In 2020, I wrote about a meter-high robotic, smart fabric wrapped Plastic Dinosaur that gained consciousness to explore machine learning. A series of articles on the core concepts of machine learning and neural nets, as they existed then, each started with a brief story about Plastic Dinosaur as it learned … [continued]
I’ve lived through many internet ages. In each stage of where the internet evolves and where humans spend their time, businesses and political actors step in and try to “game the system” for their benefit. It’s not all about eyeballs and money, but, eventually, that’s almost always what anything popular … [continued]
The hype around artificial intelligence (AI) has reached enormous heights. Everything is AI all the time now. At least, that’s how it feels as someone working in the media who is bombarded by PR pitches mentioning AI. Additionally, though, we see how much money is being put into building massive … [continued]
All this year, we’ll be exploring the many reasons to love heat pump water heaters (HPWHs). Perhaps the top reason is that they save so much money on utility bills. In fact, besides heat pumps for space heating, HPWHs are the appliance with the most potential savings across all household … [continued]
AI is advancing fast. Digital education is expanding. Skills training, technical work, small business digitization, and creator economies are growing across the world — especially across Global South markets. But all of these futures share one very practical dependency: affordable computing devices. Phones connect people. Computers enable them to build, … [continued]
If all US single-family homes adopted heat pumps, it would equal taking 32 million cars off the road. But we need to 10× the current adoption pace by 2030. In this latest episode of CleanTech Talk, Quilt CEO Paul Lambert explains how his team from Google, Apple, and Nest is … [continued]
Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, is looking to make a bold move and lead the way on an issue most of the world is struggling with but doesn’t know how to handle. He wants to ban social media use by kids under 16 years old in Spain, calling social media … [continued]
Last year we bought a combination washer and heat pump dryer and have been pretty impressed. Not only does the machine offer significant convenience where you put a load of clothes in and literally two hours later it is both washed and dried, it also uses a small amount of … [continued]
CleanTechnica is back in Las Vegas for yet another Faraday Future product launch. In 2026, Faraday Future invited us out to NADA, the North American automotive dealerships annual meeting, to show off a trio of AI-enabled robots. Disclaimer: Faraday Future paid for the author’s travel and accommodations to attend this … [continued]
SpaceX has a plan to put a million solar powered data centers into orbit around the Earth to power the next generation of AI.
