A group of engineers have developed a nanogenerator that harvests energy from a car’s rolling tire friction, which may improve the fuel efficiency or the cruising ability of electric vehicles. An innovative…
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MIT’s automatic bug repairing without access to source code
At the Association for Computing Machinery’s Programming Language Design and Implementation conference this month, MIT researchers presented a new system that repairs dangerous software bugs by automatically importing functionality from other, more…
Samsung’s new technology could improve your smartphone’s battery life
Samsung Electronics have announced that it has developed a new technology to improve lithium ion battery capacity. They have developed a next generation lithium-ion battery technology which they use a silicon anode;…
New study increases the data transmission rates in Optical fiber
Researchers at the University of California have successfully deciphered information in lab experiments after it travelled a record-breaking 12,000 kilometers through fiber optic cables with standard amplifiers and no repeaters, which are…
Boston-based startup, founded by an MIT alumnus, will commercially release its throwable tactical camera
Unseen areas are troublesome for police and first responders: Rooms can harbor dangerous gunmen, while collapsed buildings can conceal survivors. Now Bounce Imaging, founded by an MIT alumnus, is giving officers and…