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Codex in a quantum lab: automating measurements
On 8 September 2026, OpenAI described MIT researcher Beatriz Yankelevich connecting GPT-5.6 Sol, through Codex, to superconducting-qubit measurement…
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Genisom L1 Maker: building a quadruped at IROS 2026
Genisom introduces an educational quadruped for assembly and development. What its announced capabilities mean, and what a teaching project should verify.
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Meta Ray-Ban Display: screen glasses reach France on October 13 for 899 €
Announced overnight from 23 to 24 September 2026, the Meta Ray-Ban Display go on sale in France, Germany and Italy on 13 October 2026, from 899 €. Price, retail locations, prescription versions, battery life: what the first mainstream screen in glasses is actually worth.
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Snap SPECS: Intelligence, $2,195 and fall shipping to US, UK, France
Snap details SPECS Intelligence and commercial timeline: $2,195 pre-order, fall 2026 shipping in US, UK and France. Not the first reveal (June AWE).
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Best AI robotics kit in 2026: mBot2 or Bittle X?
mBot2 is the better first kit for a guided path from blocks to Python; Bittle X V2 is the deeper choice for quadruped locomotion, mechanics and ROS experiments.
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Microduck: the $399 robot pet is really an open RL lab
Pollen Robotics’ duck-like biped costs $399 and exposes its control and reinforcement-learning stack. It is a developer gadget, not a household helper.
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Jetson Orin Nano 2: twice the robot AI, but no product to buy yet
NVIDIA promises 78 TOPS, twice the inference performance and better efficiency for compact robots. The hardware is announced for 2027, with no price or independent benchmarks yet.
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Adobe Indigo's AI Camera Coach: Useful, but Experimental
Adobe's Indigo camera can critique a shot, suggest a reshoot and generate edits. Its limited AI Playground also exposes practical trade-offs.
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AI Glasses in 2026: What They Really See, Display and Record
Camera, audio, a small display or real augmented reality: smart glasses are not one product. Here is how to choose without confusing AI with holograms.
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AI Wearables in 2026: Uses and Limits of Glasses, Pins and Rings
Smart glasses, AI pins and smart rings compared at verified mid-2026 prices: real uses, cloud dependence, costs and limits.
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China's Dark Factories: What Is Really Automated—and What Viral Videos Get Wrong
China has real lights-off workshops, but the strongest factories combine robots, software and human supervision—not empty buildings run by magic.
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Which home robots really do chores in 2026?
Robot vacuums work today; humanoid helpers are early-access systems with important limits.
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AI PCs and NPUs in 2026: What TOPS Actually Change
An NPU accelerates some AI calculations efficiently. But 40 or 50 TOPS says neither how fast the whole PC is nor whether your apps use it.