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There is this old joke about nuclear fusion always being 30 years away. But now it looks like things are speeding up. Scientists have adjusted their expectations based on current advances in technology reducing the estimated timeline for a fusion breakthrough to about 18 years into the future. Several young companies want to be even faster – they are part of a fast-growing market.

The steep rise of artificial intelligence applications and the ever-progressing miniaturization trend in chip-manufacturing make you think of a linear development: The future seems completely digitized. But there are downsides to the increasingly heavy reliance on sensors, LLMs and smart devices. Some can be counterbalanced by intelligently designed low-tech solutions.