Asha Tunde

U.S Based Star Catcher (SC) Set A World Record By Beaming 1.1kW+ Of Energy 1km+, Beating DARPA. SC Used Solar Panels To Generate Power, Converted It Into A Laser, & Beamed It To Off-The-Shelf Panels For Reconversion To Electricity. Tested At NASA’s KSC, It Marks A Major Step For Space-Based Solar Power For, E.G., Satellites, & Earth Grids

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Sweden’s Largest Solar Farm, Hultsfred Solar Farm, Built By Neoen & Alight Near Hultsfred Airport, Spans 185 Football Fields & Produces 100GWh/Yr, Enough For 18K Homes. It Was Built Without Subsidies, Enabled By A PPA In Which Fashion Retailer H&M Agreed To Buy 95% Of Its Power, Securing Investment For The Emissions & Cost Cutting Project.

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Dogger Bank Wind Farm (WF), In The North Sea, 130km Off Yorkshire’s Coast, When Completed In 2027 Will Be The World’s Largest WF At 3.6GW, Powering ~6M Homes. It Will Add £6.1B To The U.K’s GDP; £3B+ Of It Will Be Spent In NE England & £26M On STEM & Community Projects. It Will Support 3.6K Jobs By 2025, Then 1.4K FTE Jobs Yearly For 35Yrs.

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Nike’s Project Amplify Debuts The World’s First Powered Shoe With A Motor, Belt, & Rechargeable Battery That Boosts Walking & Running. Built With Dephy Robotics, It Targets Everyday Runners, Mimicking Extra Calf Power. Testers Say It Makes Hills Feel Flat. The Carbon-Fibered Shoe Can Be Worn With Or Without The System. Release Date Unknown.

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In Sulfur Cave On The Albania–Greek Border, Scientists Found The World’s Largest Spider Web (106m²) Built By ~111K Spiders From Several Species, Mainly House Spiders & Prinerigone Vagans. It’s The First Known Cooperative Colony For These Usually Solitary Species, Unlike Madagascar’s Darwin’s Bark Spider Solo Mega Webs That Span 0.09–2.8m².

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A UK Firm, Quantum Motion (QM), Built The World’s First Full-Stack Quantum Computer Using Mass-Producible Silicon CMOS Chips (Spin Qubits). The System’s Three-Rack Size Is Data-Center-Friendly, & Is Compatible With Standard Software (Qiskit/Cirq). Installed At The UK’s NQCC, It Will Be Tested For Uses Like Drug Discovery. QM Has Raised £62m

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In A World First, U.S. Researchers 3D-Printed Human Tissue That Looks, Feels, & Responds Like Real Organs, Matching Softness, Stretch, & Blood Flow. Unlike Older Tissue Simulators Made From Stiff Rubber Or Plastic, This 3D Print Uses Fluid-Filled Capsules For Lifelike Surgical Training. Next, They’ll Expand To More Organs & Bionic Versions.

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Belgian Firm, Jan De Nul, Launched Fleeming Jenkin, The World’s Largest Cable-Layer With 28k-Ton Cap (2x Cap. Of Prior Largest Vessel). From 2026, It Will Lay Over 2,800km Of Cables In The North Sea For Europe’s 2GW Offshore Wind Program, Enabling Connections That Transmit 2x Electricity. Its Twin, William Thomson, Shares The Same Mission.

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Swiss Researchers Created A World-First Low-Cost Method For 3D Printing Metals Using Hydrogels Instead Of Metal Powders Or Molten Alloys. They Print A Polymer Framework, Add Metal Ions, Grow Nanoparticles, Then Heat It To Form Pure Metal. The Result Is Up To 25× Stronger & Shrinks Only 20%, Compared To 60–90% Shrinkage In Older Methods.

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Germany’s Sinn Power Launched Skipp, The World’s First Utility-Scale Vertical Floating Solar Plant With Bifacial Panels In An East-West Setup On Lake Jais, Bavaria. With 1.87MW Capacity Producing ~2 GWh/Yr, It Boosts Output At Low-Sun Hrs, Covers 4.65% Of The Lake (Below Germany’s 15% Cap), Improves Water Quality, & May Expand To Open Seas.

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