Where can you discover lasers, electrical guitars, and racks full of novel batteries, all in the identical big room? This week, the reply was the 2025 ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit simply exterior Washington, DC.
Energy innovation can take many varieties, and the variability in power analysis was on show on the summit. ARPA-E, half of the US Department of Energy, offers funding for high-risk, high-reward analysis initiatives. The summit gathers initiatives the company has funded, together with traders, policymakers, and journalists.
Hundreds of initiatives have been exhibited in a large corridor in the course of the convention, that includes demonstrations and analysis outcomes. Here are 4 of essentially the most attention-grabbing improvements MIT Technology Review noticed on website. Read the total story.
—Casey Crownhart
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