Imagine slashing your pesticide bill in half while improving crop yields. That’s the promise of AgZen, an MIT spinoff making waves in the agricultural industry. Their secret weapon? Real-time spray monitoring that…
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How to Build Your Own Robot Friend: Making AI Education More Accessible
Researchers have developed a new open-source platform to help students build their own low-cost robot companion from scratch. From smart virtual assistants and self-driving cars to digital health and fraud prevention systems,…
This tiny, tamper-proof ID tag can authenticate almost anything
MIT engineers developed a tag that can reveal with near-perfect accuracy whether an item is real or fake. The key is in the glue on the back of the tag. A few…
Silicon’s days are numbered: Georgia Tech scientists invent world’s first graphene semiconductor!
Imagine a world where your smartphone charges in seconds, your laptop runs cooler than ever, and quantum computers are a reality. That’s the future promised by a revolutionary new discovery from Georgia…
MIT’s top research stories of 2023
A cheaper water desalination device, a wearable ultrasound scanner, and the discovery of an Earth-like exoplanet were some of MIT News’ most popular articles. MIT News has released the list of MIT’s…