Researchers have developed a new kind of load driver that could enable biological circuits to behave almost as predictably as electronic circuits. MIT News From ACM TechNews | November 26, 2014
Researchers say an algorithm they developed can accurately determine whether a patient is suffering from emphysema or heart failure based on their breath.MIT News From ACM TechNews | November 10, 2014
Chisel is a new system that lets programmers identify sections of their code that can tolerate small errors.MIT News From ACM TechNews | November 3, 2014
Measurable virtual reality combines ceiling-mounted projectors with motion-capture technology and animation software to project a robot's intentions in real time...MIT News From ACM TechNews | October 31, 2014
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have developed a nanocryotron , a computing circuit based on the cryotron.MIT News From ACM TechNews | October 20, 2014
A surprising phenomenon has been found in metal nanoparticles: They appear, from the outside, to be liquid droplets, wobbling and readily changing shape, while...MIT News Office From ACM News | October 15, 2014
A new submersible robot has a flattened panel on one side so it can slide along an underwater surface to perform ultrasound scans. MIT News From ACM TechNews | September 30, 2014
Researchers have developed a robot equipped with tactile sensors that enable it to grasp a USB cable draped over a hook and insert it into a USB port. MIT News From ACM TechNews | September 24, 2014
Researchers have developed a soft robotic arm, inspired by octopus tentacles, that can snake through a pipelike environment without a human operator. MIT News From ACM TechNews | September 17, 2014
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have developed an algorithm for bounding, and successfully implemented it in a robotic cheetah. MIT News From ACM TechNews | September 15, 2014
A new algorithm can be used to gauge the rotation of objects in zero gravity using only visual information. MIT News From ACM TechNews | September 12, 2014
Objects in space tend to spin—and spin in a way that's totally different from the way they spin on earth.MIT News Office From ACM News | September 11, 2014
Mezzanine is a collaborative-conferencing system that enables multiple users to share and control digital content from any device using gesture controls. MIT News From ACM TechNews | September 9, 2014
Researchers analyzing taxi trip data found about 95% of trips could have been shared, and an optimal combination of trips would have cut travel time by 40%. MIT News From ACM TechNews | September 5, 2014
DBWipes is a new data visualization tool that enables users to highlight abnormalities and possible patterns in a graphical display. MIT News From ACM TechNews | August 18, 2014
For years, a team of researchers at MIT and Harvard University has been working on origami robots—reconfigurable robots that would be able to fold themselves into...MIT News Office From ACM News | August 8, 2014
Researchers at the MIT have analyzed data from Harvard University and MIT's shared online learning platform to gain a richer understanding of what makes massively...MIT News From ACM TechNews | August 1, 2014
A new phase-change material built from wax and foam, that is capable of switching between hard and soft states, could be used to construct inexpensive robots. MIT News From ACM TechNews | July 16, 2014