Hacker News with Generative AI: Innovation

AI is stifling new tech adoption? (vale.rocks)
I propose that the advent and integration of AI models into the workflows of developers has stifled the adoption of new and potentially superior technologies due to training data cutoffs and system prompt influence.

Artificial Intelligence, Technology, Adoption, Innovation, Software Development

503 points by kiyanwang 6 days ago | 425 comments

Rebooting The Pentagon (nybooks.com)
Bringing Silicon Valley’s drive for innovation to defense contracting has been a slow process, but the war in Ukraine has led tech firms to plunge into the war business.

Defense, Innovation, War, Technology, Ukraine

13 points by whoisstan 11 days ago | 2 comments

A drill bit that can also drive screws (core77.com)
This Rapid 50 object was invented by Australian industrial designer German Anchique:

Tools, Design, Innovation, Australia

110 points by surprisetalk 11 days ago | 150 comments

Chimes at Midnight (2024) (asteriskmag.com)
It’s been an idea for over three decades. How did the clock that will run for 10,000 years become a reality?

Timekeeping, Engineering, Innovation

47 points by chautumn 11 days ago | 15 comments

Adding cooking oil to asphalt to create self-healing roads (thetimes.com)

Civil Engineering, Sustainability, Materials Science, Innovation

19 points by zdw 14 days ago | 22 comments

An Anonymous Investor Is Spending Millions to Make Underwater Homes (theguardian.com)
An innovative mission on the Welsh border, funded by an anonymous private investor, has begun work to create a ‘permanent human settlement’ under the sea

Real Estate, Underwater Construction, Innovation, Investment

63 points by embit 14 days ago | 33 comments

Drones are now launching drones to attack other drones in Ukraine (arstechnica.com)
Under the pressure of war, the pace of innovation is quick.

Drones, Military Technology, Ukraine, Warfare, Innovation

10 points by Brajeshwar 15 days ago | 1 comments

Julia and JuliaHub: Advancing Innovation and Growth (juliahub.com)
Julia and JuliaHub: Advancing Innovation and GrowthJuliaHub and the Julia community have grown at a tremendous pace in recent years, and we want to take this opportunity to celebrate some of these successes.

Programming Languages, Software, Community, Innovation, Growth

140 points by xgdgsc 17 days ago | 67 comments

Scotland's first 'enclosed' salmon farm to open on Loch Long (bbc.com)
An innovation in salmon farming - to tackle pollution and the spread of parasitic lice - will mark a first for Scotland at a new fish farm in Argyll.

Scotland, Aquaculture, Fish Farming, Environment, Innovation

9 points by colinprince 18 days ago | 13 comments

Giant catapult sends satellites into space (spinlaunch.com)
SpinLaunch is an innovative new space technology company that has created an alternative method for putting 200 kilogram class satellites into low earth orbit.

Space Exploration, Technology, Innovation

45 points by jv22222 19 days ago | 57 comments

Smart fabric heats up under the sun (uwaterloo.ca)
Waterloo researchers develop cloth that can heat up by 30 degrees Celsius after 10 minutes of sun exposure

Materials Science, Solar Energy, Innovation

37 points by gnabgib 19 days ago | 40 comments

Non-Western founders say DeepSeek proves innovation need not cost billions (restofworld.org)
Entrepreneurs in Asia and Africa believe DeepSeek is proof that frugality and innovation can go hand in hand.

Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Funding, Asia, Africa

22 points by devonnull 20 days ago | 2 comments

How a top Chinese AI model overcame US sanctions (technologyreview.com)
With a new reasoning model that matches the performance of ChatGPT o1, DeepSeek managed to turn restrictions into innovation.

Artificial Intelligence, China, Technology, Sanctions, Innovation

4 points by pseudolus 24 days ago | 0 comments

Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artifical Intelligence (whitehouse.gov)
To maintain this leadership, we must develop AI systems that are free from ideological bias or engineered social agendas. With the right Government policies, we can solidify our position as the global leader in AI and secure a brighter future for all Americans.This order revokes certain existing AI policies and directives that act as barriers to American AI innovation, clearing a path for the United States to act decisively to retain global leadership in artificial intelligence.

Artificial Intelligence, Government Policy, Leadership, Innovation, United States

11 points by amrrs 28 days ago | 0 comments

Omni-Directional Ball-Wheeled Bike [video] (youtube.com)

Cycling, Innovation, Design, Videos

3 points by johnneville 30 days ago | 0 comments

Engineer turns scrap Yamaha R6 into steampunk penny farthing (motorcyclenews.com)
What do you get when you combine hundreds of kilos of spare steel, a ratty 20-year-old Yamaha R6, and almost 750 hours of hair-brained brilliance? The answer is the world’s fastest penny farthing.

Engineering, Motorcycles, Steampunk, Innovation

9 points by dmmalam 32 days ago | 0 comments

The Toyota Prius transformed the auto industry (ieee.org)
The first-generation Toyota Prius, introduced in 1997, paired an internal combustion engine with an electric motor, making it the first mass-produced hybrid EV.

Automotive Industry, Hybrid Vehicles, Technology, Innovation

170 points by pseudolus 33 days ago | 279 comments

Camouflaged motorcycle hides from bike thieves in plain sight (newatlas.com)
Bike thieves can't steal it if they don't know it's there ... This remarkable motorcycle looks for all the world like a telecom signal box covered in graffiti – but at the touch of a button it rises up on wheels and rides away.

Motorcycles, Security, Design, Innovation

16 points by Brajeshwar 38 days ago | 1 comments

Donut Lab's next-generation in-wheel motors (donutlab.com)
Greater torque and power. Lower cost and weight.

Electric Vehicles, Automotive, Technology, Innovation, Engineering

70 points by klemola 43 days ago | 39 comments

When will we fix the tools that run the world? (cgustavo.com)
Our bodies are limited. We cannot fly and are not the fastest, strongest, or the best swimmers. We are, however, tool builders.

Technology, Tools, Human Limitations, Innovation

83 points by cgustavo 44 days ago | 105 comments

First Geared CVT Could Be a Holy Grail Transmission (thedrive.com)
Unlike conventional CVTs, this gear-based one invented by engineers in Italy can handle more torque and loses less energy to heat.

Automotive Engineering, Transmission Technology, Innovation

17 points by PaulHoule 47 days ago | 3 comments

Factories in Space (factoriesinspace.com)
Factories in space. Making products for Earth.

Space Exploration, Manufacturing, Innovation

13 points by yearesadpeople 48 days ago | 24 comments

Toronto man creates tiny mobile homes to help unhoused people escape the cold (cbc.ca)
After seeing people sleeping outside in the cold year-after-year, a Toronto man is building tiny mobile homes attached to bicycles to give temporary relief to those who are unhoused.

Homelessness, Social Impact, Design, Innovation, Toronto

268 points by colinprince 53 days ago | 198 comments

From Pen and Paper to an AI Factory: McLaren's F1 Reinvention (mclaren.com)
AI has enjoyed a rapid rise to prominence in recent years, exploding across the wider world and developing even faster than people’s understanding of how to use it.

Artificial Intelligence, Automotive, Innovation, Formula 1

8 points by killme2008 55 days ago | 3 comments

Nikon reveals a lens that captures wide and telephoto images simultaneously (digitalcameraworld.com)

Photography, Optics, Technology, Innovation, Nikon

191 points by giuliomagnifico 56 days ago | 100 comments

The chocolate of the future will have less cocoa or none at all (swissinfo.ch)
The high price of cocoa beans along with consumer concerns and government regulations surrounding deforestation and child labour have sparked a hunt for new chocolate ingredients.

Chocolate, Food Industry, Sustainability, Innovation

41 points by giuliomagnifico 58 days ago | 39 comments

Tasty, airy baked goods with culinary foam made from peas (phys.org)
Culinary foam made from the whites of chicken eggs makes baked goods light and airy. In the LeguFoam project, Fraunhofer researchers are working on a plant-based alternative made from legumes.

Food Science, Food Technology, Plant-Based, Innovation, Sustainability

22 points by PaulHoule 64 days ago | 27 comments

The Arc of Innovation Bends Toward Decadence (newcartographies.com)
For years, people have bemoaned the sorry state of innovation. Compared with the great inventions of the industrial era, the inventions of our own time seem pathetic. In today’s Sunday Rerun, I offer a different take: We’re as innovative as ever, but the focus of innovation has shifted. The post originally appeared in 2012.

Innovation, Technology, History, Society

11 points by jethronethro 64 days ago | 3 comments

China develops new train that can travel at the speed of an airplane (thecooldown.com)

Transportation, China, Innovation

5 points by rmason 65 days ago | 1 comments

Sci-fi inspired antenna adjusts to signal needs (ieee.org)
An antenna’s shape determines what kind of signals it can work with. So key aspects of its operations are in fact already locked in at manufacturing. However, a new shape-shifting antenna could dynamically adapt to different communications requirements allowing it to do the work of multiple fixed antennas.

Antennas, Telecommunications, Science, Innovation, Engineering

54 points by rbanffy 66 days ago | 8 comments