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Police surround MIT building after shots fired in Boston
Security guards surrounded a building at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology late Thursday after shots were fired, the prestigious university said on its website. “Please stay clear of area until further notice. Unknown if injuries have occurred,” the emergency alert notice said. MIT is located in Boston, where two bombs…
Doctors develop protocol to detect patient consciousness during surgery
Waking up during surgery and yet still being too anesthetized to signal doctors that you’re awake sounds like a nightmare, and for some people is a genuine phobia. According to New Scientist, a team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has identified a “consciousness signature” in brain activity that…
Moon’s battered crust reveals tumultuous past
New images of the Moon’s battered crust point to a violent past in which it was battered by comets and asteroids during its first billion years, US scientists say. The new findings come from the GRAIL mission, a pair of spacecraft named Ebb and Flow that are orbiting the Moon…
Vest lets Facebook users hug from afar
A vest developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology lets Facebook users hug one another no matter how far apart they are. A Like-A-Hug vest on display Friday at the website of designer Melissa Kit Chow was touted as “wearable social media” that inflates to embrace wearers whenever Facebook friends…
SuperPAC app tells viewers who paid for political ads
In the nasty world of US politics, voters want to know: who is behind some of the ads they see on TV. Now, there’s an app for that. The Super PAC App is an iPhone application which allows users to find out more information on political ads in the 2012…
Scientists create most disgusting robot yet
Scientists create most disgusting robot yet (+video) (via The Christian Science Monitor) An international team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, and Seoul National University have succeeded in creating the world’s most disgusting robot. Known as Meshworm, the soft, repugnant automaton moves via peristalsis, a method…
Solar cell breakthrough taps previously unused energy source
A scientific breakthrough by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has produced a new type solar cell capable of absorbing energy from the infrared spectrum, where about 40 percent of the energy in sunlight exists. All prior solar cells ignored the infrared spectrum for energy stored in visible…
MIT project aims to bring household robots to all
Imagine going to a local store, picking out a design for a robot to help with some household chores, and having the device built within a matter of hours. That is the vision of scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where a five-year, $10 million project to bring the…
Liquid battery could charge green energy
Engineering professor Donald Sadoway on Thursday used an old-school chalk board at the prestigious TED gathering to write the formula for a liquid battery that could one day cut the need for new power plants. “The way things stand, electricity demand must be in constant balance with supply,” Sadoway told…
Italian professor launches challenge to Google
ROME — An Italian computer science professor whose research helped inspire Google launched a new search engine and social media network on Monday that he hopes will challenge the US technology giant. The new site entitled “Volunia” allows users to view the components of particular websites to find the subject…
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