Research

Research

A living, AI-maintained knowledge base on emerging technology topics. Each area collects structured profiles of technologies, companies, and people driving change.

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Topic Areas

  • AI Accelerators — GPU and AI accelerator hardware: AMD Instinct, rack-scale systems, interconnect ecosystems
  • Datacenters — Physical datacenter infrastructure: cooling, power, construction, rugged edge compute
  • Drone Detection — C-UAS detection methods, hardware, open-source tools, and counter-drone platforms for critical infrastructure protection
  • Energy — Solar, batteries, nuclear, and energy resources
  • Local LLM Fine-Tuning — Building and fine-tuning specialist LLMs for edge deployment: training data, compute options, and network engineer expert models
  • Post-Quantum Encryption — NIST PQC standards adoption across networking hardware and cryptocurrency infrastructure
  • Quantum Computing — Quantum computing hardware, software, and the race toward practical quantum advantage
  • Relocation Research — City and county relocation profiles evaluated against a consistent set of livability criteria, benchmarked to coastal South Carolina
  • Robotics — Robotics platforms, sensors, actuators, and autonomy software; includes Humanoid Robots subsection (US and non-US companies, autonomy claims, specialized robot debate)
  • Semiconductors — Fabrication equipment, materials, and supply chain enabling advanced node chip manufacturing

Sections

  • AI Accelerators — GPU and AI accelerator hardware for datacenter-scale training and inference, including rack-scale systems and interconnect ecosystems.
  • Datacenter Opposition — Research section covering opposition to datacenter construction and operation across the United States — project tracker, organizing groups, funding networks, state-by-state breakdown, legislative actions, and tactical analysis.
  • Datacenter Research — Research on next-generation datacenter design, construction, cooling, and automation — covering the infrastructure race to power AI workloads.
  • Drone Detection — Detection methods, hardware, software, and open-source tools for identifying unauthorized drones at critical infrastructure, including drone-vs-bird discrimination.
  • Energy Research — Research on emerging energy technologies including solar, batteries, and grid storage.
  • Local LLM Fine-Tuning — How to build, fine-tune, and deploy small specialist LLMs on local hardware — from base model selection through training data curation, compute options, and edge deployment.
  • Post-Quantum Encryption — Research on post-quantum cryptography (PQC): NIST-standardized algorithms, vendor implementation timelines, and adoption across networking and cryptocurrency infrastructure.
  • Quantum Computing Research — Research on quantum computing hardware, software, and the companies and researchers building toward practical quantum advantage.
  • Relocation Research — City and county level research evaluating potential relocation destinations against a consistent set of livability criteria.
  • Robotics Research — Research on commercial robotics platforms, components, and the companies and people building them.
  • Semiconductors — Semiconductor design, fabrication, and supporting supply chain — chips, equipment, materials, and the companies enabling advanced node manufacturing.

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