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Nanophotonics Flattens Camera Lenses
Nanoscale meta-optics holds the promise of improved imaging while removing the bulges from smartphones.
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DNA Design That Anyone Can Do
A new computer program allows users to translate any free-form drawing into a two-dimensional, nanoscale structure made of DNA.
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Customizing Computer-Aided Design
A new technique developed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology "reverse-engineers" complex three-dimensional (3-D) computer-aided design...
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Deep Learning Technique Reveals 'Invisible' Objects in the Dark
Engineers used a deep neural network to train a computer to reconstruct transparent objects from images captured in almost total darkness.
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Team Invents Method to Shrink Objects to the Nanoscale
MIT researchers have invented a way to fabricate nanoscale 3-D objects of nearly any shape. They can also pattern the objects with a variety of useful materials...
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E.T., We're Home
If extraterrestrial intelligence exists somewhere in our galaxy, a new MIT study proposes that laser technology on Earth could, in principle, be fashioned into...
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A Step Toward Personalized, Automated Smart Homes
A new system uses reflected wireless signals to identify occupants within a home, even when they are not carrying mobile devices.
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Machine Learning System Tackles Speech and Object Recognition, All at Once
A new system can learn to identify objects within an image, based on a spoken description of the image.
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Robots Can Now Pick p Any Object After Inspecting It
Dense Object Nets is a system that lets robots inspect random objects and visually understand them enough to accomplish specific tasks without having seen them...
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Wireless Communication Breaks Through Water-Air Barrier
MIT researchers have taken a step toward solving a longstanding challenge with wireless communication: direct data transmission between underwater and airborne...
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Faster Analysis of Medical Images
A new machine learning algorithm can register brain scans and other three-dimensional images about 1,000 times faster than previously possible using novel learning...
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How to Control Robots with Brainwaves and Hand Gestures
Getting robots to do things isn't easy: Usually, scientists have to either explicitly program them or get them to understand how humans communicate via language...
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Fundamental Equations Guide Marine Robots to Optimal Sampling Sites
Observing the world's oceans is increasingly a mission assigned to autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs)—marine robots that are designed to drift, drive, or glide...
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Engineers Design Artificial Synapse For 'brain-on-a-Chip' Hardware
When it comes to processing power, the human brain just can't be beat.
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Let Your Car Tell You What It Needs
Researchers are developing software that measures automotive sounds and communicates any service requirements and other diagnostic information to drivers via a...
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Automatic Image Retouching on Your Phone
Researchers have developed a cellphone-based system that can automatically retouch images.
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Reshaping Computer-Aided Design
Researchers have developed InstantCAD to facilitate interactive real-time editing, enhancement, and optimization of computer-aided design models via a simpler...
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New 3D Chip Combines Computing and Data Storage
A new computer chip integrates carbon nanotubes and resistive random-access memory cells.
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Giving Robots a Sense of Touch
Researchers have mounted GelSight sensors on the grippers of robotic arms to provide robotic systems with greater sensitivity and dexterity.
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Wearable System Helps Visually Impaired sers Navigate
A new system to help visually impaired users navigate employs a three-dimensional camera, a belt with vibrational motors, and a refreshable Braille interface.
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