The place can you discover lasers, electrical guitars, and racks stuffed with novel batteries, all in the identical large room? This week, the reply was the 2025 ARPA-E Power Innovation Summit simply outdoors Washington, DC.
Power innovation can take many varieties, and the variability in power analysis was on show on the summit. ARPA-E, a part of the US Division of Power, offers funding for high-risk, high-reward analysis tasks. The summit gathers tasks the company has funded, together with buyers, policymakers, and journalists.
A whole bunch of tasks have been exhibited in a large corridor in the course of the convention, that includes demonstrations and analysis outcomes. Listed here are 4 of essentially the most fascinating improvements MIT Expertise Assessment noticed on web site. Learn the complete story.
—Casey Crownhart
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The must-reads
