Electronics

Battery low? Give your mobile some water

30 Apr 2013

The charger is both a fuel cell and a portable battery, providing a direct power source as well as a storage buffer for the fuel

Piezoelectric “Taxels” convert motion to electronic signals for tactile imaging

27 Apr 2013

Insect cyborgs may become first responders to search, monitor hazardous environs

11 Mar 2013

Locust-inspired vision for car sensors

01 Mar 2013

Researchers develop new method of controlling tiny devices

By By Bill Kisliuk | 27 Feb 2013

New technique scales up graphene micro-supercapacitor production

By By Davin Malasarn | 22 Feb 2013

MIT researchers build Quad HD TV chip

By By Larry Hardesty, MIT News Office | 21 Feb 2013

A new video standard enables a fourfold increase in the resolution of TV screens, and an MIT chip was the first to handle it in real time.

A taste of the graphene sandwich

14 Feb 2013

Humans, robots work better together following cross-training

By By Helen Knight, MIT News correspondent | 12 Feb 2013

Spending a day in someone else’s shoes can help us to learn what makes them tick. Now the same approach is being used to develop a better understanding between humans and robots, to enable them to work together as a team

Instrument handle with integrated electronics facilitates surgical procedures

09 Feb 2013

Bionic man on display at London's Science Museum

07 Feb 2013

The human-like machine, called Rex, incorporates a host of latest advances in bionic limbs, as well as artificial pancreas, kidney, spleen and trachea

The armchair as a fitness trainer

04 Feb 2013

Tiny lights could spark communications revolution

01 Feb 2013

Minute LED lights could deliver Wi-Fi-like internet communications, while displaying information and illuminating homes

Researchers create fine patterns that combine single-atom-thick graphene, boron nitride

28 Jan 2013

Researchers demonstrate record-setting p-type transistor

By By Larry Hardesty, MIT News Office | 04 Jan 2013

The new transistor also features what’s called a trigate design, which could solve some of the problems that plague computer circuits at extremely small sizes

Engineers develop new energy-efficient computer memory using magnetic materials

By By Matthew Chin | 17 Dec 2012

Copper, gold and tin for efficient chips

08 Dec 2012

Squirrels and birds inspire researchers to create deceptive robots

05 Dec 2012

Stanford builds underwater robots to explore treacherous deep-ocean terrain

By By Melissa Pandika | 04 Dec 2012

Engineers at Stanford's Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute have developed autonomous underwater vehicles that can photograph regions of the ocean floor that were once too risky for these robotic explorers