Urban Climate Tech in Action: Morgan State-linked researchers are helping Baltimore’s Plantation Park Heights urban farm run a local weather-station network, turning neighborhood data into better planting and training the next generation of climate-minded farmers. Ag Tech Field Notes: Central Lakes College’s Aug. 28 Field Day at its Ag and Energy Research Center spotlights soil sensors, drones, precision irrigation, and hands-on kids’ garden activities. Electronics Cost Pressure: “Chipflation” is driving up memory-chip prices as AI data-center demand squeezes supply, pushing higher costs across laptops, phones, and other electronics. Healthcare Automation: University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire is cutting pharmacy queues with self check-in kiosks and scaling robotic dispensing, including new links between automated cabinets and the electronic patient record. AI Afterlife Market: “Grief tech” companies are using AI to recreate deceased people via voice, messages, and avatars—raising new ethical and privacy questions. Energy Policy & Industry: Iraq’s PM urged Italian firms to invest in energy, agribusiness tech, and manufacturing, while China’s circular-economy plan targets recycling retired wind and solar equipment by 2030. Robotics via Sound: EPFL researchers demonstrated 3D-printed sound-powered microdrones using resonant cavities to generate directional thrust.