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10 Technologies That Once Seemed Like Science Fiction
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, aka MIT, is an organization that enjoys an impressive reputation in near-science circles. Each year, its staff report on ten technological breakthroughs, the most promising at the time the list was compiled. The latest version of the top ten includes significant achievements by entrepreneurs, engineers, and scientists from just last …
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MIT’s Autonomous Robot Boat, Roboat, Is Close To Achieving Level 5 Autonomy
Going full-on autonomous, i.e. Level 5 autonomy, is a major challenge for road-going vehicles. Meanwhile, it is much more achievable for a waterborne vehicle, as proven by Roboat.
MIT Research Reveals That Vaccination By Inhalation Can Boost Immune Responses To Respiratory Infections
Here’s an exciting development in the field of medical science. MIT researchers has carried out a study on vaccination by inhalation, a process in which vaccines are directly deliver to the lungs.
AI Can Detect Asymptomatic COVID-19 Infections Through Your Coughs
Well, this is an unexpected and hopeful development in the fight against coronavirus. MIT researchers have found that coughing could be used to determine if a person have contracted the virus.
MIT Developed A Completely New Type Of Mask That Inactivates Coronavirus
Not feeling safe from the threat of coronavirus even with a mask on? Well then, Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s researchers may have a solution. While face mask has been proven to reduce risk of infection, MIT has developed a mask that inactivates CoV-2 virus.
A Pack Of Robots Frolicking In The Open Is Not A Robot Dystopia Future, Yet
Remember the Mini Cheetah, the dog-like robot that made back flips? Well, Biomimetic Robotics Lab at MIT did not stop at one unit. It now has at least 9 units which were tested together recently.
MIT CSAIL’s RoCycle Recycling Robot Identifies Recyclables By Touch
This is a single stream recycling robot, RoCycle, developed by MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL). RoCycle is able to differentiate if an object is paper, metal, or plastic. Machines that are able to identify a specific material is not new. I have personally seen one in action in an expo in Atlanta …
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First It Was A Biped, Now A Quadruped Robot Can Pull Off Backflips Too
Here’s a video of a four-legged robot called Mini Cheetah developed by Biomimetic Robotics Lab at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) doing backflips – a skill yet to be accomplished by any fellow quadruped robot. Cool, right. Well, for now, it is sure fun to see them performing circus act. Just wait till they get …
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Real Life Ion Drive Enables Model Plane To Fly Without Moving Parts
This is no Star Wars. The propulsion method suggested in the sci-fi series has just seen a major breakthrough. Indeed, we are talking about ion drive, the source of propulsion found in TIE fighters, but of course, that was a sci-fi thing and this is the real deal. The researchers at MIT has made history …
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