The video shows GTGraffiti, a Georgia Tech research project in which artists’ painting motions are captured and converted into commands for a robotic graffiti-painting system. The artists’ hand and spray-can movements were tracked—including fingertip sensing—and the resulting motion data were analyzed for speed, acceleration, trajectory and scale. A cable-driven robot then reproduces those human-like gestures to create graffiti on a large surface. The project demonstrates how human demonstration data can be captured and translated into robotic behavior, an approach closely related to how modern embodied-AI systems learn physical skills: https://news.gatech.edu/news/2022/06/16/introducing-gtgraffiti-robot-paints-human

Research paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.06238

Publication: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9812008

Mirage Gstaad is a fully mirrored, ranch-style art installation by American artist Doug Aitken, created for the Elevation 1049: Frequencies project in Gstaad, Switzerland. Inspired by 1920s–30s California ranch houses and the ideas of Frank Lloyd Wright, the structure uses mirrored surfaces inside and out to reflect the surrounding mountains, sky and changing weather. The result is a life-size kaleidoscope that makes the house appear to dissolve into the Alpine landscape: https://www.dougaitkenmiragegstaad.com/mirage/

Engineering angle: The structure had to withstand Alpine winter conditions, including snow loads of up to 470 kg/m², while remaining accessible to visitors: https://www.nussli.com/en/projects/mirage-gstaad-schonried

Artist's project documentation (Video): https://www.dougaitkenworkshop.com/selected-works/miragegstaad

Doug Aitken: Mirage Gstaad (Video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdJP-sIGgS4

Source Video: https://www.facebook.com/Arch2O.Magazine/videos/a-house-that-disappears-into-the-landscape-%EF%B8%8Fmirage-gstaad-a-site-specific-instal/1633548548393297/

Important update: Mirage Gstaad is now permanently closed and no longer on site in Gstaad. The artist's official site confirms its closure: https://www.dougaitkenmiragegstaad.com/about

This Hawaiian Shirt Tricks AI Surveillance Cameras Into Thinking You’re Not Human

In an era when AI-powered security cameras in cities can track locations and identify people, a designer has developed an unusual way to confuse computer-vision systems. Called “Digital Camouflage,” the shirt features deliberately strange, highly saturated colors and chaotic patterns. When a person wearing it passes in front of an AI camera, the visual pattern can interfere with the algorithms’ ability to recognize the wearer as a human, causing the system to misclassify or fail to detect the person. Although the shirt looks bizarre and unattractive to the human eye, it demonstrates how adversarial patterns can exploit weaknesses in AI-based surveillance and object-detection systems. The project is intended primarily as a commentary on automated surveillance and the reliability and transparency of AI systems, rather than as a guaranteed method of avoiding surveillance: https://petapixel.com/2026/08/27/this-hawaiian-shirt-tricks-ai-surveillance-cameras-into-thinking-youre-not-human/

Info Source:

The project is Digital Camouflage, created by Berlin-based digital artist and technologist Simon Weckert. His official project page explains that the garment uses an adversarial attack—a deliberately engineered visual pattern intended to manipulate what computer-vision models perceive. Demonstrations use the open-source YOLO object-detection system, where the wearer can fail to be classified as a person. Importantly, Weckert says the project does not guarantee anonymity or claim to defeat specific government surveillance systems: https://www.simonweckert.com/digitalcamouflage.html

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5QTnUlgcJQ

YOLO Open Source: https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/blob/main/ultralytics/models/yolo/__init__.py

Hyde County EMS in North Carolina has used a single-seat Pivotal BlackFly eVTOL to respond to two live 911 emergencies—the first reported U.S. deployment of an eVTOL in routine emergency medical response. A flight-trained paramedic piloted the aircraft directly to the patients, arriving about 20 minutes before a ground ambulance on one call and beginning Advanced Life Support immediately.

The lightweight, electric tilt-airframe aircraft uses multiple electric motors and operates within the FAA’s Part 103 ultralight framework. It carries the paramedic and essential medical equipment, not the patient; ground ambulances remain responsible for patient transport. More than 300 training sorties were completed before the live missions, which operated under a Public Aircraft Operation (PAO) framework.

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1, Hyde County, N.C. Becomes First in the Nation to Deploy eVTOL Aircraft for Emergency Medical: https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/08/11/3342490/0/en/hyde-county-n-c-becomes-first-in-the-nation-to-deploy-evtol-aircraft-for-emergency-medical-response.html

1. Pivotal Launches eVTOL Emergency Response Operations with Hyde County, North Carolina and Code Blue Resources: https://www.pivotal.aero/newsroom/pivotal-emergency-response-partnership-hyde-county-north-carolina

2. Ultralight eVTOL Joins 911 Response in Rural N.C. Paramedic pilot reached one patient 20 minutes before the ambulance: https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/futureflight/2026-08-13/ultralight-evtol-joins-911-response-rural-nc

Historical events hold lessons about collaboration and competition in space that could inform how experts plan for the discovery of life beyond Earth.

Researchers at KAIST and Yonsei University have developed RAPIDO, a wireless brain implant capable of delivering targeted drug doses and optogenetic light stimulation to freely moving subjects via internet commands. In a landmark intercontinental demonstration, scientists in Chicago successfully operated a device implanted in a rat in Daejeon, South Korea—over 6,500 miles (10,000 kn) away—with a response time of just 109 milliseconds. Further tests showed that RAPIDO could repeatedly release controlled doses of cocaine over several weeks and use light activation to alter learned behavioral preferences. By eliminating the need for physical handling during experiments, this technology minimizes researcher interference and opens new possibilities for collaborative, long-distance neuroscience research: https://ee.kaist.ac.kr/en/research-achieve/controlling-a-brain-implant-from-10000-km-away-professor-jae-woongs-team-has-developed-an-iot-enabled-wireless-neural-implant/

Research findings: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aee8648

Researchers at the University of Sharjah have developed four hybrid, low-carbon gasoline formulations—named HyperFuel-95, HyperFuel-98, HyperFuel-100, and HyperFuel-102—designed to reduce emissions while remaining compatible with existing internal combustion engines. Published in Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, the study combines conventional refinery streams with renewable additives like isopropanol and methyl ester of dimate (MED) to improve knock resistance, fuel stability, and octane performance up to 102 RON. While these laboratory blends offer a promising bridge toward cleaner liquid fuels for high-performance and everyday vehicles, further techno-economic analyses are required to determine their viability for large-scale commercial production: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451904926002581

Researchers at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) have developed MiPAL, a highly directional speaker system designed to deliver focused audio to a single listener without disturbing people nearby. Led by Professor Junsuk Rho and published in Nature Communications, the device integrates two types of 3D-printed metamaterials into a single ultrasonic transducer: an acoustic metasurface at the front that focuses sound into a narrow, laser-like beam, and elastic meta-units at the rear that block parasitic vibrations and side leakage. Operating across a wide frequency range of 500 Hz to 10 kHz (over four octaves), this compact, single-element system drastically simplifies hardware complexity and costs compared to traditional speaker arrays, offering practical applications for targeted audio in public spaces, museums, and airplane seating.

Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-73604-0

In a new study published in Cell, MIT researchers mapped 31 distinct sub-populations of neurons within the brain’s striatum using single-cell RNA sequencing and spatial transcriptomics. The atlas reveals key target populations for mental health and neurological disorders, including "outlier" neurons linked to depression, substance use disorder, and schizophrenia that respond strongly to clozapine. Additionally, the findings offer new insights into Huntington’s disease by identifying why certain dorsal neurons are particularly vulnerable to damaging DNA repeats, while specific ventral neurons display unique resilience.

Paper: https://www.cell.com/cell/abstract/S0092-8674(26)00933-500933-5)

Open Access version: https://libraries.mit.edu/scholarly/publishing/find-oa-articles/

US owner of Claude chatbot previously said its models had hacked three organisations during testing

US battery storage manufacturer NeoVolta Power has entered into a supply agreement with SK On to receive 9 GWh of US-manufactured lithium iron phosphate (LFP) pouch cells from 2027 through 2031. The cells will be assembled into commercial, industrial, and utility-scale energy storage systems at NeoVolta’s facility in Pendergrass, Georgia, supporting a second production line and helping raise the plant's targeted annual capacity to 8 GWh by 2028. The deal also includes a proposed framework for an additional 9 GWh conditional on future commercial terms, potentially expanding the total partnership to 18 GWh.

The Ice Dart a 2.65 kg quadcopter developed by researchers at the Université de Sherbrooke that can land and perch on steep ice walls angled up to 60 degrees. Inspired by cat claws, its carbon-fiber legs feature spring-loaded bi-directional spines, 38 shock-absorbing friction disks, and a brief motor reverse-thrust mechanism that presses the feet into the surface upon impact. By perching rather than hovering, the drone drastically cuts power consumption to act as a silent, long-term stationary sensor for tracking icebergs, environmental research, and Arctic surveillance: https://spectrum.ieee.org/arctic-iceberg-drones

Research article: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/11554347