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MIT Scientists Create Thinnest, Lightest Solar Cells

MIT researchers have demonstrated the thinnest, lightest solar cells that have ever been produced. The solar cells are so thin that 50 of them would fit inside the width of a human hair. To show off their inven... Read More...

New Material Chemically Stores Solar Energy for Later

Solar thermal fuel polymer film comprising three distinct layers (4 to 5 microns in thickness for each). Cross-linking after each layer enables building up films of tunable thickness. Although great progres... Read More...

Nanophotonics Could Help Incandescent Light Bulbs Make a Comeback

A proof-of-concept device built by MIT researchers demonstrates the principle of a two-stage process to make incandescent bulbs more efficient. This device already achieves efficiency comparable to some compac... Read More...

New Method for Generating X-Rays

By using plasmons to “wiggle” a free electron in a sheet of graphene, researchers have developed a new method for generating X-rays. In this image of one of their simulations, the color and height represent th... Read More...

MIT Researcher’s Autonomous Drone Avoids Trees at 30 MPH

An MIT researcher built a small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV, or drone) that can fly itself while avoiding obstacles in its path. Andrew Barry, a PhD student at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL), says, “Everyone is building drones these days, but nobody knows how to get them to stop running into things.” Popular recreational drones can’t fly themselves because the required equipment, such as Lidar sensors, are too big to fit on their small frames. To get around this, Barry came up with an efficient algorithm that saves time and space by processing only the necessary information.

New 3D Microwave Camera Sees Through Walls and Fog

Researchers at MIT’s Media Lab have developed a camera that uses microwaves to capture 3D images, even through walls and fog. The camera could be especially useful for search and rescue missions and driverless ... Read More...

New System Converts MRI Scans to 3D Models

Electrical engineers from MIT teamed up with a physicist and cardiologist from Boston Children’s hospital to develop a fast and accurate way to build personalized 3D models of human hearts. The new method combi... Read More...

Engineer Approaches his Brain Cancer as a Scientific Problem

Curiosity may have killed the cat, but it saved an engineer. Steven Keating is a PhD candidate studying mechanical engineering and synthetic biology at MIT who discovered his own brain tumor. His work focuses o... Read More...

Efficient Chip for Internet of Things

The Internet of Things continues to gain momentum in tech circles and across pop culture. The idea is that any object could be equipped with sensors and processors, and exchange data could make our lives easier... Read More...

Robotic Garden Inspires Youth to Learn Coding

Researchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and Department of Mechanical Engineering have found a creative way to display their latest work in distributed algorithms. ... Read More...

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