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MIT Researchers Build AI System That Can Visualise Objects Using Touch

Indo-Asian News Service | Monday June 17, 2019

A team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have come up with a predictive Artificial Intelligence (AI) that can learn to see by touching and to feel by seeing.

Elite US School MIT Cuts Ties With Chinese Tech Firms Huawei, ZTE

World News | Reuters | Thursday April 4, 2019

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has severed ties with Huawei Technologies and ZTE Corp as US authorities investigate the Chinese firms for alleged sanctions violations, it said on Wednesday.

MIT Halts Collaborations With Chinese Tech Firms Huawei, ZTE

Reuters | Thursday April 4, 2019

Earlier this year, UK's Oxford University stopped accepting funding from Huawei.

MIT's Latest Dog-Like Robot Can Do Backflips on Command

Peter Holley, The Washington Post | Tuesday March 5, 2019

The vaguely canine-like machine - dubbed "Mini Cheetah" - is also able to trot over uneven terrain about twice as fast as an average person's walking speed, researchers say.

Dog-Like Robot, Developed At MIT, Can Do Backflips On Command

Science | Peter Holley, The Washington Post | Tuesday March 5, 2019

They can already open doors, traverse steep flights of stairs, run at high speed and unload your dishwasher.

MIT Scientists Using Lobster Exoskeleton To Develop Flexible Body Armour

Science | Peter Holley, The Washington Post | Wednesday February 20, 2019

Imagine a highly sophisticated body armor that is as tough as it is flexible, a shield that consists largely of water, but remains strong enough to prevent mechanical penetration.

Earth May Lose Its Blue Colour by 2100: MIT Study

Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday February 5, 2019

MIT study said the blue regions, such as the subtropics, will turn shades darker, reflecting even less phytoplankton - and life in general - in those waters.

MIT Develops Robot That Combines Senses to Play Jenga

Peter Holley, The Washington Post | Saturday February 2, 2019

A newly released video from MIT shows a robot developed by the school's engineers playing Jenga with surprising precision.

Fill Your Belly With Growing, Golf-Ball-Size Pills For Weight Loss: Study

Science | Peter Holley, The Washington Post | Saturday February 2, 2019

If only weight loss were as simple as taking a pill, right?

Microsoft, MIT Researchers Develop Model for Safer Self-Driving Cars

Indo-Asian News Service | Monday January 28, 2019

The AI systems powering driverless cars are trained extensively in virtual simulations to prepare the vehicle for nearly every event on the road.

MIT Researchers' Vault Cryptocurrency 99 Percent More Efficient Than Bitcoin

Indo-Asian News Service | Monday January 28, 2019

Vault reduced the bandwidth for joining its network by 99 percent when compared to Bitcoin and 90 percent when compared to Ethereum.

What Do Spider Webs Sound Like? This Interactive Performance Shows How

Science | Erin Blakemore, The Washington Post | Monday January 21, 2019

What do spider webs sound like? If you've never considered the question, don't stress: Scientists and musicians have. They've created an interactive, multimedia performance that lets you tour a spider-spun web that makes otherworldly music.

MIT Researchers Propose Tiny Satellites to Guide Huge Space Telescopes

Indo-Asian News Service | Monday January 7, 2019

NASA engineers are developing designs for next-generation space telescopes.

An MIT-Born Start-Up's Bold New Claim: Electric Scooter That Fixes Itself

World News | Peter Holley, The Washington Post | Tuesday December 4, 2018

As their devices have spread across the country this year, electric scooter companies have been criticized for deploying models that break apart in use, catch fire and lull vulnerable riders into a false sense of safety.

China Scientist Claims World's First Genetically-Edited Babies - Twins

Science | Agence France-Presse | Monday November 26, 2018

A scientist in China claims to have created the world's first genetically-edited babies, in a potentially ground-breaking and controversial medical first. Chinese university professor He Jiankui posted a video on YouTube saying that the twin girls, born a few weeks ago, had had their DNA altered to prevent them from contracting HIV.