISE adds underwater robotics expertise to its maritime portfolio, including autonomous vehicles for surveillance and mine detection.Military Mechanics @MilitaryMechsElbit Systems has acquired Canadian underwater robotics specialist ISE, expanding its expertise in autonomous underwater vehicles, maritime surveillance, mine countermeasures and anti-submarine warfare technologies.0192.6K
- Fraunhofer IGB has developed an Edge Device that connects to existing biogas plant control systems and layers AI-driven operational optimization on top without requiring changes to current infrastructure. The device consolidates sensor data, operating histories, electricity price forecasts, and weather data to recommend when a plant should store gas and when it should run its combined heat and power unit to maximize revenue. With a 2027 amendment to Germany’s Renewable Energy Sources Act expected to reward flexible generation, biogas plants will increasingly need to supply electricity specifically when solar and wind output is low. Germany operates nearly 10,000 biogas plants, and for many, the timing of grid feed-in will determine economic viability. The system processes all data locally without requiring cloud transfer, giving operators full control over what leaves the plant.
0272.1K - Researchers at Nanyang Technological University have developed a solar-powered device that generates hydrogen from seawater while breaking down hydrazine, a highly toxic industrial wastewater pollutant. The device combines a perovskite photocathode that generates its own electricity from sunlight with a special anode catalyst that degrades hydrazine into nitrogen gas rather than producing oxygen, a process that requires significantly less energy than conventional electrolysis. In tests, the device produced hydrogen at 466 micromoles per square centimeter per hour, reduced hydrazine concentration from 1.6% by weight to 0.5 parts per billion in 30 hours, and operated stably for over 72 hours without external power. The system is designed specifically for hydrazine-contaminated industrial wastewater rather than general seawater electrolysis, and remains at proof-of-concept stage. The research is published in Nature Communications.
0082K - The work began as a postdoctoral research and has expanded into a program to be deployed on eight different detectors.0292.3K
- Military Mechanics@MilitaryMechsElbit Systems has acquired Canadian underwater robotics specialist ISE, expanding its expertise in autonomous underwater vehicles, maritime surveillance, mine countermeasures and anti-submarine warfare technologies.0252K
- Nuclear power plants are designed to run at steady output around the clock, but the growth of solar and wind energy has created a mismatch with modern grid needs. Researchers at the University of Central Florida have studied how thermal energy storage systems can bridge this gap by absorbing excess heat from a nuclear reactor and storing it until demand and electricity prices are higher. Instead of cycling on and off, which stresses equipment, or producing unwanted power during low-demand periods, a TES-integrated plant can store heat during solar peak hours and dispatch it in the evening when solar output drops and prices rise. The study focuses on next-generation molten salt reactors, which the researchers see as an opportunity to incorporate TES from the ground up. The research is published in the Journal of Energy Resources Technology. 📷 Getty Images
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