WebMCP won't replace scraping. It replaces blind clicking
WebMCP lets sites declare actions directly to browser agents. It is an alternative to brittle DOM actuation, not the end of scraping or dedicated APIs.
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2,000× smaller? Only if you count volume
MIT carves empty space into a swollen hydrogel, then shrinks it. The 2,000× figure is volume; roughly 13× linear shrinkage pushes features below 100 nm.
RSGS: repairing satellites where no technician can go
Northrop Grumman's Mission Robotic Vehicle is headed to geostationary orbit carrying dual robotic arms that can inspect, service and extend satellites never designed to be repaired.
These $2 tiles do not double your Wi-Fi. They redraw mmWave paths
FlowForm prints passive reflectors for roughly $2 each and uses them to create new mmWave paths through a room. The measured gain is real, but much narrower than “Wi-Fi twice as fast.”
WebAssembly has GC. It still needs JavaScript for console.log
Wasm now has SIMD, exceptions, 64-bit memory and GC. Yet a simple Web API call still crosses JavaScript. Mozilla wants Components to move that glue into the browser itself.
Change the fork and your hand becomes visible again
Table Manners disrupts forks, spoons and knives to reveal the tiny movements our hands normally perform without attracting any attention.
No one sold the monitor his old machines needed, so he built one
The PixelVision AV1000 MkII combines HDMI, VGA and analogue video around an iPad panel. Its interesting part is not the screen, but the stack of interfaces made into one coherent tool.
The prototype boots. Production has to repeat it without mistakes
The Compute Module 5 jig turns manual provisioning into a repeatable cycle and can create device-specific security state along the way.
He wanted a Gaussian Splat 1,000× faster. Four weeks later, he had an iPhone app
Scantic trains Gaussian Splats directly on an iPhone. The useful number is not 1,000×, but what its developer actually moved from a desktop workflow into the phone.
The printer is fast. The earth refuses to keep up
3D printing can turn local soil into a building, but the robot only automates deposition. The difficult craft moves into mix design, drying, toolpaths and construction details.