innovation
A new “common-sense” approach to computer vision enables artificial intelligence that interprets scenes more accurately than other systems do.
One day, we could fly across the U.S. in half an hour. A state-of-the-art hypersonic flight testing facility at UTSA could help make that dream a reality.
A recent study overviews the thinnest X-ray detector ever created.
Are we really only a moment away from "The Singularity," a technological epoch that will usher in a new era in human evolution?
A new control system, demonstrated using MIT’s robotic mini cheetah, enables four-legged robots to jump across uneven terrain in real-time.
From textiles and transportation to chemicals and microchips, a group of researchers proposes a new way to measure the impact of innovation.
“Should they strike, each of them has an energy at impact equal to all of the nuclear weapons on Earth combined."
Intrapreneurs tap into the spirit of entrepreneurialism to innovate and find personal meaning at work, but organizations need to celebrate their efforts more.
Asymmetric organocatalysis is an environmentally friendly way of accelerating chemical reactions and creating specific types of molecules.
MIT scientists show how fast algorithms are improving across a broad range of examples, demonstrating their critical importance in advancing computing.
In 1966, Disney announced his intention to build Epcot, an acronym for “Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow.”
Computer Space lacked a critical ingredient that the other games possessed: gravity.
The holograms use 'aerohaptics', which creates feelings of touch with simple jets of air.
Mind Bank Ai is the newest entrant in an ambitious idea: using AI to create a kind of immortality.
Guided by ultrasound waves, swarms of microrobots could soon be used to deliver medicine to targeted sites in the body.
Ever wondered what oxytocin receptor proteins sound like?
A biotech startup has received $15 million in funding to genetically recreate woolly mammoths and rewild them in Siberia.
A future kitchen appliance could make it possible to 3D-print entirely new recipes and cook them with lasers.
New chip eliminates the need for specific decoding hardware, boosting gaming systems, 5G networks, and more.
Is there actually anything deserving of the term AI?
MIT researchers design glue that mimics the sticky substance barnacles use to cling to rocks.
The design could help restore motor function after stroke, enhance virtual gaming experiences.
Sometimes, new combinations of preexisting things revolutionize life.
The questions about which massive structures to build, and where, are actually very hard to answer. Infrastructure is always about the future: It takes years to construct, and lasts for years beyond that.
Prosthetic arms can cost amputees $80,000. A startup called Unlimited Tomorrow is aiming to change that by making customized 3D-printed bionic arms for just $8,000.
A new tuna robot leads the way to more agile underwater robots and drones.
Think of a combination of immersive virtual reality, an online role-playing game, and the internet.
Three cutting-edge techniques – the gene-editing tool CRISPR, fluorescent proteins and optogenetics – were all inspired by nature.
The Seychelles magpie-robin is up for sale – yes, for sale – as a digital nature collectible.
Virtual reality continues to blur the line between the physical and the digital, and it will change our lives forever.