Can a newbie really vibe code an app? I tried Cursor and Replit to find out

I'm not a programmer, but I tried four vibe coding tools to see if I could build anything at all on my own. Here's what I did and did not accomplish.
ZME Science

World’s Smallest Programmable Robot Fits on a Fingerprint Ridge and Carries Its Own Computer

Measuring just 200 by 300 by 50 micrometers — smaller than a grain of salt and roughly the size of a single-celled paramecium ...
TechRadar

This autonomous solar-powered robot costs 1p, is smaller than a grain of salt, and communicates through 'wiggles of a little dance'

Researchers created fully autonomous robots smaller than a grain of salt Robots swim using electrical fields to manipulate ions in the surrounding fluid The propulsion system allows coordinated ...
ScienceAlert

The World's Smallest Programmable Robot Can Barely Be Seen

A tiny robot so small it can barely be seen can still "sense, think, and act" autonomously, according to the engineers who built it. To the team's best knowledge, this joint invention is the world's ...
Science Daily

Tiny “talking” robots form shape-shifting swarms that heal themselves

Scientists have designed swarms of microscopic robots that communicate and coordinate using sound waves, much like bees or birds. These self-organizing micromachines can adapt to their surroundings, ...
IEEE

Balancing User Control and Perceived Robot Social Agency Through the Design of End-User Robot Programming Interfaces

Abstract: Perceived social agency-the perception of a robot as an autonomous and intelligent social other-is important for fostering meaningful and engaging human-robot interactions. While end-user ...