Hello,

We've taken an unAmerican bit of time off for this past Labor Day holiday weekend, so the newsletter is a bit light for article links today.

I was back to doing some reading and watching over the holiday, so a few interesting rabbit holes I'm sharing for you to go down. The MIT video is fascinating - I've always had a thing for ornithopters, but this one can also swim and go airborne after "flying" under water.

enjoy,

-andyT

Study: Battery-electric Trucks Becoming Competitive on an Increasing Number of Routes. Link

EV batteries last longer than drivers feared. Link

Batteries are quietly driving down evening electricity prices across the U.S. Link

Joint research team suppresses gas evolution, one of the biggest challenges to commercializing lithium manganese-rich (LMR) batteries. Paper

Enhancing the Cycling Stability of Graphite Anodes Using a Dense Fluorine-Containing Thiophene-Based Electrolyte Additive. Paper

Climbers rescued from Mount Shasta after relying on AI chatbot to plan trip. Link

Annual humanoid robot shipments to reach 26 million units worldwide by 2040. Report

A Decade of Hype, 3,000 Roofs, and One Redirect URL: Tesla Kills the Solar Roof. Link

Jensen Huang once again declares that ‘AGI has arrived’ — but his GPT-6 celebration feels like he’s just trying to sell next-gen Nvidia GPUs. Link

China targets fourfold boost in AI computing capacity by 2030 in major tech push. Link

Video of the week..."Puffin-Inspired Robot that Swim and Flies." Video. Link to related paper.