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  PopFab: a 3D printer and CNC milling machine that fits inside a briefcase

  By Louis Goddard on July 26, 2012 06:26 am + 9 comments

  Students from MIT's Little Devices lab have managed to package a 3D printer, a CNC milling machine, Continue reading…

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  MIT model shows the most influential US airports for spreading disease

  By Andrew Webster on July 25, 2012 08:58 am + 18 comments

  Researchers at MIT have developed a new computer model that shows that it's not necessarily the Continue reading…

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  MIT's 'intelligent co-pilot' helps you avoid obstacles while driving

  By Andrew Webster on July 14, 2012 03:19 am + 14 comments

  While some researchers are trying to create cars that can drive themselves, a team at MIT is Continue reading…

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  Layered LCD panels could create more realistic glasses-free 3D

  By Adi Robertson on July 12, 2012 01:29 pm + 10 comments

  3D technology is getting more advanced, but many systems force the viewer into a single perspective Continue reading…

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  Light, heat, and vibration: MIT's new chip can harvest energy from all three simultaneously

  By Evan Rodgers on July 9, 2012 07:37 pm + 19 comments

  Harvesting electricity from vibration, ambient light, and thermal energy sources represent a sizable Continue reading…

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  MIT Media Lab's Infinity-By-Nine system promises deeper movie immersion

  By Kimber Streams on June 24, 2012 07:03 pm + 13 comments

  The MIT Media Lab has developed a system that uses blurred images on peripheral screens to provide a Continue reading…

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  MIT-developed video software can see your pulse

  By Andrew Webster on June 22, 2012 12:38 pm + 24 comments

  Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are developing a new kind of software Continue reading…

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  MIT scientists create a pinhole camera out of any windowed room

  By Justin Rubio on June 20, 2012 06:01 pm + 22 comments

  MIT computer scientists Antonio Torralba and William Freeman have created a new forensics tool that Continue reading…

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  Researchers turn to spinal fluid to power human brain implants

  By Bryan Bishop on June 14, 2012 01:40 am + 11 comments

  Brain implants that can help restore life to previously-paralyzed limbs are creeping closer to Continue reading…

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  MIT's computer algorithms can tell why you're smiling better than a human can

  By Bryan Bishop on May 26, 2012 10:24 am + 4 comments

  While some recent studies have found that investment in facial recognition technologies hasn't yet Continue reading…