Wireless sensor would give epilepsy patients more freedom

Current seizure tracking systems tether patients to a machine. The new sensor could give them more freedom.

Mike Williams-Rice • futurity
April 24, 2019 ~5 min

Can sensor data save California’s aquifers?

Using remote sensing data could help home in on where water managers can replenish California's aquifers by flooding fields.

Josie Garthwaite-Stanford • futurity
April 23, 2019 ~6 min


Robots that can sort recycling

CSAIL’s "RoCycle" system uses in-hand sensors to detect if an object is paper, metal or plastic.

Adam Conner-Simons | CSAIL • mit
April 16, 2019 ~7 min

Super cheap tags can make our dumb stuff smarter

"Imagine a world where your pill bottle keeps track of your medication intake and a water glass monitors your hydration level."

Gabe Cherry-Michigan • futurity
April 12, 2019 ~5 min

The power of play

Video game developer NCSOFT joins with MIT.nano to apply the language of gaming to technology research and education.

MIT.nano • mit
April 3, 2019 ~5 min

“Particle robot” works as a cluster of simple units

Loosely connected disc-shaped “particles” can push and pull one another, moving en masse to transport objects.

Rob Matheson | MIT News Office • mit
March 20, 2019 ~7 min

Quantum sensing method measures minuscule magnetic fields

MIT researchers find a new way to make nanoscale measurements of fields in more than one dimension.

David L. Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
March 15, 2019 ~7 min

Sensors free NICU babies from a nest of wires

"...when you have wires everywhere and the baby is tethered to a bed, it's really hard to make skin-to-skin contact."

Northwestern U. • futurity
March 5, 2019 ~9 min


Robots track moving objects with unprecedented precision

System uses RFID tags to home in on targets; could benefit robotic manufacturing, collaborative drones, and other applications.

Rob Matheson | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 18, 2019 ~7 min

Smartphone sensors keep an eye on crumbling bridges

The US infrastructure system only gets a D+ grade, but smartphone sensors may offer a way to monitor crumbling roads and bridges.

Eric Stann-Missouri • futurity
Feb. 11, 2019 ~3 min

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