An MIT-developed inflatable robotic hand gives amputees real-time tactile control. The smart hand is soft and elastic, weighs about half a pound, and costs a…
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MIT’s Nimbus Solar Car Wins 2021 American Solar Challenge
The MIT Solar Electric Vehicle Team poses with Nimbus, their solar car, after winning the 2021 American Solar Challenge. Credit: Photo courtesy of MIT SEVT…
View More MIT’s Nimbus Solar Car Wins 2021 American Solar ChallengeGoogle adds facial expression recognition to Android Accessibility Suite beta version
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A team at XDA Developers has discovered that Google has added facial expression recognition to the beta version of the Android…
View More Google adds facial expression recognition to Android Accessibility Suite beta versionSudoku inventor Maki Kaji dies aged 69
Maki Kaji, the creator of the popular numbers puzzle Sudoku, whose life’s work was spreading the joy of puzzles, has died, his Japanese company has…
View More Sudoku inventor Maki Kaji dies aged 69High-performance detection tool for ReDoS-vulnerability
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Regular expressions (regexes) are widely used in different fields of computer science. However, the Regular expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerability…
View More High-performance detection tool for ReDoS-vulnerability3D Magnetic Nanonetwork Breakthrough Could Enable New Generation of 3D Storage Technologies
Researchers at the University of Vienna have designed a new 3D magnetic nanonetwork, where magnetic monopoles emerge due to rising magnetic frustration among the nanoelements,…
View More 3D Magnetic Nanonetwork Breakthrough Could Enable New Generation of 3D Storage TechnologiesNew Algorithm Trains Drones To Fly Around Obstacles at High Speeds
Aerospace engineers at MIT have devised an algorithm that helps drones find the fastest route around obstacles, without crashing. Credit: MIT News, with background figure…
View More New Algorithm Trains Drones To Fly Around Obstacles at High SpeedsSay Goodbye to the Dots and Dashes: Enhanced Optical Storage Media
Purdue University innovators have created technology aimed at replacing Morse code with colored “digital characters” to modernize optical storage. They are confident the advancement will…
View More Say Goodbye to the Dots and Dashes: Enhanced Optical Storage MediaInvestigating Materials for Safe, Secure Nuclear Energy
A longstanding interest in radiation’s effects on metals has drawn Michael Short into new areas such as nuclear security and microreactors. Michael Short came to…
View More Investigating Materials for Safe, Secure Nuclear Energy“Missing Puzzle Piece” Discovered: Critical Advance in Quantum Computer Design
Spin qubit device being connected to circuit board in preparation for measurement. Credit: Serwan Asaad Quantum engineers from UNSW Sydney have removed a major obstacle…
View More “Missing Puzzle Piece” Discovered: Critical Advance in Quantum Computer Design