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To be more useful, robots need to become lazier

The group also successfully taught the squad to execute “penetrating passes”—where a robot shoots toward an open region in the field and communicates to the best-positioned member of its team to receive... Read more »

Preparing for the unknown: A guide to future-proofing imaging IT

Another innovative approach is the concept of a Common Patient Data Model (CPDM). This standardized framework defines how patient data is organized, stored, and exchanged across different health-care systems and platforms, addressing... Read more »

The Download: Roblox’s generative AI, and tech for humanity

What’s new: Roblox has announced plans to roll out a generative AI tool that will let creators make whole 3D scenes just using text prompts. Users will also be able to modify... Read more »

For Subscribers Only: Celebrate 125 years of MIT Technology Review

We’re giving away 25 complimentary virtual (livestream) tickets to EmTech MIT, our flagship event on emerging technologies and trends. Winners will get a complimentary livestream ticket, that includes livestream access to the event... Read more »

For Subscribers: Celebrate 125 years of MIT Technology Review

We’re giving away 25 complimentary virtual (livestream) tickets to EmTech MIT, our flagship event on emerging technologies and trends. Winners will get a complimentary livestream ticket, that includes livestream access to the event... Read more »

Roblox is launching a generative AI that builds 3D environments in a snap

Roblox’s new tool works by “tokenizing” the 3D blocks that make up its millions of in-game worlds, or treating them as units that can be assigned a numerical value on the basis... Read more »

The Download: mining metals with plants, and our dystopian future

Nickel may not grow on trees—but there’s a chance it could someday be mined using plants. Many plants naturally soak up metal and concentrate it in their tissues. The US government is... Read more »

How plants could mine metals from the soil

Metals like nickel, crucial for the lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles, are in high demand. But building new mines to meet that demand can be difficult because the mining industry has... Read more »

Integrating security from code to cloud

“Open source is critical,” says David Harmon, director of software engineering for AMD. “It provides an environment of collaboration and technical advancements. Savvy users can look at the code themselves; they can... Read more »

The Download: greenhouse gases, and how AI could affect inequality

Sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) is used in high-voltage equipment on the grid. It’s also, somewhat inconveniently, a monster greenhouse gas. Greenhouse gases are those that trap heat in the atmosphere. SF6 and other... Read more »