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Inside the October 2026 Edition

The Technology Radar

Every bubble is a live research cluster. Position and size reflect 3 years of research volume. Height reflects velocity over the last 6 months. Click any bubble to drill in.

HOT SIGNALSACCELERATINGDEEP RESEARCHESTABLISHEDLarge LanguageModelsProteinStructureQuantumSensingHumanoidRoboticsSolid StateBatteriesVELOCITY ↑← ADOPTION STAGE →
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Computed directly from this month's research data, not editorial guesswork.

🔥Research Dominant

AI Companionship

Velocity in top 17% of all tracked fields and accelerating +400% MoM, the most active research frontier this month

📈This Month's Surge

Solid-State Batteries

+160% month-over-month, the sharpest acceleration in the dataset right now

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👁️Flying Under the Radar

Nuclear Fusion

482 papers, yet velocity in top 22%, an outsized signal for its size

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How ClusterFunk works

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We read the research

Our pipeline ingests tens of thousands of new academic papers every month across computer science, biology, physics, and engineering.

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We find the patterns

Clustering algorithms group papers into emerging themes. Velocity tracking measures how fast each cluster is growing month over month.

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You get the signal

An interactive technology radar, 5 key insights, written analysis, and convergence alerts delivered in the first week of every month.

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Interactive Technology Radar

Every trend plotted by research maturity and velocity. Click any bubble for the full analysis.

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5 Key Monthly Insights

Research Dominant, This Month's Surge, Flying Under the Radar, Collision Alert, and Losing Momentum, each computed from the data.

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Full Trend Analysis

Synthesized narrative of what each cluster means, where it's headed, and what it means for business and society.

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Convergence Alerts

Where separate research fields are merging. These cross-domain collisions are where the most asymmetric bets form.

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Signal Papers

The papers most central to each trend, ranked by how representative they are of the cluster — not just the newest.

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