SPROUT, a revolutionary vine robot developed by MIT and Notre Dame, can inflate an airtight fabric tube to navigate tight spaces and rubble, aiding rescue missions by mapping environments and finding optimal routes through debris with its cameras and sensors.
A dire coastal crisis looms as sea levels rise, threatening to submerge hundreds of U.S. cities like Boston, Oakland, Miami, and New York City with chronic flooding by 2100, forcing communities to adapt through costly barriers, relocation, or facing inundation.
AWS commits $4M to support The HALO Trust's groundbreaking use of AI and machine learning for detecting landmines and war debris in Ukraine, enabling efficient data analysis and cloud computing for this critical humanitarian mission in active warzones.
Billion-dollar corporations are investing tens of millions in underground nuclear-proof bunkers to safeguard data centers and top executives amid escalating global tensions, featuring self-sustaining power, air filtration, and water production systems.