Avram Miller, a world-renowned scientist and innovator, has been appointed by the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) as the Institute’s first IIT Fellow. With this recognition, Avram Miller inaugurates a new IIT initiative to honor outstanding leaders in science and innovation, in line with prestigious academic and industrial traditions worldwide.

Human-machine intelligent interaction (HMII) technology, which is an advanced iteration of human-machine interaction technology, has garnered widespread attention owing to its significant achievements in healthcare and virtual reality research. Herein, this work reports a self-powered, transistor-like iontronics pressure sensor based on an MXene/Bi 2D heterojunction for advanced human-machine intelligent interaction. The free-standing device uses MXene@Zn and MXene@Bi interdigitated electrodes, a PVDF-HFP-GO solid electrolyte and a CNF isolation layer to mimic a p-type MOSFET, where pressure “gates” ion transport and generates encodable voltage outputs. The sensor exhibits 1.1 V open-circuit voltage, millisecond-level response (66.59 ms), excellent linearity (99.5%) and durability over 50,000 cycles, enabling self-powered monitoring of physiological signals and robotic motions, wireless transmission, and deep-learning-assisted gesture recognition with 95.83% accuracy in a single-device HMII system.

Existing 3D scene reconstructions require a cumbersome process of precisely measuring physical spaces with LiDAR or 3D scanners, or correcting thousands of photos along with camera pose information. The research team at KAIST has overcome these limitations and introduced a technology enabling the reconstruction of 3D —from tabletop objects to outdoor scenes—with just two to three ordinary photographs. The breakthrough suggests a new paradigm in which spaces captured by camera can be immediately transformed into virtual environments.

KAIST announced on November 6 that the research team led by Professor Sung-Eui Yoon from the School of Computing has developed a new technology called SHARE (Shape-Ray Estimation), which can reconstruct high-quality 3D scenes using only ordinary images, without precise camera pose information.

Existing 3D reconstruction technology has been limited by the requirement of precise camera position and orientation information at the time of shooting to reproduce 3D scenes from a small number of images. This has necessitated specialized equipment or complex calibration processes, making real-world applications difficult and slowing widespread adoption.

To solve these problems, the research team developed a technology that constructs accurate 3D models by simultaneously estimating the 3D scene and the camera orientation using just two to three standard photographs. The technology has been recognized for its high efficiency and versatility, enabling rapid and precise reconstruction in real-world environments without additional training or complex calibration processes.

While existing methods calculate 3D structures from known camera poses, SHARE autonomously extracts spatial information from images themselves and infers both camera pose and scene structure. This enables stable 3D reconstruction without shape distortion by aligning multiple images taken from different positions into a single unified space.

In a paper published in Frontiers of Engineering Management, a team of researchers from Zhejiang University and Beijing Jiaotong University present a new strategic roadmap called the "5S framework" to tackle the growing challenges of integrating electric vehicles (EVs) with power grids. This framework—smart charging, synergistic infrastructure, and storable grid for a stable and sustainable power system—aims to harmonize the transportation and power systems, addressing grid instability and infrastructure shortfalls to accelerate the path to Net Zero Emissions.

This paper proposes a model predictive control (MPC) algorithm for a small satellite to accomplish on-orbit inspection

missions. The relative dynamics of satellite is modelled first. Then, multiple constraints are taken into account for the

on-orbit inspection missions, including input saturation, obstacle avoidance, velocity limit, and task specifications. To

precisely formulate the tasks, the signal temporal logic (STL) framework is employed, where an auxiliary function is

required to be designed based on the robust semantics of STL formulas. Considering the impact of input saturation, the

proposed algorithm designs the auxiliary function in the form of cube power function, and incorporate it into the optimi

zation problem in MPC. After that, the terminal ingredients are designed, whose parameters can be efficiently calculated

based on linear matrix inequality techniques. Finally, numerical simulation is applied to validate the effectiveness of the  proposed control strategy.

Chloride-based solid electrolytes are considered promising candidates for next-generation high-energy–density all-solid-state batteries (ASSBs). However, their relatively low oxidative decomposition threshold (~ 4.2 V vs. Li⁺/Li) constrains their use in ultrahigh-voltage systems (e.g., 4.8 V). In this work, ferroelectric BaTiO₃ (BTO) nanoparticles with optimized thickness of ~ 50–100 nm were successfully coated onto Li_2.5Y_0.5Zr_0.5Cl₆ (LYZC@5BTO) electrolytes using a time-efficient ball-milling process. The nanoparticle-induced interfacial ionic conduction enhancement mechanism contributed to the preservation of LYZC’s high ionic conductivity, which remained at 1.06 mS cm⁻¹ for LYZC@5BTO. Furthermore, this surface electric field engineering strategy effectively mitigates the voltage-induced self-decomposition of chloride-based solid electrolytes, suppresses parasitic interfacial reactions with single-crystal NCM811 (SCNCM811), and inhibits the irreversible phase transition of SCNCM811. Consequently, the cycling stability of LYZC under high-voltage conditions (4.8 V vs. Li⁺/Li) is significantly improved. Specifically, ASSB cells employing LYZC@5BTO exhibited a superior discharge capacity of 95.4 mAh g⁻¹ over 200 cycles at 1 C, way outperforming cell using pristine LYZC that only shows a capacity of 55.4 mAh g⁻¹. Furthermore, time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis revealed that Metal-O-Cl by-products from cumulative interfacial side reactions accounted for 6% of the surface species initially, rising to 26% after 200 cycles in pristine LYZC. In contrast, LYZC@5BTO limited this increase to only 14%, confirming the effectiveness of BTO in stabilizing the interfacial chemistry. This electric field modulation strategy offers a promising route toward the commercialization of high-voltage solid-state electrolytes and energy-dense ASSBs.