Jaipur is set for a major infrastructural upgrade! Cabinet approval for Jaipur Metro Phase-2 is a significant step towards sustainable urban growth. It will expand connectivity, reduce congestion and enhance ‘Ease of Living.’ pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.…

NEW: India🇮🇳 is avoiding the fossil fuel detour 🪝 Where China built first on coal and gas, India is taking a shortcut >>> read in 5 graphics🧵

🚨BREAKING NEWS: SoftBank is buying ABB’s robotics arm for $5.4B. If anyone still thinks industrial robotics is a sunset space, the market just answered and how!! Here’s the real picture: • Industrial arms remain the bedrock of automation. Every “reshoring” photo out of the US is stacked with FANUC and Yaskawa cells. These machines are the backbone in EV, batteries, electronics, metals — not going anywhere. • With ABB, Japan now effectively controls 4 of the top 5 global industrial robot makers (FANUC, Yaskawa, Kawasaki, ABB Robotics; Epson also sits in the top cohort by share). Europe has lost both flagships — KUKA to Midea in 2016 and now ABB Robotics to SoftBank. The center of gravity is firmly in Asia. • For US reshoring, that’s strategic. The robots powering “Made in America” are largely Japanese-controlled. If you don’t build and consume the machines that make the goods, you’re buying someone else’s future. • Startups, take note: this is not a dead field. The foundation is industrial arms; the opportunity is everything on top — embodied AI, controls, vertical apps, integration, service models, reliability, domain-specific tooling. The stack is wide open. • We’ve seen this playbook before. In 2015, China didn’t have domestic players ready to support the load. MIC 2025 made robotics a priority, then buy, build, scale. It worked. I wrote the insider view on that path and why it matters now: shorturl.at/4O6vZ Link to tweet: x.com/alysha_lobo/status/197…

Qualcomm is acquiring Arduino, and they're launching a new SBC (Uno Q) combining a Dragonwing SoC with an Arduino microcontroller in the Uno form factor. What implications does this have for makers and education? Quick video covering the news: youtube.com/watch?v=CfKX616-…

Robot cleaning solar panels

Recent study reveals that tamarind may help remove microplastics from body. Microplastics are now found in blood, lungs, and even the placenta — raising urgent health concerns worldwide. But a new lab study has given hope: tamarind, a fruit commonly used in South Asian and African diets, may help the body flush out microplastic particles naturally. Researchers found that compounds in tamarind bind to tiny plastic fragments, allowing the body to excrete them through the digestive system. While the findings are early and based on lab results, they point toward a simple, dietary solution to one of the most alarming modern health threats. If further research confirms these results in humans, tamarind could become a natural detox ingredient in diets worldwide, helping millions reduce their plastic burden without drugs or surgery.

Jeff Bezos has argued that the surge of investment in artificial intelligence is fuelling a 'good' kind of bubble, delivering lasting benefits for society even if share prices collapse as dramatically as his ecommerce company’s did 25 years ago. on.ft.com/4pRLD0X

Car wiring seems trivial but it’s not. A typical car contains 1–2 km of wiring - all organized into what’s called a wire harness. Yazaki is one of the top manufacturers. Their story is ~100 yrs old and super interesting. In short: 16 yr old Sadami Yazaki moves to Tokyo in 1924. He works at a wire trader and by 1929 starts his own harness biz. In 1938 he sets up Yazaki Densen Eigyo-bu (mfg by 1939) Yazaki supplies to Tesla too. That’s how good they are.

Wow !! Just Wow 😮