# selected (news sources) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover selected. Page: Feed: --- ## [Nori A3: New US-made humanoid robot with just $1,688 price tag for house chores unveiled](https://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/us-humanoid-robot-nori-a3) _2026-08-20 · Jijo Malayil · Interesting Engineering_ San Francisco-based Nori Robotics has launched the Nori A3, an American-assembled humanoid robot priced at... ## [China could deploy uncrewed aerial, underwater drones to counter attacks near contested islands](https://interestingengineering.com/military/china-uncrewed-defense-system-contested-islands) _2026-08-20 · Prabhat Ranjan Mishra · Interesting Engineering_ A report has revealed that China is exploring a new model of maritime defense in... ## [Puttalam Mayor Eng. Rinsad Ahamed Undertakes Official Visit to Mongolia](https://puttalam.mc.gov.lk/?p=506) _2026-08-20 · admin\_mc · Puttalam Municipal Council_ Puttalam Mayor Eng. 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Rinsad Ahamed Undertakes Official Visit to MongoliPuttalam Mayor \[…\] ## [Rs. 70 Million Allocated for the Renovation of Puttalam KAB Memorial Auditorium](https://puttalam.mc.gov.lk/?p=461) _2026-08-20 · admin\_mc · Puttalam Municipal Council_ Under a special Rs. 70 million (7 crore) allocation by the National People’s Power (NPP) Government, the Puttalam Municipal Council \[…\] ## [Construction of Rs. 1 Million House Begins in Thillayadi Under Samurdhi Programme](https://puttalam.mc.gov.lk/?p=482) _2026-08-20 · admin\_mc · Puttalam Municipal Council_ A foundation stone-laying ceremony was held for a house valued at Rs. 1 million for a selected beneficiary family in \[…\] ## [Nuclear-powered heater to keep spacecraft alive through Moon’s freezing two-week night](https://interestingengineering.com/space/nuclear-heater-blue-ghost-lunar-lander) _2026-08-20 · Aamir Khollam · Interesting Engineering_ Firefly Aerospace will send a nuclear-powered heating technology to the Moon in 2028, testing whether... ## [Quantum sensing to map hidden critical mineral deposits ahead of crucial 2027 test](https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/quantum-gravity-sensing-critical-minerals-before-drilling) _2026-08-20 · Neetika Walter · Interesting Engineering_ Neutral-atom quantum computing firm Infleqtion plans to test a quantum sensing system in Colorado in... ## [New zinc battery uses ‘troublemaker’ protons to store more energy, lasts 500+ cycles](https://interestingengineering.com/energy/zinc-battery-electrode-proton-storage-mof) _2026-08-20 · Neetika Walter · Interesting Engineering_ KAIST researchers have developed an electrode for water-based zinc-ion batteries that uses protons to add... ## [New 578-foot Mach 1 ground-based sled track trains vital F-35 shields for US pilots](https://interestingengineering.com/military/us-navy-mach-1-ground-sled-track) _2026-08-19 · Aamir Khollam · Interesting Engineering_ The U.S. Navy has opened the nation’s first ground-based sled track designed to test aircraft... ## [Utah rare earth worth $5.5M per tonne wins approval from Japanese magnet maker](https://interestingengineering.com/energy/terbium-oxide-japanese-magnet-approval) _2026-08-19 · Aamir Khollam · Interesting Engineering_ Energy Fuels has cleared another hurdle in its push to build a Western supply chain... ## [Trade Bitcoin and Ethereum Today (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/VWwuvjQi8L27) _2026-08-19 · **Sponsored**_ Buy, sell, and margin trade BTC and ETH with EUR, USD, CAD, GBP, or JPY. ## [Rehabilitation of Two Culverts on Outer Circle Road, Puttalam](https://puttalam.mc.gov.lk/?p=468) _2026-08-19 · admin\_mc · Puttalam Municipal Council_ Two damaged culverts on Outer Circle Road in Ward 8, Puttalam have been newly rehabilitated by the Puttalam Municipal Council. \[…\] ## [National People’s Power Government Housing Project](https://puttalam.mc.gov.lk/?p=465) _2026-08-19 · admin\_mc · Puttalam Municipal Council_ The foundation stone-laying ceremony was held for the construction of houses for three low-income families under the Samurdhi Fund. The \[…\] ## [Puttalam Selected for National Programme to Develop 16 Cities](https://puttalam.mc.gov.lk/?p=460) _2026-08-19 · admin\_mc · Puttalam Municipal Council_ Puttalam has been selected as one of 16 cities under a national programme to develop these cities in a planned \[…\] ## [Sports Equipment Donated to Puttalam Indoor Sports Complex](https://puttalam.mc.gov.lk/?p=457) _2026-08-19 · admin\_mc · Puttalam Municipal Council_ With the support of PHD / OL 99, alumni associations of Puttalam Zahira College, four Table Tennis Court Barriers were \[…\] ## [Concrete Road Development Work Begins on Puttalam Thillayadi 3rd Cross Road](https://puttalam.mc.gov.lk/?p=454) _2026-08-19 · admin\_mc · Puttalam Municipal Council_ Concrete road development work has commenced on Thillayadi 3rd Cross Road in Puttalam, with an allocation of Rs. 4 million \[…\] ## [A New Milestone for Puttalam Municipal Council](https://puttalam.mc.gov.lk/?p=451) _2026-08-19 · admin\_mc · Puttalam Municipal Council_ A New Milestone for Puttalam Municipal Council: Highest Monthly Revenue of Rs. 75 Million As a result of continuous efforts \[…\] ## [Drainage Rehabilitation in Ward 5](https://puttalam.mc.gov.lk/?p=436) _2026-08-19 · admin\_mc · Puttalam Municipal Council_ A budget of Rs. 2 million has been allocated to carry out the drainage rehabilitation work, which has been a \[…\] ## [China’s J-36 jet engineers warn LLM hallucinations invent war and design data](https://interestingengineering.com/military/china-j-36-rogue-intelligence-models) _2026-08-19 · Aamir Khollam · Interesting Engineering_ China’s aircraft engineers have warned that artificial intelligence could feed false data into military intelligence,... ## [Australian portable battery survives -76°F to 140°F to power US troops anywhere](https://interestingengineering.com/energy/3me-edgevolt-portable-battery-us-military-prism) _2026-08-19 · Neetika Walter · Interesting Engineering_ Australian battery and electrification company 3ME Technology has been selected by the U.S. Defense Innovation... ## [New method converts difficult-to-recycle aircraft composite waste into aerogel insulation](https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/recycling-approach-carbon-fiber-aerogel) _2026-08-19 · Mrigakshi Dixit · Interesting Engineering_ The National University of Singapore (NUS) has developed a method to turn difficult-to-recycle carbon fiber... ## 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[World’s largest 3,200-megapixel camera weighing 6,600lb begins a decade-long sky survey](https://interestingengineering.com/space/rubin-observatory-lsst-ten-year-survey-begins) _2026-08-19 · Munis Raza · Interesting Engineering_ A camera roughly the size of a small car started taking a new photo of... ## [US: Radiant sends portable nuclear reactor on a 1,000-mile road trip to prove readiness](https://interestingengineering.com/energy/kaleidos-nuclear-reactor-begins-road-trip) _2026-08-19 · Atharva Gosavi · Interesting Engineering_ Radiant’s 1-MWe Kaleidos microreactor began traveling from El Segundo, California, to Idaho National Laboratory on... ## [AI needs more than chips: 5 metals powering the data center boom](https://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/ai-needs-more-than-chips-5-metals-powering-the-data-center-boom) _2026-08-19 · Kaif Shaikh · Interesting Engineering_ Artificial intelligence may look like a software revolution, but the infrastructure behind it is intensely... ## [E-2D Hawkeye upgrade sharpens tracking of over 3,000 targets under $1.2B deal](https://interestingengineering.com/military/e-2d-block-ii-upgrade-critical-design-review) _2026-08-19 · Neetika Walter · Interesting Engineering_ The E-2D Advanced Hawkeye is moving toward a major technology upgrade that will improve how... ## [Australia taps US firm to build yard for 10,000-ton AUKUS nuclear submarines](https://interestingengineering.com/military/australia-us-firm-aukus-nuclear-submarine) _2026-08-19 · Aamir Khollam · Interesting Engineering_ Australia has selected a joint venture involving U.S. engineering firm Amentum and Laing O’Rourke to... ## [China tests flying wing aircraft 1.6 times wider than the B-2 bomber for 800 passengers](https://interestingengineering.com/transportation/china-flying-wing-aircraft-800-passengers) _2026-08-18 · Aamir Khollam · Interesting Engineering_ China is exploring a radical passenger aircraft design that could carry more than 800 people,... ## [New sensors enable real-time tracking to tackle US’ 94,000-ton nuclear waste stockpile](https://interestingengineering.com/energy/nuclear-fuel-recycling-real-time-tracking-system) _2026-08-18 · Neetika Walter · Interesting Engineering_ SHINE and GE Vernova are developing a system that could track nuclear material in real... ## 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[New 800-lb thrust turbofan engine selected for US Air Force JASSM cruise missile](https://interestingengineering.com/military/new-800-lb-thrust-turbofan-engine-selected-for-us-air-force-jassm-cruise-missile) _2026-08-17 · Georgina Jedikovska · Interesting Engineering_ The U.S. Air Force has just selected the F143 turbofan as a second-source engine for... ## [Silent ion-powered robot swarms could map subsurface caves on Saturn’s moon Titan](https://interestingengineering.com/space/nasa-funds-ion-powered-flying-drones-to-explore-saturns-largest-moon) _2026-08-17 · Mrigakshi Dixit · Interesting Engineering_ NASA is funding an ambitious new concept that could send swarms of tiny, silent, spherical... ## [World’s first turbine blade factory aims to turn wood into recyclable airfoils](https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/worlds-first-wooden-blade-factory) _2026-08-17 · Sujita Sinha · Interesting Engineering_ A German startup is moving forward with plans to build the world’s first large-scale factory... ## [China’s new 945-foot cliff elevator cuts student’s 3-hour trek to 30 minutes](https://interestingengineering.com/transportation/china-945-foot-cliff-elevator) _2026-08-17 · Sujita Sinha · Interesting Engineering_ Children living deep inside China’s Nizhuhe Grand Canyon now have a far easier route to... ## [Video: 489-mph stealth drone spotted flying with jet-powered combat UAVs under its wings](https://interestingengineering.com/military/ankaiii-drone-carries-two-autonomous-drones) _2026-08-17 · Sujita Sinha · Interesting Engineering_ Türkiye’s ANKA III stealth combat drone is moving closer to carrying autonomous aircraft. Recently, Turkish... ## [US battery storage hits 52 GW as capacity reaches a record-high level in 2026](https://interestingengineering.com/energy/us-battery-storage-capacity-reaches-52-gw) _2026-08-17 · Mrigakshi Dixit · Interesting Engineering_ America’s power grid is executing a quiet, high-tech transformation. Over the past three years, utility-scale... ## [Chinese robot dogs take on fires and toxic leaks to keep rescuers out of danger](https://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/chinese-robot-dogs-take-on-fires) _2026-08-17 · Jijo Malayil · Interesting Engineering_ Chinese startup DEEP Robotics is expanding the use of quadruped and wheeled-legged robots in firefighting... ## [Hybrid material based on nanosheets 500x thinner than a human hair can produce hydrogen peroxide](https://interestingengineering.com/science/hybrid-material-nanosheets-hydrogen-peroxide) _2026-08-17 · Prabhat Ranjan Mishra · Interesting Engineering_ Researchers in the United States have developed a new material to produce hydrogen peroxide more... ## [100% rare-earth-free axial flux electric motors set to be developed, offer high power](https://interestingengineering.com/transportation/rare-earth-free-electric-motors) _2026-08-17 · Prabhat Ranjan Mishra · Interesting Engineering_ A British company is set to develop a new generation of fully rare-earth-free and heavy-rare-earth-free... ## [Chinese firm sees 93.7% capacity utilization as modern tech demand drives chip shortages](https://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/chinese-firm-smic-capacity-utilization-chip) _2026-08-16 · Maria Mocerino · Interesting Engineering_ Demand is high for mature-node chips for AI processors, and China’s Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation... ## [China could prepare civilian cargo ships for wartime operations, support military in conflicts](https://interestingengineering.com/military/china-civilian-cargo-ships-wartime-operations) _2026-08-16 · Bojan Stojkovski · Interesting Engineering_ China needs to accelerate plans to mobilize civilian ships for military operations, drawing lessons from... ## [New framework cuts errors by 80%, helps scientists predict fusion machine’s hardware changes](https://interestingengineering.com/energy/method-cuts-errors-fusion-machine-changes) _2026-08-16 · Rupendra Brahambhatt · Interesting Engineering_ Inside a fusion machine, the plasma can reach temperatures hotter than the Sun’s core while... ## [A gluon junction may explain where a proton’s baryon number comes from](https://interestingengineering.com/science/gluon-junction-proton-baryon-number) _2026-08-16 · Rupendra Brahambhatt · Interesting Engineering_ A proton looks so simple, made of three quarks held together by gluons. However, this... ## [Top 7 biggest machines: From mining giants to particle accelerators](https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/7-largest-machines-in-the-world) _2026-08-16 · Kaif Shaikh · Interesting Engineering_ Some machines are so large that describing them as “vehicles” or “equipment” almost feels inadequate.... ## [China’s record 22% efficient perovskite solar panels outdo silicon in real-world trials](https://interestingengineering.com/energy/china-record-perovskite-solar-panels-silicon) _2026-08-16 · Aman Tripathi · Interesting Engineering_ A team of Chinese researchers and factory engineers has shown that full-sized perovskite solar panels... ## [3 billion push: US firm plans 50% expansion in chip research capacity](https://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/3-billion-push-us-firm-plans-50-expansion-in-chip-research-capacity) _2026-08-16 · Atharva Gosavi · Interesting Engineering_ American Fortune 500 company Lam Research plans to invest more than $3 billion over the... ## [5-fold boost: US firms build stronger encryption for space based platforms](https://interestingengineering.com/military/5-fold-boost-us-firms-build-stronger-encryption-for-space-based-platforms) _2026-08-16 · Atharva Gosavi · Interesting Engineering_ Northrop Grumman and Aeronix have launched a multimillion-dollar partnership to accelerate the development of cryptographic...