What's the world's best solar panel? A plant. So making solar panels from plants seems like a no-brainer. Today, scientists think they've achieved just that.READ»
You're carrying a cell phone right now that's tracking your movements. Put the data from your phone along with everyone else's, and you can find out a lot about how humanity operates at a global scale.READ»
The tiny Hiriko can fold up so it fits three to a normal parking spot, making it perfect for deploying in a crowded European city. Will you get out of your next car rental through the roof?READ»
Math breakthroughs don't often capture the headlines--but MIT researchers have just made one that could lead to all sorts of amazing technological breakthroughs that in just a few years will touch every hour of your life.READ»
It certainly doesn't seem like anyone in charge has any ideas about how to stop climate change, so let's open it up to everyone. A crowdsourcing project from MIT has found the best solutions from the rest of us--like personal rapid ...READ»
Hewlett Packard’s Catalyst Initiative is helping kids across the world learn how to solve some of the seemingly most intractable global challenges. Catalyst also demonstrates the problem-solving capabilities of HP technology; expands markets by increasing education rates and wealth; and builds relationships and goodwill with customers. READ»
Instead of focusing on a moon-shot funded by the federal government, a look at America's "energy innovation system" finds that a much more likely solution will come from marginal, local developments--and that's where we should be ...READ»
Whether it's via the administration, the professors, or the students, serious investments in edtech are coming to major universities. Which startups are going to be called upon to help make the transition?READ»
Some people worry that the massive energy draw of a fleet of electric cars will bring down the power system. It might, but there are easy fixes to prevent it from happening and make all of our power cleaner and more efficient.READ»
The planet's atmosphere gets heat from the sun and then traps it. A new breakthrough from MIT lets objects do the same thing, so that we can use the sun to heat things to astronomically high temperatures and then generate power from ...READ»
Sanergy is a business full of waste. The startup--funded in part by the U.S. government--gives toilets away to business people in the slums, who charge for use. In exchange, Sanergy gets the... leftovers, which they convert into ...READ»
Ginger.io just won the $100,000 Data Design Diabetes challenge, because it silently analyzes your phone usage data to figure out if you're depressed. For diabetes patients, that could be a lifesaver.READ»
Bids are due Friday for a proposed, new applied science university campus in NYC. Mayor Bloomberg says City Hall will donate land and more than $100 million in infrastructure for the project... but will it change New York's tech sector?READ»
Inspired by MIT's much-publicized One Laptop Per Child, the program sought an affordable housing solution for areas hit by natural disasters. And like OLPC, it revised its target price.READ»
Tiny movements can be converted to a lot of power with this latest advancement in piezeoelectrics, so even stationary gadgets can be powered just by their own subtle vibrations.READ»
If we are to improve the quality of life in our cities--27 of which are expected to have more than 10 million people by 2020--we will have to find a better way to build them. MIT's new software will help.READ»
Using a network of smartphones mounted on car dashboards to help avoid stopping, SignalGuru can keep drivers from idling, the most fuel consuming--and frustrating--part of driving.
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