Technology - general
Study finds Google prioritises own services over rivals
30 Jun 2015
The study revealed that Google favoured search results that directed users to Google content over results that pointed to competitors
A fishy stink heightens critical thinking
29 Jun 2015
A nose-wrinkling fishy smell does more than tell humans to keep a safe distance: It makes them better thinkers
Alumnus’s throwable tactical camera gets commercial release
By By Rob Matheson, MIT News Office | 29 Jun 2015
Encryption for everyone
27 Jun 2015
A winning sanitation solution
25 Jun 2015
Powering desalination with the sun
By By Julia Sklar, MIT News correspondent | 25 Jun 2015
Almost 60 per cent of India's groundwater is noticeably salty, but none of the filtration devices in the market do anything to mitigate the saltiness. An MIT student makes a village-scale desalination system that runs on solar power makes water drinkable
Toward tiny, solar-powered sensors
By By Larry Hardesty | MIT News Office | 24 Jun 2015
A new ultralow-power circuit doubles the efficiency of energy harvesting to more than 80 per cent, whereas previous ultralow-power converters that used the same approach had efficiencies of only 40 or 50 per cent
Toward tiny, solar-powered sensors
By By Larry Hardesty | MIT News Office | 24 Jun 2015
A new ultralow-power circuit doubles the efficiency of energy harvesting to more than 80 per cent, whereas previous ultralow-power converters that used the same approach had efficiencies of only 40 or 50 per cent
Engineers find a simple, yet clever, way to boost chip speeds
23 Jun 2015
Inside each chip are millions of tiny wires to transport data; wrapping them in a protective layer of graphene could boost speeds by 30 per cent