Gadget of the week
Six technological breakthroughs inspired by nature By Cat DiStasio From engadget By Inhabitat Mollusk shells have led to a high-impact glass design. Biomimicry is an incredible field that seeks to unlock nature’s deepest, darkest secrets and then use them to…
Gadget of the week
MIT harvests fog to make water in one of the driest places on Earth By Jon Fingas From engadget The climate is so arid in some corners of the globe that virtually any source of water is crucial to survival; even…
Ericsson teams with MIT students on autonomous car innovation
Collaboration with the MIT System Design & Management program’s masters students to push boundaries of innovation “Identity module” to be jointly designed and developed to better understand driver preferences and behavior in context Establishes innovation-based relationship with MIT SDM Fellows…
How an MIT professor helped confirm Einstein’s theory of relativity
BY KEVIN SLANE From boston.com After over 40 years of research, the work of MIT physics professor Rainer Weiss has been validated. An MIT professor is at the center of what is being hailed as one of the most momentous…
Remembering Aaron Swartz: “The Idealist” examines the context behind his quest for online freedom
By Hope Reese From Tech Republic Justin Peters’s new book, “The Idealist,” takes a deeper look at the historical forces that led to the charges against internet pioneer Aaron Swartz. In 1999, a computer programmer in Highland Park, Illinois, hatched…
MIT figures out how to give a robot the reflexes of a human
By Rain Noe From Core 77 Short answer: Mind-meld the robot to a human If I shove you, you might sway for a second, but your body will automatically correct the imbalance and right you. If you don’t believe me,…
MIT’s underwater robot
MIT’s underwater robot can sniff out contraband hidden underneath ships By Mariella Moon From engadget That object above might look like a benign, slightly deformed bowling ball, but it’s actually something far more advanced. It’s an aquatic robot designed by…
Royal Caribbean’s Misplaced Priorities: Fast Internet, Virtual Balconies But No Automatic Man-Overboard Systems
By Jim Walker From Jim Walker’s Cruise Law News Today (10) I read an article by a popular cruise blogger that Royal Caribbean was on track to deliver a fast land-based internet experience to its guests. The article went on…
