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3Q: Julien de Wit on the discovery of seven temperate, nearby worlds

news.mit.edu February 23, 2017 Comments Off on 3Q: Julien de Wit on the discovery of seven temperate, nearby worlds

Today, an international team including astronomers from MIT and the University of Liège in Belgium has announced the discovery of seven Earth-sized planets orbiting a nearby star just 39 light... Read More

UCF and NASA Study Using Martian Soil to Build Human Habitats

today.ucf.edu February 21, 2017 Comments Off on UCF and NASA Study Using Martian Soil to Build Human Habitats

It’s hard enough to transport humans to Mars. But once they get there, where will they live? A University of Central Florida professor is working with NASA to figure out... Read More

Gamification motivates consumers to reduce power consumption peaks – pilot sites in Helsinki, Nice and Vienna

https://www.vttresearch.com February 21, 2017 Comments Off on Gamification motivates consumers to reduce power consumption peaks – pilot sites in Helsinki, Nice and Vienna

In collaboration with the international CITYOPT project, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed an energy planning tool for experts and an application for consumers. The tools have been... Read More

Intel Drone Technology Takes the NBA’s 2017 Verizon Slam Dunk Contest to New Heights with First Drone Assist to Aaron Gordon

newsroom.intel.com February 19, 2017 Comments Off on Intel Drone Technology Takes the NBA’s 2017 Verizon Slam Dunk Contest to New Heights with First Drone Assist to Aaron Gordon

During the 2017 Verizon Slam Dunk Contest, as part of NBA All-Star festivities, NBA forward Aaron Gordon and Intel wowed viewers by collaborating on the first-ever slam dunk with assistance... Read More

Six-Legged Robots Faster Than Nature-Inspired Gait

https://actu.epfl.ch February 19, 2017 Comments Off on Six-Legged Robots Faster Than Nature-Inspired Gait

Researchers at EPFL and UNIL have discovered a faster and more efficient gait, never observed in nature, for six-legged robots walking on flat ground. Bio-inspired gaits – less efficient for... Read More

Voice control everywhere

https://news.mit.edu | Larry Hardesty | MIT News Office   February 14, 2017 Comments Off on Voice control everywhere

Low-power special-purpose chip could make speech recognition ubiquitous in electronics. The butt of jokes as little as 10 years ago, automatic speech recognition is now on the verge of becoming... Read More

Stanford researchers pioneer world’s first affordable urea battery

https://inhabitat.com/ February 14, 2017 Comments Off on Stanford researchers pioneer world’s first affordable urea battery

Stanford University researchers have designed a new battery that could revolutionize renewable energy storage. Using urea, an affordable, natural and readily-available material found in mammal urine and fertilizers, the researchers... Read More

The school with the largest solar facade in the world

https://actu.epfl.ch/ February 13, 2017 Comments Off on The school with the largest solar facade in the world

The Copenhagen International School’s new building is covered by 12,000 colored solar panels based on a technology developed at EPFL. It is one of the largest building-integrated solar power plants... Read More