Autonomous boats could be your next ride
Five years in the making, MIT’s autonomous floating vessels get a size upgrade and learn a new way to communicate aboard the waters.
Oct. 26, 2020 • ~11 min
Tags: robotics robots research autonomous-vehicles sensors transportation school-of-architecture-and-planning urban-studies-and-planning electrical-engineering-computer-science-eecs computer-science-and-technology algorithms computer-science-and-artificial-intelligence-laboratory-csail mit-schwarzman-college-of-computing
Electronic design tool morphs interactive objects
MorphSensor lets users digitally model an object’s form and electronic function in one integrated space.
Oct. 22, 2020 • ~5 min
Tags: electronics manufacturing 3-d-printing research sensors design mechanical-engineering electrical-engineering-computer-science-eecs computer-science-and-artificial-intelligence-laboratory-csail national-science-foundation-nsf mit-schwarzman-college-of-computing
A tiny circular racetrack for light can rapidly detect single molecules
An optical sensor that can detect individual molecules promises early detection of diseases and environmental contamination.
Oct. 22, 2020 • ~5 min
Tags: engineering chemistry covid-19 photonics sars-cov-2 quick-reads research-brief sensors biochemistry biomedical-research biomedical-engineering biosensors biological-sensor
Tech prints sensors right onto human skin
A new method can print wearable sensors directly onto skin without heat. The sensors could help monitor stats like temperature, heart performance, and more.
Oct. 13, 2020 • ~6 min
Tags: nanotechnology skin sensors featured science-and-technology wearable-devices
Backpack-toting moths can drop sensors where people can’t
Tiny sensors that weigh less than jellybeans and ride on the back of moths may help researchers study places too dangerous for people to get to.
Oct. 12, 2020 • ~5 min
Tags: insects sensors drones moths science-and-technology
3D printed ‘invisible’ fibres can sense breath, sound, and biological cells
From capturing your breath to guiding biological cell movements, 3D printing of tiny, transparent conducting fibres could be used to make devices which can
Sept. 30, 2020 • ~4 min
Tags: engineering advanced-materials bioengineering 3d-printing sensors
Highly sensitive trigger enables rapid detection of biological agents
The Rapid Agent Aerosol Detector developed at Lincoln Laboratory has demonstrated excellent accuracy in identifying toxic biological particles suspended in the air.
Sept. 16, 2020 • ~7 min
Tags: research sensors security-studies-and-military lincoln-laboratory
Printed circuits turn paper into a self-powered keyboard
"...simple paper sheets from a notebook can be transformed into music player interfaces for users to choose songs, play them, and change their volume."
Sept. 1, 2020 • ~4 min
Tags: sensors science-and-technology paper
Device speeds up tests for lead in water
The cheap device could also allow people to easily and swiftly test their water supplies for lead contamination, researchers say.
Aug. 27, 2020 • ~4 min
Tags: pollution water lead sensors health-and-medicine
Hearing gives robot perception a big boost
Today's robots primarily get by with vision and touch. Giving them another sense, hearing, improves robot perception, researchers find.
Aug. 26, 2020 • ~5 min
Tags: robots hearing sensors science-and-technology perception
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