How far has frontier technology actually come?
We gather the progress of frontier technologies into trustworthy, objective indicators — so you can compare and track them on one screen. We don’t invent scores. Every number links to its primary source.
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Notable lately
All milestones- 2026-08-31 Nuclear Fusion First commercial fusion licence issued anywhere Tennessee / Type One Energy — Bull Run, Clinton, TN
- 2026-08-29 Humanoid Robots Europe's first humanoid mass-production base starts producing AgiBot / Minth Group / Serbia — Šabac
- 2026-08-28 Reusable Rockets First Starship recovered intact after a test flight SpaceX — Flight 13 ship, near Christmas Island
- 2026-08-26 Quantum Computing A superconducting leader buys a second qubit modality IBM / HRL Laboratories (from Boeing and GM)
- 2026-08-24 Small Modular Reactors First criticality for the eVinci heat-pipe microreactor Westinghouse / NCERC (LANL, INL, NNSS)
- 2026-08 Autonomous Driving Statewide driverless authority across 18 California counties Waymo / California Public Utilities Commission
Fields we track
Energy
Nuclear Fusion
How close are we to net-positive fusion energy?
Small Modular Reactors
How close are small modular reactors to commercial power?
Solid-State Batteries
Who will mass-produce the next-gen battery first?
Carbon Removal (DAC)
Who can pull CO₂ from the air, cheaply and at scale?
Compute & AI
Quantum Computing
How close are we to a useful quantum computer?
Frontier AI
How fast is frontier AI scaling — and how close to general capability?
Leading-Edge Chips
Who leads the race to the smallest, densest chips?
AI Data Centers
Who is building the biggest AI compute?
Robotics & Mobility
Humanoid Robots
How close are general-purpose humanoid robots to real work?
Autonomous Driving
How close are driverless cars to scale?
Air Taxis (eVTOL)
How close are electric air taxis to carrying passengers at scale?
Space
Bio
Brain-Computer Interfaces
How close are implanted brain interfaces to real-world use?
AI Drug Discovery
From target to approved therapy.
Trust is the asset
No invented scores
Only objective, industry-agreed indicators — qubit counts, error rates, clinical phases. Never an arbitrary “60% there”.
Every number, a source
Each figure links to its primary source, with date and actor stated. Verified by a human before it’s published.
Fact, visibly apart from opinion
Neutral data is achromatic and plain. Analysis is labelled and coloured — clearly “our read”, never disguised as fact.