A polyester-dissolving process could make modern clothing recyclable
Less than 1% of clothing is recycled, and most of the rest ends up dumped…
What new hydropower tech says about climate action
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The Download: recycling clothing, and fish-friendly hydropower
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A way to let robots learn by listening will make them more useful
Most AI-powered robots today use cameras to understand their surroundings and learn new tasks, but…
The Download: listening robots, and Google’s AI emissions
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The Download: fish-safe hydropower, and fixing space debris
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People can move this bionic leg just by thinking about it
When someone loses part of a leg, a prosthetic can make it easier to get…
AI companies are finally being forced to cough up for training data
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The Download: mind-controlled prosthetics, and the price of AI training data
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How fish-safe hydropower technology could keep more renewables on the grid
Hydropower is the world’s leading source of renewable electricity, generating more power in 2022 than…