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Thin, wearable films packed with discreet sensors promise to change the game when it comes to health monitoring, with the potential to track everything from vitamin C levels, to blood sugar, to signs of cardiovascular trouble. A new design for these so… Continue reading Artificial sweat pores allow electronic skin to breathe during exercise
Researchers from MIT and Harvard have demonstrated a cutting-edge biosensor technology by developing a face mask that can detect SARS-CoV-2 in a wearer’s breath within just 90 minutes. The sensor technology can be programmed to detect any kind of virus… Continue reading MIT and Harvard engineers develop face mask that detects COVID-19
Engineers at MIT’s CSAIL have developed a smart carpet that can accurately estimate a person’s movements or body pose without needing cameras. The system could be useful for exercise feedback, monitoring falls, or tracking for VR and gaming.Continue Re… Continue reading Smart carpet tracks your movements for better exercise or gaming
A light weight and slim form are two very desirable attributes when it comes to next-gen armor materials, and we’re seeing scientists make impressive gains in this area, inspired by everything from sea snails, to animal scales, to finely tuned foams. T… Continue reading Ultralight armor material made of tiny carbon struts outperforms Kevlar
Inspired by leaps in the development of electronic music controllers and the visual and tactile appeal of knitted fabrics, Irmandy Wicaksono from MIT’s Media Lab has combined the two to create the KnittedKeyboard II, kind of like a Roli Seaboard you ca… Continue reading MIT Media Lab knits an expressive wearable MIDI keyboard
“Stationary” has very different meanings at quantum and real-world scales – an object that looks perfectly still to us is actually made up of atoms that are buzzing and bouncing around. Now, scientists have managed to slow down the atoms almost to a co… Continue reading Physicists induce motionless quantum state in largest object yet
Nobody likes gulping down a big pill, to the point that some people may not bother taking their medication because it’s just too hard to swallow. A new system from MIT could help in that regard, by packing the same drug dose into a smaller pill.Continu… Continue reading MIT tech packs drugs into smaller but just-as-potent pills
Engineers at MIT have developed a device that generates electricity using a completely new mechanism. “Particles” made of carbon nanotubes are dunked in an organic solvent, which induces a current to potentially power small robots or drive chemical rea… Continue reading Two-faced carbon nanotube particles generate electricity in MIT device
While the fabrics we wear today might keep us warm and protect us from the elements, scientists continue to demonstrate how they might soon do far more than that. MIT scientist Yoel Fink has been at the cutting edge of this field for more than a decade… Continue reading MIT’s world-first digital fabric can collect, store and process data
Lately, we’ve seen some exciting advances in the development of robots that can interact with objects in interesting ways, ranging from grippers that work like elephant trunks to coil around odd items to others that use electroadhesion to grasp fragile… Continue reading MIT’s Digger Finger robot can sense items buried beneath the surface