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  • An artist’s impression of Haven-1, currently under construction by California-based Vast Space, which plans to send it into orbit in May 2026. If the launch goes ahead, it will be the world’s first commercial space station.
    Vast
    The world’s first commercial space station is getting closer to launch
  • British company Aurrigo is testing fully electric, self-driving vehicles that can carry luggage and people around an airport. Pictured, the Auto DollyTug, one of Aurrigo’s vehicles, during tests at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport. The vehicles can carry 1.7 tons (3,700 pounds) on board, and tow 25 tons (55,000 pounds).
    Aurrigo
    Self-driving vehicles could be coming to an airport near you
  • Researchers in China built a wall of 56 glowing plants bright enough to allow someone four inches away to read in the dark.
    Liu et al/Matter
    Scientists have created rechargeable, multicolored, glow-in-the-dark succulent plants
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    Wind turbines are tough to recycle. These architects are transforming them into micro homes
  • Researchers in Australia are fusing control backpacks onto beetles and cockroaches to direct their movements.
    Dan Soekov for CNN
    Giant cyborg cockroaches could be the search and rescue workers of the future
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  • MIT's bee-like robot can flap its wings up to 400 times a second.
    David von Blohn/CNN
    This bumblebee-like robot might one day pollinate plants on Mars
  • This photograph taken on September 30, 2022 shows eryngii mushrooms produced by the company Eclo which recycles beer and bread waste to grow organic mushrooms in Brussels. - The company from Brussels recycles beer residues and unsold bread to grow exotic species of mushrooms in a the ancient Anderlecht slaughterhouse cellar which previously held techno parties and exhibitions. (Photo by Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP) (Photo by KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP via Getty Images)
    Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP/Getty Images/FILE
    Robot controlled by a king oyster mushroom blends living organisms and machines
  • Researchers at Yale University developed a robot that can amputate its limbs, just like a gecko can release its tail when it is grabbed by a hungry predator. That could be useful for navigating treacherous terrain. <strong>Scroll right to see other critter-inspired robots.</strong>
    Bilige Yang/Faboratory/Yale University
    This gecko-inspired robot amputates its own limbs to survive

Space Technology

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    Andrew Waller/CNN
    Meet SpaceHopper, a three-legged hopping asteroid explorer
  • Rubin Observatory in March 2024...***..Observatorio Rubin en marzo de 2024.
    Aliro Pizarro Díaz/Rubin Observatory/NSF/AURA/
    Telescope with world’s largest digital camera will be a ‘game-changer’ for astronomy
  • SuperLimbs could help astronauts recover from falls.
    Kalind Carpenter, Preston Rogers, and Mirza Samnani
    ‘SuperLimbs’ could help astronauts recover from falls

Marine Technology

  • The Vanguard is a precursor to the Sentinel system, shown in this render. DEEP says Sentinel – a modular, reconfigurable underwater habitat – will enable six people to stay at depths of 200 meters (656 feet) for 28 days. DEEP wants to “make humans aquatic.”
    DEEP
    Can these underwater habitats ‘make humans aquatic’?
  • US company Calcarea is developing technology to removw carbon dioxide from the exhaust of cargo ships. Pictured is a prototype reactor at the Port of Los Angeles. <strong>Scroll through the gallery to see more innovations that are helping to make transport greener.</strong>
    Pierre Forin
    New tech will trap CO2 from cargo ships and store it in the ocean
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    CNN
    This unmanned lifeboat could rescue drowning people on its own
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    The Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory
    Sharks are congregating at a California beach. AI is trying to keep swimmers safe
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    Marine technology is helping humans explore the deep. Tell us which is the coolest
  • An estimated <a href="index.php?page=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fusa.oceana.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F4%2F263943_FactSheet_v2-1.pdf" target="_blank">33 billion pounds</a> of plastic trash enter the oceans every year, according to the US nonprofit Oceana. A range of technologies are being used globally to remove it. Pictured here, Clearbot’s garbage-collecting boat in a lake in northeast India. <strong>Click through the gallery to see how tech is cleaning up rivers, lakes, and oceans.</strong>
    Clear Robotics
    These robot boats are cleaning up Asia’s waterways
  • A robot fish designed and developed by students at ETH Zurich
    SURF eDNA
    Meet ‘Eve’ the DNA-collecting robot fish
  • MIT Self-Assembly lab and the Maldivian organization Invena are working to create underwater systems that can harness wave energy to help rebuild coastlines or even build new islands. The organizations have completed nine field experiments in the Maldives, the world’s lowest-lying country.<strong> Scroll through the gallery to see their work.</strong>
    MIT Self-Assembly Lab/Invena
    Can humans grow new islands in the world’s lowest-lying country?

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  • Renee Zhao holds up milli-spinner device for spinning away blood clots. August 2025.
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    CNN
    This tiny robot spins blood clots away 2:37
  • Robot tortoise made by students at DGIST in South Korea. July 2025
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    CNN
    Robot snakes and tortoises? Meet the reptiles of the future 7:08
  • Hawk from the University of Oxford wears a tech backpack made by students. May 2025
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    CNN
    This ‘backpack’ is unlocking how hawks see the world 5:01
  • Robot insect made by students at MIT. July 2025
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    CNN
    This tiny robot insect could one day pollinate crops 1:55
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    Racing the world’s fastest quadruped robot in the 100m sprint 8:07
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    Ant-inspired navigation and biomorphic whiskers help drones find their way home 5:13
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    Cyborg beetles with ‘electronic backpacks’ could help find disaster victims 5:33
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    CNN/Kevin Broad
    This spider-inspired drone can walk, perch and fly 2:32
  • SpaceHopper at ETH Zurich
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    Meet the three-legged asteroid explorer 2:59
  • Swarm robots.
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    CNN
    How ‘swarm robots’ could help explore our solar system 4:47
  • ARIS reusable rocket.
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    CNN
    ‘This is high stakes’: students test high-tech rocket-recovery system 6:31
  • JAXA's SORA-Q rover
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    CNN
    This mini moon rover could change how we capture images in space 1:39
  • Coral seeding devices, Great Barrier Reef, 2024
    • Video 5:23
    Taylor Whitman/Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program, AIMS
    These devices are helping deliver 1 million baby corals to the Great Barrier Reef 5:23
  • Eve robot fish from ETH Zurich, Switzerland, July 2024
    • Video 3:30
    CNN
    This robot fish could one day change how our oceans are studied 3:30
  • Great white shark tagging in Santa Cruz, California, July 2024
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    Ocean Predator Ecology Lab, CSUMB
    These wearables for great white sharks could be a ‘game-changer’ for ocean research 6:19

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  • Car tires are disastrous for the environment. This startup wants to be a driving force in fixing the problem
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    Powered by rain, this seed carrier could help reforest the most remote areas
  • Tiny living robots made from human cells surprise scientists
  • ‘Video games are in for quite a trip’: How generative AI could radically reshape gaming
  • Japanese scientists want to send a wooden satellite into space
  • ‘Houses That Can Save the World’: These homes offer a blueprint for a greener future
  • Stella Terra, here on a roadtrip through Marocco, is the world's first off-road solar-powered car. Developed by the student team Solar Team Eindhoven, Stella Terra is the first solar car that is robust and efficient enough to go off the beaten path. With this, the students take another step towards a sustainable future, inspiring both society and the current market to accelerate the transition to a sustainable future. 
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    STE/Bart van Overbeek
    ‘World’s first off-road solar SUV’ just drove across Morocco powered only by the sun
  • These Italian designers are using fruit peel to make furniture
  • This massive ‘floating’ museum is straight out of science fiction
  • A Swedish company is making flat-pack cars – but it’s not the one you think

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