Diamond is well-known as the strongest of all natural materials, and with that strength comes another tightly linked property: brittleness. But now, an international team of researchers from MIT, Hong Kong, Singapore,…
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MIT develops a Manufacturing Process to produce Graphene Roll
MIT engineers have developed a continuous manufacturing process that produces long strips of high-quality graphene. The team’s results are the first demonstration of an industrial, scalable method for manufacturing high-quality graphene that…
AlterEgo – MIT’s Computer system transcribes words users “speak silently”
MIT researchers have developed a computer interface that can transcribe words that the user concentrates on verbalizing but does not actually speak aloud. The system consists of a wearable device and an…
‘SoFi’: Soft robotic fish swims alongside real ones in coral reefs
This month scientists published rare footage of one of the Arctic’s most elusive sharks. The findings demonstrate that, even with many technological advances in recent years, it remains a challenging task to…
The autonomous “selfie drone”
Skydio, a San Francisco-based startup founded by three MIT alumni, is commercializing an autonomous video-capturing drone dubbed by some as the “selfie drone”, that tracks and films a subject, while freely navigating…