Electronics
Researchers develop new method of controlling tiny devices
By By Bill Kisliuk | 27 Feb 2013
New technique scales up graphene micro-supercapacitor production
By By Davin Malasarn | 22 Feb 2013
MIT researchers build Quad HD TV chip
By By Larry Hardesty, MIT News Office | 21 Feb 2013
A new video standard enables a fourfold increase in the resolution of TV screens, and an MIT chip was the first to handle it in real time.
A taste of the graphene sandwich
14 Feb 2013
Humans, robots work better together following cross-training
By By Helen Knight, MIT News correspondent | 12 Feb 2013
Spending a day in someone else’s shoes can help us to learn what makes them tick. Now the same approach is being used to develop a better understanding between humans and robots, to enable them to work together as a team
Bionic man on display at London's Science Museum
07 Feb 2013
The human-like machine, called Rex, incorporates a host of latest advances in bionic limbs, as well as artificial pancreas, kidney, spleen and trachea
The armchair as a fitness trainer
04 Feb 2013
Tiny lights could spark communications revolution
01 Feb 2013
Minute LED lights could deliver Wi-Fi-like internet communications, while displaying information and illuminating homes
Researchers demonstrate record-setting p-type transistor
By By Larry Hardesty, MIT News Office | 04 Jan 2013
The new transistor also features what’s called a trigate design, which could solve some of the problems that plague computer circuits at extremely small sizes
Engineers develop new energy-efficient computer memory using magnetic materials
By By Matthew Chin | 17 Dec 2012
Copper, gold and tin for efficient chips
08 Dec 2012
Stanford builds underwater robots to explore treacherous deep-ocean terrain
By By Melissa Pandika | 04 Dec 2012
Engineers at Stanford's Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute have developed autonomous underwater vehicles that can photograph regions of the ocean floor that were once too risky for these robotic explorers
Researchers use synthetic magnetism to control light
By By Andrew Myers | 06 Nov 2012
Power in the palm of your hands
15 Oct 2012
‘Invisibility’ could be a key to better electronics
By By David L. Chandler, MIT News Office | 12 Oct 2012
Magic carpet’ could help prevent falls
07 Sep 2012
A ‘magic carpet’ which can immediately detect when someone has fallen and can help to predict mobility problems has been demonstrated by University of Manchester scientists