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Hard Technologies

ISR-Lisboa Sends Its First Humanoid to RoboCup as the Games Reach Asia

ISR-Lisboa brings two SocRob@Home teams to RoboCup 2026 in Incheon, South Korea. The LisTex team debuts the BOOSTER T1 humanoid robot, nicknamed…

June 29, 2026
The BOOSTER T1 humanoid robot Lola, entered by ISR-Lisboa's LisTex team in the @Home league at RoboCup 2026 in Incheon, South Korea.
Hard Technologies

A Pixel That Reads and Writes Light: ETH Zurich Unveils the Fourier Pixel

A team led by David Norris at ETH Zurich's Optical Materials Engineering Laboratory has built a new class of pixel that both creates and analyzes…

June 24, 2026
A new type of pixel developed at ETH Zurich's Optical Materials Engineering Laboratory that can simultaneously create and analyze images.
Hard Technologies

Midjourney Launches Ultrasonic CT: Inside Midjourney Medical's Full-Body Scanner

Midjourney launches Midjourney Medical and the Midjourney Scanner, a full-body Ultrasonic CT device that maps your body with sound and water in 60…

June 18, 2026
Midjourney Launches Ultrasonic CT - Midjourney Medical full-body ultrasonic scanner that maps the body with sound and water in 60 seconds, debuting in the Midjourney Spa
Lifestyle

Nabst Studio : le nouvel outil IA qui veut simplifier la création de visuels architecturaux

Nabst Studio est un service d'intelligence artificielle dédié à la génération de visuels architecturaux. Pensé pour les architectes, designers…

June 3, 2026
Nabst Studio - le nouvel outil IA qui veut simplifier la création de visuels architecturaux pour architectes, décorateurs et designers d'espace.
Terraforming

82KM DAM ACROSS BERING STRAIT TO PREVENT AMOC COLLAPSE

Researchers at Utrecht University publish a study in Science Advances showing that an artificial closure of the Bering Strait could extend the safe…

April 29, 2026
Utrecht University publish a study in Science Advances showing that an artificial closure of the Bering Strait could extend the safe carbon budget of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, but only if the intervention happens early enough. The proposed structure would span 82 kilometers in three sections.
Hard Technologies

ROBOTIC SYSTEMS LAB OPEN-SOURCES KLEINKRAM, A DATA MANAGEMENT PLATFORM FOR ROBOTICS RESEARCH

The Robotic Systems Lab at ETH Zurich releases Kleinkram, an open-source on-premises data management platform purpose-built for robotics. The system…

April 22, 2026
The Robotic Systems Lab at ETH Zurich releases Kleinkram, an open-source on-premises data management platform purpose-built for robotics.
Hard Technologies

ETH ZURICH MEDICAL ROBOTICS LAB OPENS UNDER QUENTIN BOEHLER WITH FOCUS ON IMPOSSIBLE SURGICAL PROCEDURES

Quentin Boehler, appointed tenure-track assistant professor at ETH Zurich's Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, launches the Medical…

April 16, 2026
ETH ZURICH MEDICAL ROBOTICS LAB OPENS UNDER QUENTIN BOEHLER WITH FOCUS ON IMPOSSIBLE SURGICAL PROCEDURES
Terraforming

ETH ZURICH SINGLE-ATOM INDIUM CATALYST CONVERTS CO2 TO METHANOL WITH UNPRECEDENTED EFFICIENCY

Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a catalyst using isolated indium atoms anchored on hafnium oxide that converts CO2 and hydrogen into…

April 9, 2026
Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a catalyst using isolated indium atoms anchored on hafnium oxide that converts CO2 and hydrogen into methanol.
Lifestyle · Hard Technologies

Gestalt, The open source Graphic Design Tool

Robbie Conceptuel releases Gestalt, The open source Graphic Design Tool. In the browser. No account. No cloud. Linux, MacOS, Mobile. Just draw. In…

April 3, 2026
Gestalt by Robbie Conceptuel - The open source Graphic Design Tool. In the browser. No account.
Terraforming

Glacier Seeding: A New Method for Cryospheric Engineering

Muenger Lou Delphine and Robbie Conceptuel publish a preprint introducing glacier seeding, a method that uses dendritic tunnel networks modeled on…

March 31, 2026
Glacier Seeding cryospheric engineering approach, dendritic tunnel networks for ice nucleation, published by Muenger Lou Delphine and Robbie Conceptuel for TWI
Terraforming

A Common Mineral Just Made Carbon Capture Twice as Efficient

Northwestern and Caltech researchers demonstrate an electrochemical direct air capture system using manganese oxide that pulls CO₂ from air at half…

March 24, 2026
Electrified direct air capture system using manganese oxide electrode for CO2 removal, Northwestern University and Caltech Nature Energy research
Lifestyle

Remember When Robots Were Cool? Roboraptor Does.

When robots had teeth and real attitude instead of soft voices and friendly faces. The WowWee Roboraptor felt dangerous in the best way possible.

March 18, 2026
Roboraptor by WowWee robot dinosaur toy from 2005 by Mark Tilden — 32 inch predator with jaws, hunting mode, and infrared sensors — article by Robbie Conceptuel
Hard Technologies

ORCA Hand: ETH Zurich Open-Sources a Dexterous Robotic Hand You Can Build in a Day

The Soft Robotics Lab at ETH Zurich releases the ORCA Hand, a 17-DoF tendon-driven robotic hand with integrated tactile sensors, 3D-printed…

March 16, 2026
ORCA Hand by ETH Zurich Soft Robotics Lab - open-source dexterous robotic hand with 17 degrees of freedom
Lifestyle · Hard Technologies

Morgen: Your Morning Starts Here

Conceptuel releases Morgen, a personal morning dashboard that brings your links, weather, world clocks, site monitors, and subscriptions into one…

March 14, 2026
Morgen by Robbie Conceptuel - personal morning dashboard with weather, world clocks, site monitors, and subscription tracking
Hard Technologies

Hermes Agent: Nous Research Ships a Persistent Open-Source AI Agent That Writes Its Own Skills

Nous Research releases Hermes Agent, an open-source autonomous agent under MIT license that lives on your server, learns from every interaction,…

February 26, 2026
Hermes Agent by Nous Research - open-source persistent AI agent with multi-platform messaging gateway and autonomous skill creation
Terraforming

The Elemental Window That Separates Habitable Worlds from Dead Ones

A study published in Nature Astronomy by ETH Zurich researchers shows that the availability of phosphorus and nitrogen on rocky planets is set during…

February 21, 2026
Chemical habitability of Earth and rocky exoplanets phosphorus nitrogen core formation Nature Astronomy ETH Zurich 2026 research
Lifestyle

LAA Rally 2026 4th-6th September 2026

Robbie Conceptuel enters the Light Aircraft Association's official poster design contest for the LAA Rally 2026, celebrating the 80th Anniversary of…

February 17, 2026
LAA Rally 2026 poster design contest entry by Robbie Conceptuel designer Switzerland
Hard Technologies

OpenClaw: The Open-Source Personal AI Assistant Taking Over

OpenClaw is an open-source personal AI assistant that runs on your own hardware, connects to any chat app, and can autonomously manage emails,…

February 12, 2026
OpenClaw open-source personal AI assistant by Peter Steinberger - autonomous agent running on local hardware with WhatsApp Telegram Discord integration for agentic AI workflows
Hard Technologies

Autonomous eDNA Surveillance for Invasive Pest Management

ETH Zurich's GRiP project validates drone-based eDNA sampling to detect invasive pests weeks before traditional methods, opening new frontiers for…

February 9, 2026
Autonomous eDNA Surveillance for Invasive Pest Management - ETH Zurich GRiP project drone collecting environmental DNA samples in Swiss vineyards for early pest detection
Lifestyle

Statement for Peace

Design System for the Board of Peace by Robbie Conceptuel

January 26, 2026
Board of Peace logo redesign by Robbie Conceptuel