Jim Frazer

Small modular reactors are moving from a technology discussion toward an industrial execution test. Governments, utilities, energy-intensive manufacturers, data-center developers, and nuclear vendors are increasingly interested in reactors that can be deployed in smaller increments than conventional nuclear plants. The attraction is understandable. SMRs could provide reliable low-carbon electricity, industrial heat, hydrogen production, remote power, and replacement capacity at retiring coal sites.

Nvidia’s latest move into shipbuilding is not really about ships. It is about whether artificial intelligence can finally improve productivity in one of the world’s most complex, labor-intensive, and stubbornly difficult manufacturing environments. Nvidia and Kawasaki Heavy Industries plan to develop a next-generation digital shipyard at Kawasaki’s Sakaide Works in Japan.

The most important part of Google DeepMind’s latest robotics announcement is not a humanoid robot walking across a room, bending down, or placing an object on a shelf. It is the possibility that robotic intelligence may no longer need to remain permanently tied to one machine. Google DeepMind has introduced Gemini Robotics 2, a new generation of physical AI models designed to control different robotic bodies, execute whole-body movements, perform longer tasks, and coordinate multiple robots.