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MIT, Harvard Researchers Create ‘Dragonbot’ Intelligent Robot
Researchers at MIT, Harvard and Northeastern University have created an incredible new robot prototype that actually simulates a pretty high level of intelligence. The robot uses an Android phone for its “brain”, which is connected to a virtual cloud. Continue reading
MIT Engineer Develops “Emotion-Reading” Glasses
Rosalind W. Picard, a MIT engineer, has developed an innovative pair of glasses that allow you to read other people’s emotions during conversation. Continue reading
Worm Regenerates Entire Body From Single Cell
Researchers at MIT and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute have discovered it takes only a single cell to rebuild a fully functioning flatworm. Continue reading
Tom Pinckney: MIT Graduate (w/o a High School Diploma)
Tom Pinckney, co-founder of SiteAdvisor and founder of Hunch, is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In fact, his application was so impressive that he was accepted to MIT without ever completing high school. Continue reading
Networks, randomness, and hybrid vigor
A new network protocol offers a surprising way to make messages travel more efficiently. Continue reading
Bokode: The New and Improved Barcode
Measuring only three millimeters in diameter, detectable by mobile phone cameras as far as 12 feet away and capable of holding hundreds of times the information of traditional barcodes, the new MIT-developed bokode system could revolutionize the way we shop. As an example, imagine standing in front of a bookshelf holding thousands of books. The bokode system would allow users to immediately find the book they were looking for, just by snapping a photo of the bookshelf with their mobile... Continue reading
Habitat: World of Warcraft Pod
Any avid WoW players living near Boston/Cambridge should swing by MIT and check out the World of Warcraft Pod. It’s a small shack, designed similarly to one you’d find in a game and designed with serious MMORPGers in mind. Inside is a toilet, seat, computer, water and food. But that’s not all: The WOW Pod is an immersive architectural solution for the advanced WOW (World of Warcraft) player that provides and anticipates all life needs. Inside, the gamer finds him/herself... Continue reading
Even The Poorest Of Bums Can Afford This Computer
Think that $130 NPX-9000 Firefox tablet or the OLPC $75 touch screen laptop are as cheap as it gets? Think again. The brains at MIT are sure of themselves that they can create a computer for a mere $12. With a price tag like that, it’d only take a few hours of panhandling outside of a McDonalds to accumulate the money for your brand new PC. No details on the rig’s component parts except for it starting out as an... Continue reading
Dyed Glass Makes For Better Solar Power
In an attempt to turn everyday household windows into solar panels, two MIT researchers have created “organic solar concentrators” out of dyed glass that could potentially increase traditional solar panel efficiency by 50%. Imagine fulfilling all your electrical needs with the help of your typical household glass windows. I sure hope you haven’t desecrated your roof with inefficient solar paneling for no better reason than to impress your neighbors. In comparison to expensive solar paneling, these dyed windows will give... Continue reading
Quickies: MIT’s Post-It Notes On HGH
Seems the brains up in Massachusetts have done it again. MIT has taken an ordinary household object and transformed it into the coolest experimental toy on the planet. Case in point are Quickies, which are essentially Post-It Notes that feed the written information on them back to a computer. The computer then interprets the text or image drawn on the note and adds a digitized version to the proper location. So if you write down a TODO note, it’ll automatically... Continue reading
