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All products featured on WIRED are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. Learn more. Summer is firmly here and the temperatures are feeling borderline apocalyptic in much of the northern hemisphere. Why not avoid the
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A few weeks ago, a computer at my bank decided I was a security risk. And the human on the phone told me, flat out, that she could not overrule it. I half-joked, asking who was really in charge here, her or the computer. We spend a lot of energy
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The future of construction depends on the industry rethinking how we build the workforce that will construct the homes, buildings, cities, and infrastructure of tomorrow. As we move closer to the year 2030, the industry’s greatest competitive advantage won’t just be AI (artificial intelligence), automation, or robotics. It
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Robots walking down the street, surrounded by astounded onlookers, is an increasingly common sight. But these machines aren’t yet the do-it-all assistants you’d want working in a kitchen or factory, and a major bottleneck is data. Much like humans, robots learn best by experience. The challenge is that
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AI as accessibility: what happened when a neurodivergent solutions architect stopped fighting his brain and started building. In this post, I share how AI serves as an accessibility tool for neurodivergent professionals. The system is built on Amazon Quick on your desktop, an AI-powered desktop and web assistant that compensates
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NVIDIA RoboLab is advancing robot policy benchmarking for generalist robot systems that follow language instructions. Xuning Yang, Senior Research Scientist at NVIDIA’s Seattle Research Lab, set out the platform as a response to evaluation practices that still lag behind gains in robotics foundation models. Those models already pick, place,
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Advances in artificial intelligence and robotics have made it easier than ever to design your own autonomous system. However, if you want the system to have total autonomy, there is still a pretty big pain point you’ll have to contend with: charging the battery. It seems like a much
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Jul 13, 2026 12:08 PM The Best Gifts for Cooks Who Love Cooking From the best air fryer to a great Dtuch oven to knife sharpeners anyone can use, these ideas will keep the curious home chef in your life tinkering away. Featured in this article All products featured
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Most robots have a tough enough time getting around in a single environment. Building one that can move efficiently through both air and water is an entirely different problem. The two environments have dramatically different physical properties, meaning a design optimized for flight usually performs poorly underwater, while a capable
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* The FCC is chasing suspected DJI front companies * Multiple rebranded DJI-like devices are on sale in the US * New DJI products were banned in the US last year Since last December, new DJI devices have been banned in the US, because the drone and camera maker is on the Covered
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Today, I’m talking with Xinzhou Wu, who is the head of automotive at Nvidia. Nvidia is obviously in the news constantly because of the AI boom — it’s one of the most valuable companies in the world, because the AI industry can’t get enough of the company’s
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A proposed bill that would allow autonomous vehicles to operate in Washington, D.C. has become a test case for Uber’s broader robotaxi strategy. Instead of simply partnering with, and investing in, robotaxi developers, Uber is also trying to shape the rules that govern them, an effort that puts
