Proof of Progress

good things are happening

Pacific pocket mice get a third new home
Wild animals
Pacific pocket mice get a third new home
The first clocks that tick with an atom's nucleus
Time and matter · Vienna, Austria
The first clocks that tick with an atom's nucleus
Nine toki fly free on Japan’s main island
Wild animals
Nine toki fly free on Japan’s main island
Around 4,000 small dams.
4,000 little dams, and the curlews are back on Winter Hill
Land and trees · Winter Hill, England
4,000 little dams, and the curlews are back on Winter Hill
About 180,000 giant tortoises on Aldabra, the most ever recorded
Wild animals · Aldabra, Seychelles
About 180,000 giant tortoises on Aldabra, the most ever recorded
Curiosity, 1 km up a mountain on Mars
Off Earth · Gale Crater, Mars
Curiosity, 1 km up a mountain on Mars
A Nobel for a telescope made of South Pole ice
Time and matter · South Pole
A Nobel for a telescope made of South Pole ice
Small Fry the classroom turtle is a mom
Wild animals · Concord, Massachusetts
Small Fry the classroom turtle is a mom
24/7, a UK first.
Northern Ireland: stroke clot removal now 24/7
Hospitals and health · Belfast, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland: stroke clot removal now 24/7
57 new species from a deep canyon off Argentina
The deep sea · A canyon off Argentina
57 new species from a deep canyon off Argentina
Corncrake chicks caught on camera on Rathlin
Wild animals · Rathlin Island, Northern Ireland
Corncrake chicks caught on camera on Rathlin
26 Starlink satellites.
Starship reaches orbit for the first time
Off Earth · Orbit
Starship reaches orbit for the first time
Sycamore Gap stump is growing back
Land and trees · Hadrian’s Wall, England
Sycamore Gap stump is growing back
A Dutch rice field gets its first machine harvest
Fields and food · Leiden, Netherlands
A Dutch rice field gets its first machine harvest
New Zealand’s heaviest insect is recovering
Wild animals · Islands off Auckland, New Zealand
New Zealand’s heaviest insect is recovering
American chestnut trees planted at the Bronx Zoo
Land and trees · Bronx Zoo, New York
American chestnut trees planted at the Bronx Zoo
India’s first captive-bred release.
Great Indian Bustards are back in the wild
Wild animals · Rajasthan, India
Great Indian Bustards are back in the wild
Victoria opens three new national parks
Land and trees · Victoria, Australia
Victoria opens three new national parks
Northern quolls get a cat-free home
Wild animals · Queensland, Australia
Northern quolls get a cat-free home
33 megawatts.
Hot-rock power plant starts selling electricity in Utah
Power · Utah
Hot-rock power plant starts selling electricity in Utah
An AI spotted an odd pattern in virus DNA
Computers · In a computer, then a lab
An AI spotted an odd pattern in virus DNA
Webb — worlds start smaller than we thought
Off Earth · Deep space
Webb — worlds start smaller than we thought
Water voles back on Surrey’s River Wey
Wild animals · River Wey, Surrey, England
Water voles back on Surrey’s River Wey
Galileo — a civil fix that resists spoofing
Off Earth · Orbit
Galileo — a civil fix that resists spoofing
Fourteen turbines live.
Iceland’s first wind farm on the grid
Power · Iceland
Iceland’s first wind farm on the grid
Elias 2-24 b — youngest known planet
Off Earth · Deep space
Elias 2-24 b — youngest known planet
He thought the words. She heard his voice.
Hearing, seeing, speaking
He thought the words. She heard his voice.
Robots tidying homes they’ve never seen
Robots
Robots tidying homes they’ve never seen
A daily voice between family visits
Care at home
A daily voice between family visits
A humanoid built to work beside people
Robots
A humanoid built to work beside people
A phone that describes the room
Hearing, seeing, speaking
A phone that describes the room
Free farm advice by voice or photo
Fields and food
Free farm advice by voice or photo
Hearing help that doesn’t plug the ear
Hearing, seeing, speaking
Hearing help that doesn’t plug the ear
A humanoid earning its keep on the line
Robots
A humanoid earning its keep on the line
Hearing that holds up at the noisy table
Hearing, seeing, speaking
Hearing that holds up at the noisy table
Recipes that actually make the material
Time and matter
Recipes that actually make the material
Robots loading tablets on a live line
Robots
Robots loading tablets on a live line
Pendents only work if they’re worn
Care at home
Pendents only work if they’re worn
Travel and immigrant family visits work better
Across languages
Travel and immigrant family visits work better
California’s fire seasons aren’t abstract
Fire and flood watch
California’s fire seasons aren’t abstract
Released Helix 02: visuomotor stack controlling full humanoid
Robots
Released Helix 02: visuomotor stack controlling full humanoid
Smart glasses only help if people will wear
Hearing, seeing, speaking
Smart glasses only help if people will wear
Advice in your language, about your crop
Fields and food
Advice in your language, about your crop
Hearing aids already in ears get smarter
Hearing, seeing, speaking
Hearing aids already in ears get smarter
Point at a menu in another language
Across languages
Point at a menu in another language
Humanoids learning real shift work
Robots
Humanoids learning real shift work
Travel and immigrant families: hear another language
Across languages
Travel and immigrant families: hear another language
When the room finally speaks back
Hearing, seeing, speaking
When the room finally speaks back
Adult kids need a signal when Mom’s sleep
Care at home
Adult kids need a signal when Mom’s sleep
Deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers miss sarcasm and shouts
Hearing, seeing, speaking
Deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers miss sarcasm and shouts
Asking for a translation mid-conversation shouldn’t require digging
Across languages
Asking for a translation mid-conversation shouldn’t require digging
Losing a wallet or medication bottle is stressful
Hearing, seeing, speaking
Losing a wallet or medication bottle is stressful
Hand one bud to the cab driver
Across languages
Hand one bud to the cab driver
More towers, more eyes
Fire and flood watch
More towers, more eyes
Agronomy advice used to be a scarce extension
Fields and food
Agronomy advice used to be a scarce extension
Students with print disabilities get more books
Learning
Students with print disabilities get more books
Early access is a tease
Computers
Early access is a tease
Organic growers get a robot that zaps weeds
Fields and food
Organic growers get a robot that zaps weeds
Billions of Android phones mean millions of blind
Hearing, seeing, speaking
Billions of Android phones mean millions of blind
More sprayer platforms with weed-sensing means more acres
Fields and food
More sprayer platforms with weed-sensing means more acres
Empty totes don’t walk themselves
Robots
Empty totes don’t walk themselves
Pressure on the brain can’t wait for morning
Hospitals and health
Pressure on the brain can’t wait for morning
Eyes on danger overnight
Fire and flood watch
Eyes on danger overnight
Spraying a whole field wastes money and chemicals
Fields and food
Spraying a whole field wastes money and chemicals
Rural counties can’t staff every ridge
Fire and flood watch
Rural counties can’t staff every ridge
Before Classroom integration, an Android buddy already coached
Learning
Before Classroom integration, an Android buddy already coached
Trouble flagged before it grows
Fire and flood watch
Trouble flagged before it grows