In a presentation this week to the International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Stockholm, Daniela Rus and Shuhei Miyashita of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology described a robot they have developed that can be swallowed and used to collect dangerous objects ingested accidentally. The...
A significant change like this could be ok for a different client, but in the context of being at a crown research institute and shooting for a university it most likely makes it unusable. No doubt I’ll be having discussions with clients as to what is and isn’t acceptable in terms of...
Steven Barrett, Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts:Silent, Solid-State Propulsion for Advanced Air Mobility Vehicles This concept aims to develop nearly silent electroaerodynamic thrusters for vertical takeoff and landing aircraft that could be used to transport cargo and event...
In support of the exhibition Mothership: Voyage into Afrofuturism at the Oakland Museum of California, Obsidian, a Dolby employee network for African Americans, and Dolby Institute collaborated with the music artist Nicole Mitchell to help create her sound installation Mothership Calling. This work is...
The X PRIZE Foundation is an educational nonprofit prize institute whose mission is to create radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity. The Google Lunar X PRIZE is the third prize the Foundation has announced since its inception in 1995. In 2004, the X PRIZE Foundation captured world he...
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He won the 2024 Silver Azbee Award for Best News Article in the Technology category. He has a post-graduate diploma in journalism from the Indian Institute of Journalism and New Media. More from this author news Why is Microsoft offering to turn websites into AI apps with NLWeb...
A recent study by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has shown that online role-playing games can be a valuable tool for social learning. The study employed big data analytics to investigate the influence of player characteristics and the interaction between players on overall game performa...
Ajay Menon is a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, with an integrated major in Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture. Besides writing, he balances chess and works out tunes on his keyboard during his free time.