#innovation

The trouble with tribology

Every advance we make generates new friction. We solve one problem, and friction presents another. We step forward, and new resistance awaits. This is what progress means: that we have moved into territory that demands new understanding.

Metafilter · EN

Agentic Testing: Where Agents Fit in the E2E Testing Stack

Abstract Agent-driven end-to-end (E2E) tests add a new exploratory layer to testing, but should they replace traditional deterministic tests? We ran more than 200 agentic E2E workflows using the Playwright MCP, Playwright CLI, and agent-generated Playwright tests in test workspaces using non-production data to find out how agentic testing could fit into both our and…

Slack Engineering · EN

Water-resistant microneedles made by MIT for vaccinating small farmed fish

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), working with the U.S. Department of Agriculture...

Interesting Engineering · EN

US student’s jet-powered drone hits 491 mph to claim world’s fastest-flight record

A jet-powered drone built in the dormitory of a U.S. university broke the world record...

Interesting Engineering · EN