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    MIT flies first-ever aircraft with no moving parts

    MIT flies first-ever aircraft with no moving parts Researchers at MIT have constructed and flown the world's first-ever aircraft with no moving parts. Instead of using conventional propulsion methods such as propellers, turbine blades, or fans, MIT's aircraft is powered by ionic wind.
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    The incredible new PC component invented by MIT

    The incredible new PC component invented by MIT In data-science parlance, graphs are structures of nodes and connecting lines that are used to map scores of complex data relationships. Analyzing graphs is useful for a broad range of applications, such as ranking webpages, analyzing social...
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    Engineers design “tree-on-a-chip”

    Engineers design “tree-on-a-chip” MIT and their collaborators have designed a microfluidic device they call a “tree-on-a-chip,” which mimics the pumping mechanism of trees and plants.
  5. Kevin Lancaster

    The next-generation water cooler

    The next-generation water cooler Smart flavored-beverage machines are persuading consumers nationwide to ditch their plastic bottles.
  6. Kevin Lancaster

    MIT researchers build app that detects emotion in speech

    MIT researchers build app that detects emotion in speech Researchers from MIT have created an app that measures emotion in conversation in real-time, based on speech patterns and biological information.
  7. Kevin Lancaster

    Technique enables adaptable 3-D printing

    Technique enables adaptable 3-D printing Once fabricated, objects can be altered by adding new polymers.
  8. Kevin Lancaster

    MIT develops self-shading windows

    MIT develops self-shading windows The new system can rapidly switch glass from transparent to dark – and keep it that way without power.
  9. Kevin Lancaster

    What’s wasting power at home? Ask your app!

    What’s wasting power at home? Ask your app! New system from MIT can identify how much power is being used by each device in a household.
  10. Kevin Lancaster

    How to stay anonymous online

    How to stay anonymous online Network can protect users’ anonymity if all but one of its servers are compromised.
  11. Kevin Lancaster

    New computer chips offer 18-times faster processing

    New computer chips offer 18-times faster processing Computer chips have stopped getting faster. For the past 10 years, chips’ performance improvements have come from the addition of processing units known as cores.
  12. Kevin Lancaster

    Seeing through walls using wireless signals

    Seeing through walls using wireless signals MIT researchers have shown that wireless signals like Wi-Fi can be used to see things that are invisible to the naked eye.
  13. Kevin Lancaster

    MIT’s Cheetah robot spells the end for human kind

    MIT’s Cheetah robot spells the end for human kind Forget only running at high speeds – MIT’s robot cheetah can now jump over hurdles, too.
  14. Kevin Lancaster

    Robot cheetah impresses with running and jumping

    Robot cheetah impresses with running and jumping Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have created the first battery-powered robot that can run up to 10 mph
  15. Kevin Lancaster

    Twitter funds MIT social media study

    Twitter funds MIT social media study Twitter Inc on Wednesday gave $10 million to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for research that would explore how people use and achieve shared goals using social networks
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    Artifical intelligence braches out, aids analysis

    Machine learning branches out An algorithm that extends an artificial-intelligence technique to new tasks could aid in analysis of flight delays and social networks
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    3D images: one photon per pixel

    3-D images at one photon per pixel New scheme could enable laser rangefinders to infer depth from a hundredth as much light — and to produce images from only one nine-hundredth the light.
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    High-accuracy, through-wall, 3-D motion tracking

    High-accuracy, through-wall, 3-D motion tracking Technology could revolutionize gaming, fall detection among the elderly, and more – by Abby Abazorius
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    Tool helps robots see better

    Better robot vision A neglected statistical tool could help robots better understand the objects in the world around them – by Larry Hardesty
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    Can computers be taught to see?

    Can computers be taught to see? By translating images into the language spoken by object-recognition systems, then translating them back, researchers hope to explain the systems’ failures, writes Larry Hardesty from MIT
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    How computers are making the Internet faster

    Faster Internet, designed by computers Computer-designed algorithms for controlling network congestion yield transmission rates two to three times as high as those designed by humans, writes Larry Hardesty from MIT
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