How a new startup plans to power satellites with lasers. A new class of ultrafast AI chips also uses lasers. And startup Axiomatic AI is building better AI models for science and engineering.

A weeklong, schoolwide project-based learning challenge encourages students to try to tackle meaningful problems.

Instead of one central AI system doing everything, the model emerging here is many bounded agents operating across teams, channels and tasks.

Few companies have been able to fundamentally change their operating and business models around AI. The primary obstacle to ...

Stepper motors are increasingly important for positioning tasks in automated systems due to their compact size, cost ...

Many engineering challenges come down to the same headache—too many knobs to turn and too few chances to test them. Whether tuning a power grid or designing a safer vehicle, each evaluation can be ...

How do we integrate AI into existing processes? How do we build a culture that actually embraces AI adoption? Those questions ...

The convergence of artificial intelligence and physical systems is changing the functions of manufacturing, construction, and logistics. With AI, intelligent systems interact directly with the real ...

The Internet Archive is a nonprofit that — as you might expect — is devoted to archiving the internet and preserving digital context for future generations. This week, the platform announced a new ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. James Cameron's "Avatar" spawned one of cinema's biggest franchises, but getting there was no easy task. Cameron sacrificed the chance to make ...

The line between what humans build and what machines can autonomously create just shifted in a dramatic way. Quilter, a physics-driven AI company focused on electronic design, has unveiled the first ...

But there’s one spec that has caused some concern among Ars staffers and others with their eyes on the Steam Machine: The GPU comes with just 8GB of dedicated graphics RAM, an amount that is steadily ...