Index.

Every Bright discovery, plainly: 65 records with their evidence state, the date the source was published, the date Bright added it, and where it sits on the physical scale. The 14 scales on the front page are a curated edition drawn from this list.

21 of 65 records, sorted by scale (ascending). Scale is approximate: the size of the subject itself, or of the setting where the work happens. Records with no honest physical size are off the axis.
RecordScaleEvidencePublishedAdded to BrightWho
A warehouse robot that knows when to stop squeezing.On the scale: an item in a robot’s grip ≈ 8 cmsize of the settingDeployednot shown by the source2026-09-07Amazon Robotics
A screen reader that can take a follow-up question. ≈ 15 cmsize of the settingDeployed2025-05-152026-09-07Google, Project Euphonia, University College London Centre for Digital Language Inclusion
Reasoning weights people can run themselves.On the scale: the laptop in front of you ≈ 30 cmsize of the settingDeployed2025-08-052026-09-07OpenAI
A voice in everyday life.On the scale: two people talking ≈ 1 msize of the settingEmerging2026-06-152026-09-06UC Davis & BrainGate collaborators
A way back to conversation.On the scale: two people talking ≈ 1 msize of the settingEmerging2024-08-142026-09-05UC Davis
Reading patterns in glucose over time. ≈ 1.7 msize of the settingExperimental2025-01-072026-09-09Weizmann Institute, Pheno.AI, NVIDIA
A boat that notices what it collects. ≈ 5 msize of the settingDeployed2024-10-172026-09-09Clearbot, NVIDIA
A teacher and an AI tutor after school.On the scale: a classroom ≈ 10 msize of the settingDemonstrated2025-05-192026-09-07World Bank, Edo State Secondary Education Board, SmartEdge
When the answer arrives too soon.On the scale: a classroom ≈ 10 msize of the settingDemonstrated2025-06-252026-09-07University of Pennsylvania, Budapest British International School
A walk that chooses what to describe. ≈ 20 msize of the settingEmerging2025-06-042026-09-07Beijing Outstanding Young Scientist Program, Xiaomi Foundation
A public archive that starts with your question. ≈ 30 msize of the settingDeployed2025-11-182026-09-07National Archives and Records Administration, National Archives Foundation
A field image that asks for less tilling. ≈ 100 msize of the settingExperimental2025-01-242026-09-07npj Sustainable Agriculture
A warehouse inventory check that rolls itself. ≈ 100 msize of the settingDemonstrated2025-03-032026-09-07GXO Logistics, Dexory
Lasers matched the herbicides.On the scale: a field ≈ 100 msize of the settingDeployed2025-06-242026-09-09Cornell AgriTech, Rutgers University, Western Growers
Making room in a data centerOn the scale: a computing campus ≈ 1 kmsize of the settingDeployed2025-05-142026-09-07Google DeepMind, Google
Quieting the mirrors that listen to spaceOn the scale: a ripple from space ≈ 4 kmsize of the settingDemonstrated2025-09-042026-09-07Google DeepMind, LIGO, Caltech
A smoke alert still reaches a person. ≈ 20 kmsize of the settingDeployed2025-05-082026-09-09Pano AI, NVIDIA
A shared picture for people protecting wildlife. ≈ 50 kmsize of the settingEmerging2025-03-032026-09-09Ai2, NVIDIA
More time before the flood. ≈ 100 kmsize of the settingDemonstrated2024-03-202026-09-05Google Research
A GPU goes into orbit. ≈ 500 kmsize of the settingEmergingnot shown by the source2026-09-09Starcloud, NVIDIA
More time to decide when to plant.On the scale: a subcontinent’s rains ≈ 2,000 kmsize of the settingDeployed2025-12-022026-09-07India Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, University of Chicago Development Innovation Lab, India Meteorological Department

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