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AI boosts the need for agile energy solutions

• The rapid adoption of generative artificial intelligence and a huge increase in the number of requests to AI tools, which typically consume ten times more energy than Google searches, has led to massive increase in the power consumption of data centers.
• The growing demand for hosting capacity for advanced AI processing is now a major environmental issue, notably with regard to power and water resources.
• In response to this challenge, players in the sector will need to optimize the efficiency of cooling technologies and develop smart networks and smart energy storage systems.
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A gloved hand uses a pipette to add red liquid into culture plates in a laboratory setting.
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Pioneering pharmaceutical and food industry innovation with organs-on-chips

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A person checks their heart rate on a smartwatch while holding a smartphone. The setting is natural, with trees in the background.
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Wireless Power Transfers: ERWPT breaks new ground with electric fields

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Researchers have developed a kirigami-inspired mechanical computer with no electronic components.
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IoT and soft robotics: is mechanical computing making a comeback?

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In a bright, modern office, a group of four people is engaged in a brainstorming session. A man is writing on a whiteboard, while three others, seated around a wooden table, are discussing and looking at a laptop. Colorful sticky notes are visible on the board. The space is decorated with colorful curtains and hanging lamps, creating a dynamic and collaborative atmosphere.
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Launching new technologies: “Sometimes it’s better to wait for the right moment”

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Soft Robotics Lab – ETH Zürich (lab head: Prof. Robert Katzschmann (not in the picture). From left to right: Jose Greminger (Master student), Pablo Paniagua (Master student), Jakob Schreiner (visiting PhD student), Aiste Balciunaite (PhD student), Miriam Filippi (Established researcher), and Asia Badolato (PhD student).
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When will we see living robots? The challenges facing biohybrid robotics

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person wearing bioelectronic fibre arrays for dual-ECG signal acquisition / credit: Wenyu Wang and Yuan Shui
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Bioelectronics: disease monitoring sensors that can be printed directly onto human skin

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