Technology - general
Laser scanning accurately ‘weighs’ trees
24 Nov 2014
CERN makes public the first data from LHC experiments
24 Nov 2014
CERN this week launched an Open Data Portal, making data from Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiments openly available to the world for the first time
Scientists build a better eye on our world
18 Nov 2014
Bacteria become “genomic tape recorders”
By Anne Trafton | MIT News Office | 17 Nov 2014
MIT engineers have transformed the genome of the bacterium E. coli into a long-term storage device for memory. They envision that this stable, erasable, and easy-to-retrieve memory will be well suited for applications such as sensors for environmental and medical monitoring
TV sound system for the hard of hearing
15 Nov 2014
Acoustical radiators send a boosted version of the TV audio towards one location, where a hearing impaired TV listener is present. Other listeners with healthy hearing are placed at positions where they do not listen to the amplification provided by the array
Robotic ocean gliders aid study of melting Polar Ice
15 Nov 2014
Using robotic ocean gliders, researchers have discovered that swirling ocean eddies, similar to atmospheric storms, play an important role in transporting warm waters to the Antarctic coast, perhaps causing Polar melt and rising ocean levels
`Eye in the sky' to bypass internet traffic jams
15 Nov 2014
New way to make batteries safer
By By Anne Trafton | MIT News Office | 11 Nov 2014
Cockroach cyborgs with microphones may help locate survivors after disasters
11 Nov 2014
Designed to help emergency personnel find and rescue survivors in the aftermath of a disaster, researchers have developed technology that allows cyborg cockroaches to trace sounds of survivors with small microphones attached to them