Goldfinger Smart Glove Is Powered by Finger Movements
Wearables seem to have a very bright future ahead, but powering most of them remains a problem. The Goldfinger smart …
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Scientists Create Molten Metal Batteries for Storing Renewable Energy
The American engineers who created the liquid metal batteries point out that these won’t have a consumer application anytime soon, …
MIT Takes the Leash Off Its Robotic Cheetah
Just when the whole world thought that it’s all about bipedal robots, MIT brings its robotic cheetah under the spotlight …
MIT’s Robotic Grasp Provides You With a Few Extra Fingers
Since many tasks are difficult to accomplish single-handedly, researchers at MIT thought that it wouldn’t be such a bad idea …
Phase-Change Material Turns Solid Rock Robots into Squishy Things
The MIT researchers who worked on this concept must have had octopi in mind, as there are a lot of …
FingerReader Ring Turns Text to Voice in Real Time for the Blind
There are many devices that help the visually impaired live a normal life, but none is as convenient to use …
Bakable Robots Are the Next Logical Step, Say MIT Researchers
Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology demonstrated how exposing specially designed, 3D printed self-folding components to uniform heat, in …
SuperShoes Vibrate to Show You the Way Home
In terms of smart devices, the world was a bit short on footwear. Luckily for us, some MIT scientists created …
inForm Allows You to Reach Through Screens and Touch Things
What is inForm, the latest cool tech invention developed by MIT Media Lab’s Tangible Media Group?
Ophone Sends Olfactive Messages Across Continents
When confronted with a pleasant smell, be it a perfume or a delicious and exotic food, we sometimes want to …
Real Lightsaber Ditches the Force for Photons and Vacuum Chambers
Researchers at MIT and Harvard have created a new form of matter by binding photons together into molecules, thus proving …
MIT Soft Rocker Chair Charges Gadgets with Solar Power
With the warm weather coming in the Northern Hemisphere, more people will want to go outside. And if you’re like …
The 7 Best MIT Pranks and Hacks
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is one of the premier research universities for science and engineering. But even MIT students …
Solar Power Stations In Disguise: MIT’s Soft Rockers
There’s more than meets the eye to these amazing-looking pieces of garden furniture: They’re actually solar power stations.