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Journal Watch

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Conceptual illustration of virtual hands using a steering wheel to navigate a digitized road.
AINewsTransportationJournal Watch

AI Models Pinpoint Errors in Autonomous Driving

Explainable AI could help clarify vehicle decision-making

3 min read
A digitally structured tree with a melting clock hanging off one of its branches. The concept resembles Salvador DalĂ­'s "Persistence of Memory".
AINewsJournal Watch

AI Models Struggle With Reading Analog Clock

The phenomenon sheds light on critical limitations of AI

3 min read
White robot fish swimming underwater with visible circuitry.
RoboticsNewsJournal Watch

How Electromagnetic Fins Propel Robotic Swimmers

Novel fin design boosts aquatic agility

2 min read
Over the shoulder view of researching reviewing line graph data on their laptop
BiomedicalMagazineNewsDecember 2025TelecommunicationsJournal Watch

How Wi-Fi Signals Can Help Track Your Heartbeat

The advance opens up new contactless heart-monitoring possibilities

3 min read
A four-legged robot successfully crawling under a bench and walking over a sidewalk curb. Each image is paired with a visualization of the three-dimensional mapping technique driving its actions.
RoboticsNewsJournal Watch

New Mapping Model Enhances Robot Terrain Navigation

The bot autonomously jumps and crawls cluttered spaces with ease

2 min read
A drawing of a cylindrical capsule, with blue and red magnets on either en, against a pink background.
BiomedicalNewsJournal Watch

Pill-Sized Robot Helps Assess Gut Health

The swallowable capsule offers less invasive liquid biopsies

3 min read
Illustration of a probe in deep space.
TelecommunicationsAerospaceMagazineNovember 2025NewsJournal Watch

Deep-Space Signals Get Precision Boost with New Codes

New approach pinpoints distances up to 180 million kilometers away

2 min read
Close up of Rathul Sangma's self-healing polymer sensor after being cut in half.
BiomedicalNewsJournal Watch

Self-Healing Sensor Survives Being Cut in Half

The sensor’s performance barely suffered, even after severe damage

3 min read
White blocks on a green background linked to smaller white shapes at the center of the image.
SemiconductorsMagazineNewsOctober 2025Journal Watch

High-Temperature Chip Rivalry Rages On

Gallium nitride transistors reach 800 °C

5 min read
Close-up of a microchip with intricate circuitry and numerous connected gold wires.
ComputingNewsJournal Watch

New Chip Tackles LHC’s Data Challenges

New chip will allow an observation of 1.5 billion collisions per second

3 min read
Silhouette of a human head with circuitry pattern extending from the brain.
RoboticsMagazineNewsOctober 2025Journal Watch

Fear-Driven Robots Are Better Navigators

Snap judgments can help make for better robot risk assessment

3 min read
Conceptual illustration of satellite towers and data waves.
TelecommunicationsSeptember 2025MagazineNewsJournal Watch

Future Wireless Comms Could Process Data in Midair

AirComp approaches do more than transmit data from point A to point B

3 min read
A robotic arm making contact with a leafy branch during a sound experiment.
RoboticsNewsClimate TechJournal Watch

Robotic Arm “Feels” Using Sound

A new approach allows autonomous robots to navigate brambly farming conditions via sound

3 min read
Conceptual graphic of a LLM reaching different interpretations of the word "trunk". It includes an elephant's trunk, car trunk, tree trunk and storage chest trunk.
AINewsJournal Watch

OpenAI’s o1 Leads in Metalinguistics

OpenAI’s o1 “understands” advanced language concepts like recursion

3 min read
Illustration of a silhouetted hand using its index finger to paint in the air.
AINewsJournal Watch

AI System Enhances Classroom Interaction

A virtual writing platform aims to boost teaching efficiency

3 min read
A device with a prismlike configuration is shown in three different curved, flat, and edged shapes, thanks to its origami structure.
Consumer ElectronicsMagazineNewsJuly 2025Journal Watch

Making VR Feel More Real—Literally

Shiftly is a shape-shifting object that mimics what virtual-reality users see

3 min read
Illustration showing a silhouetted swarm of drones with red eyes.
RoboticsNewsJournal Watch

Just How Many Robots Can One Person Control at Once?

A DARPA project overturns longstanding assumptions

4 min read
A man walking up a snowy hill wearing a large metal plate with springs and rods over his backpack.
Consumer ElectronicsNewsJournal Watch

This Backpack Lightens Its Own Load

The prototype dampens the jostling of items inside it

3 min read