Technology - general

Researchers create tractor beam in lab

02 Jun 2014

Think fast, robot

30 May 2014

Improving a new breed of solar cells

By David L. Chandler | MIT News Office | 29 May 2014

Solar-powered roads to generate power

28 May 2014

A prototype power system using solar road panels to generate power, melt snow in the winter, offer embedded LED lighting and display driver alerts is being tested in the US

Graphene to make large scale electricity storage a reality

27 May 2014

Graphene – the world’s thinnest material isolated – could make batteries light, durable and suitable for high capacity energy storage from renewable generation.

Making money from lignin: improvng lignocellulosic biofuel biorefining

26 May 2014

Electricity use slashed with efficiency controls for heating, cooling

23 May 2014

Mumbai restaurant uses drone to deliver pizza

23 May 2014

The drone used for delivering the pizza cost around $200 for the experimental delivery and consumed less than 65 watts energy, or equal to that consumed by a small light bulb

A new way to harness waste heat

By David L. Chandler | MIT News Office | 23 May 2014

CSIR, IMD join hands to deploy `very low visibility’ aircraft landing system `Drishti’

22 May 2014

New, fossil-fuel-free process makes biodiesel sustainable

22 May 2014

MIT researchers’ app lets people to live stranger's life

22 May 2014

Custom camouflage

By Larry Hardesty | MIT News Office | 22 May 2014

Potential mother pigs can deliberately influence sex of offspring: study

22 May 2014

Scientists discover technique to turn light into matter

21 May 2014

London manufacturer OwnFone introduces first Braille phone

19 May 2014

The phone can be personalised with two or four Braille buttons, pre-programmed to call friends, family, carers or the emergency services

UK defence ministry pioneering revolutionary technology to trump GPS

16 May 2014

High-flying turbine produces more power

By By Rob Matheson | MIT News Office | 16 May 2014

Proven to produce double the energy of similarly sized tower-mounted turbines, the system can also carry a payload of, say, wi-fi equipment and provide connectivity to six to eight times the area covered by a tower

Partisan media driving a wedge between citizens: study

10 May 2014

Researchers develop method to determine fingerprint comparison difficulty

10 May 2014

3D printer, Mink allows user to print any colour of cosmetics

09 May 2014

Your handshake can reveal more about you than you might like!

09 May 2014

Algae “see” a wide spectrum of light

05 May 2014

A device that boosts image quality in phones, computers, TVs

05 May 2014

A device created by UCLA researchers could lead to a significant leap in the quality of images on smartphones, computer displays, TVs and inkjet printers

Solving a mystery of thermoelectrics

05 May 2014

New analysis explains why some materials are good thermal insulators while similar ones are not