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Giving everyone a window into the human body

Rob Matheson | MIT News Office February 8, 2018 Comments Off on Giving everyone a window into the human body

Startup’s low-cost, portable scanner generates clinical-quality ultrasounds on a smartphone. utterfly Network, a startup co-founded by an MIT alumnus, aims to make ultrasound imaging as simple and ubiquitous as blood-pressure... Read More

WORLD FIRST US-AUSTRALIA BIOFUEL FLIGHT TAKES OFF

February 2, 2018 Comments Off on WORLD FIRST US-AUSTRALIA BIOFUEL FLIGHT TAKES OFF

The world’s first dedicated biofuel flight between the United States and Australia, QF96 from Los Angeles to Melbourne, is set to depart later today. The historic trans-Pacific 15 hour flight... Read More

Making lighter vehicles with magnesium alloys

actu.epfl.ch January 29, 2018 Comments Off on Making lighter vehicles with magnesium alloys

EPFL researchers have developed models of magnesium alloys to understand how to make the metal more pliable. Magnesium is the lightest metal on earth but cannot easily be shaped into... Read More

Engineers design artificial synapse for “brain-on-a-chip” hardware

https://news.mit.edu January 23, 2018 Comments Off on Engineers design artificial synapse for “brain-on-a-chip” hardware

When it comes to processing power, the human brain just can’t be beat. Packed within the squishy, football-sized organ are somewhere around 100 billion neurons. At any given moment, a... Read More

2018 CES: New Smart and Connected Home Devices Start with Intel Inside

newsroom.intel.com January 12, 2018 Comments Off on 2018 CES: New Smart and Connected Home Devices Start with Intel Inside

Among the areas where data has the power to transform our daily lives the most: the rise of the smart home. During CES, Intel and its partners announced new products that can connect, change... Read More

Engineers create plants that glow

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office December 13, 2017 Comments Off on Engineers create plants that glow

Imagine that instead of switching on a lamp when it gets dark, you could read by the light of a glowing plant on your desk. MIT engineers have taken a... Read More

Swedish​ ​Uniti​ ​car​ ​owners​ ​will​ ​receive​ ​five​ ​years​ ​of​ ​free​ ​solar​ ​energy​ ​to charge​ ​their​ ​car​ ​–​ ​Partnership​ ​with​ ​E.ON

December 7, 2017 Comments Off on Swedish​ ​Uniti​ ​car​ ​owners​ ​will​ ​receive​ ​five​ ​years​ ​of​ ​free​ ​solar​ ​energy​ ​to charge​ ​their​ ​car​ ​–​ ​Partnership​ ​with​ ​E.ON

Sweden, Dec. 4, 2017 – The Swedish automotive manufacturer Uniti partners with E.ON with a unique benefit for their Swedish customers: With the purchase of a Uniti car in Sweden,... Read More

Engineers 3-D print a “living tattoo”

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office | https://news.mit.edu December 6, 2017 Comments Off on Engineers 3-D print a “living tattoo”

New technique 3-D prints programmed cells into living devices for first time. MIT engineers have devised a 3-D printing technique that uses a new kind of ink made from genetically... Read More