The future leaves
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NASA is demonstrating next-generation heat shield technologies, intended to keep astronauts safe returning from Moon and Mars missions, in an unusual way: by taking out the trash. Northrop Grumman's 24th cargo resupply mission undocked from the International Space Station carrying 12 small experimental capsules.

FEX, the translator that converts x86 game code into Arm64 instructions inside Steam Frame's Proton stack, now limits its translated code cache to 1GB and discards stale caches whenever it updates. Both changes address gaps the project itself flagged in its September release post, which said the cache could technically grow unbounded.

ITER published an item titled "Guiding the journal 'Nuclear Fusion' into a new era." The supplied context is sparse and does not describe what the new era involves or any specific actions or results.

On this episode of the This Week in Cleantech podcast, Benton Graham of Grist discusses the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's plans to electrify Boston's Fairmount Line using battery-powered trains.

Tesla has renamed 'Full Self-Driving' to 'Tesla Assisted Driving' in Europe. According to the report, the name change was enough for Germany's transport minister to start advocating for Europe-wide adoption of the driver assistance software.

Jesse Pichel and Lev Seleznov of Roth Capital examine how significant 2026 changes to US trade and energy policy, their enforcement, and potential further changes could reshape the solar market again, covering polysilicon pricing and potential expansion.

A two-armed robot is reported to throw and catch balls with human-like movements. The accompanying context notes that many robots remain less agile than humans and struggle to interact with moving objects of varying shape, weight, and texture, but provides no developer or technical details.

Nvidia says Fire TV owners will soon be able to buy a GeForce NOW membership directly through Amazon. The company only said to watch for availability in the coming weeks, giving no date, country list, or details on which membership tiers Amazon will sell.

University of Groningen researchers calculated green hydrogen production costs of €7.2/kg to €7.3/kg using renewable power purchase agreements and hybrid electricity supply configurations, versus €7.7/kg for wholesale electricity sourcing. The study found long-term revenue guarantees essential to making large-scale hydrogen projects financially viable.

A new study finds that Pakistan's net-metering solar capacity is concentrated in well-served, higher-income utility areas, while much of the country's solar sits unregistered, off-grid and behind the meter in areas with the worst power outages.

According to The Robot Report, Groceryshop 2026 featured mobile robots for taking inventory and demonstrated how retail automation is evolving, indicating that retail robots are ready to scale and incorporate AI.

According to MIXED, OpenAI's pricing page for Codex and ChatGPT sets Ultrafast mode's multipliers against Standard mode for the same model: it draws on included subscription usage at 8x and on purchased credits and Enterprise allotments at 6x, meaning Ultrafast consumes a subscriber's included usage faster than their paid credits.

A review describes the Pimax Dream Air as a compact tethered PCVR headset with extraordinary clarity and gorgeous blacks, but says the tested SLAM package pairs those displays with frustrating software, unreliable controller tracking, and a fit the reviewer never got comfortable with; it costs $2,300 with controllers.

Spanish researchers have developed an optical cavity that reduces Boltzmann losses in organic solar cells by restricting photon emission angles. The approach could help push single-junction solar cell efficiencies beyond the Shockley-Queisser limit.

Jackery is entering the RV space with built-in 2 kW solar and 45 kWh storage. The report notes that all-electric trailers already embrace solar and storage, but the work is becoming more custom.

South Africa's government is pursuing 4.6GW of battery storage deployments in its Integrated Resource Plan, placing battery storage and power-to-gas technologies at the heart of the national long-term electricity supply and demand strategy. Further deployment details were not provided in the available information.

Meta is partnering with ESPN to offer select live, 180-degree immersive college football games all season via Quest's TV app, with the first game kicking off October 10th featuring the Texas Longhorns. Meta says 100+ live sporting events are planned around the Meta VR Glasses release next spring.