A robotic hand developed at EPFL surpasses the limits of human dexterity with a dual-thumbed, reversible-palm design that can detach from its robotic arm to reach and grasp multiple objects.With its opposable thumb, multiple joints and gripping skin, human hands are often considered to be the pinnacle of dexterity, and many robotic hands are designed in their image. But having been shaped by th...

Today’s marketers are expected to do more than ever – drive growth, engage customers, and even market to agents, algorithms, and machines. But in this rush to modernize, something essential has been lost: the soul of marketing.The latest report from the Capgemini Research Institute, From Complexity To Clarity: How CMOs Can Reclaim Marketing To Build Competitive Edge, the third in the CMO play...

the beauty retail wars head for Korea and I dive into the reason for so many recent foundation reformulations.You may have seen the news about Olive Young’s new partnership with Sephora. For those that missed it, a quick primer: the South Korean beauty giant is bringing a curation of its best and brightest brands to 700 Sephora doors worldwide.This is a huge deal.Though Olive Young is launchin...

Neurophos is tackling one of AI’s biggest bottlenecks: power and scalability. As AI inference workloads grow, data centres are hitting hard limits on energy use and operating costs. Traditional silicon GPUs are struggling to keep up, prompting companies to seek new approaches to compute.The company has raised $110 million in a Series A round as it works to bring photonic computing into the hea...

Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming the media publishing industry, with back-end automation and coding emerging as critical areas of innovation in the sector. According to Reuters' 2026 trends and predictions report, which surveyed almost 300 media leaders around the globe between November and December 2025, they are the two most important AI use cases in media publishing in the upc...

A downside to GLP-1 drugs is many patients stop taking them and regain weight. Some researchers are chasing a solution.When Harith Rajagopalan looks at the millions of people who have taken GLP-1 drugs for diabetes or obesity, he sees a revolution falling short of its promise. Many patients stop treatment within a year or two, forfeiting long-term benefits such as reduced cardiovascular risk. T...

PPG, 3M and other manufacturers say digital tools can suggest counterintuitive solutions and do weeks of work within days.There’s an iron law in the paint business: the faster it dries, the worse it looks.But then AI took a crack at it.Scientists at paint manufacturer PPG built a database containing the properties of all of their products, overlaid with the laws of chemistry. Then, about a yea...

Engineering group Sandvik and creative agency BBDO Nordics have unveiled eNimon, a full-scale transparent electric vehicle designed to provoke an uncomfortable but essential conversation about sustainability. The installation, currently on display at Stockholm’s National Museum of Science and Technology, is intentionally non-functional — a deliberate paradox meant to underscore how deeply the...

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