Information technology
Magic tricks created using artificial intelligence for the first time
26 Nov 2014
Researchers working on artificial intelligence have taught a computer to create magic tricks
Engineers demonstrate how heat can transmit data
07 Nov 2014
Researchers behind the technology believe it could provide a new form of secure communication that could be concealed in background noise, making it harder to intercept or jam using conventional technology
Harnessing error-prone chips
By By Larry Hardesty | MIT News Office | 03 Nov 2014
New system would allow programmers to easily trade computational accuracy for energy savings
Superconducting circuits, simplified
By By Larry Hardesty | MIT News Office | 17 Oct 2014
New frontier in error-correcting codes
By By Larry Hardesty | MIT News Office | 14 Oct 2014
Toward optical chips
By By Larry Hardesty | MIT News Office | 17 Sep 2014
Consortium to focus on developing a new architecture for the internet
12 Sep 2014
Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles are collaborating with Verisign, Cisco, Panasonic and other corporations to advance Named Data Networking protocol that promises to increase network security, higher bandwidth and simple but sophisticated applications
Social networking can help people lose weight
09 Sep 2014
Google to launch quantum computing initiative in association with NASA and USRA
03 Sep 2014
A research team led by physicist John Martinis from the University of California, Santa Barbara, will join Google to start work on a project to build new quantum information processors based on superconducting electronics
Diagnostics enables reliable deliveries by drones
By By Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office | 30 Aug 2014
New algorithm lets drones monitor their own health during long package-delivery missions. By Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office
IBM unveils chip that mimics human brain to process data
08 Aug 2014
The technology could enable a new generation of intelligent sensor networks that mimic the brain’s abilities for perception, action, and cognition