Michael Richter

Journal of Nonverbal Behavior , Jun 2026 Affective touch is interpersonal touch which carries an emotional valence and is important to humans

Those who speak of producing a solid-state battery fall short. Depending on the solid electrolyte, completely different process chains emerge—with far-reaching consequences for machine builders, equipment manufacturers, and battery producers.

Those who charge a battery with low power might initially assume that this is particularly efficient. Power electronics, cables, and the battery are less stressed, the currents decrease, and thus ohmic losses are reduced. However, measurements by ADAC show a different picture.

How can the health status of a lithium-ion battery be determined precisely without blindly trusting AI? A new approach combines artificial intelligence with physical aging conditions and significantly reduces the prediction error compared to purely data-driven models.

Rare earths from China dominate the supply chains for electric motors. Yasa, a subsidiary of Mercedes-Benz, aims to break this dependency with two new axial flux motors.

A CubeSat with a tritium battery is on a mission in space. The battery doesn't produce much power but accomplishes what solar cells and accumulators inherently fail to do: provide continuous energy for years, regardless of the sun's position.

The household appliance manufacturer Dreame wanted to enter the automotive industry with an electric hypercar, rocket propulsion, and a solid-state battery with more than 450 Wh/kg. Chinese media now report layoffs and the possible dissolution of associated companies. An official confirmation of the complete end of the car plans is still pending.

We have created a digital world. Now we are creating a monster within it. That sounds drastic, perhaps even exaggerated. But the longer I observe the development of artificial intelligence, the harder it is for me to find a less alarming way to describe it.

Boeing is selling its subsidiaries Wisk Aero, Insitu, and SkyGrid to eVTOL developer Archer. The transaction is expected to be completed by the end of 2026. In addition, Boeing plans to acquire a stake in Archer, thereby becoming a strategic partner.

Nvidia is reportedly willing to pay $12.9 billion for Hugging Face. This would not only give the chipmaker a major platform for open AI models, but also allow it to control another key layer of the AI ecosystem. However, the acquisition has not yet been confirmed.