Monitoring sleep positions for a healthy rest
Wireless device captures sleep data without using cameras or body sensors; could aid patients with Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy, or bedsores.
Tags: health medicine research wireless school-of-engineering electrical-engineering-computer-science-eecs computer-science-and-technology computer-science-and-artificial-intelligence-laboratory-csail mit-schwarzman-college-of-computing
How brains do what they do is more complex than what anatomy on its own suggests
A bioengineer explains how a clearer picture of brain structure and function may fine-tune the ways brain surgery attempts to correct structure and medication tries to correct function.
July 16, 2020 • ~11 min
Tags: bioengineering brain neuroscience cognition electricity neurons fmri neural-networks cognitive-skills wireless near-field-communication neural-processing cognitive-function nerve-signal neural-circuitry neural-circuits neural-signals
What can your microwave tell you about your health?
An MIT system uses wireless signals to measure in-home appliance usage to better understand health tendencies.
Tags: machine-learning internet-of-things covid-19 research sensors wireless behavior school-of-engineering computer-science-and-technology computer-science-and-artificial-intelligence-laboratory-csail health-sciences-and-technology electrical-engineering-and-computer-science-eecs mit-schwarzman-college-of-computing
How Apple and Google will let your phone warn you if you've been exposed to the coronavirus
Bluetooth wireless communication makes it possible for people to get alerts on their phones when they've been exposed to the coronavirus. Adding the right cryptography scheme keeps those alerts private.
April 30, 2020 • ~9 min
Tags: public-health covid-19 coronavirus cybersecurity pandemic new-coronavirus privacy contact-tracing smart-phones wireless bluetooth smart-phone-apps contact-tracing-app
Energy-harvesting design aims to turn Wi-Fi signals into usable power
Device for harnessing terahertz radiation might enable self-powering implants, cellphones, other portable electronics.
Tags: physics graphene research wireless school-of-science nanoscience-and-nanotechnology materials-research-laboratory
A smart surface for smart devices
External system improves phones’ signal strength 1,000 percent, without requiring extra antennas.
Tags: internet-of-things internet data networks research wireless school-of-engineering computer-science-and-artificial-intelligence-laboratory-csail mobile-devices electrical-engineering-and-computer-science-eecs
Sending clearer signals
Associate Professor Yury Polyanskiy is working to keep data flowing as the “internet of things” becomes a reality.
Tags: internet-of-things data profile research wireless school-of-engineering electrical-engineering-computer-science-eecs computer-science-and-technology faculty idss laboratory-for-information-and-decision-systems-lids mobile-devices
Researchers generate terahertz laser with laughing gas
Device may enable “T-ray vision” and better wireless communication.
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Antenna system developed at Lincoln Laboratory aims to improve wireless communications
In-band full-duplex techniques applied to a phased-array antenna may provide a tenfold speedup in data transmit and receive rates while supporting a rapidly increasing number of wireless devices.
Tags: research wireless communications lincoln-laboratory
SMART develops a way to commercially manufacture integrated silicon III-V chips
New method from MIT’s research enterprise in Singapore paves the way for improved optoelectronic and 5G devices.
Tags: electronics manufacturing research wireless computer-science-and-technology materials-science-and-engineering dmse singapore-mit-alliance-for-research-and-technology-smart optoelectronics
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