Engineering

Vibration energy the secret to self-powered electronics

01 Sep 2014

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

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

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

'Robo Brain' mines the internet to teach robots

27 Aug 2014

Pairing old technologies with new for next generation electronic devices

22 Aug 2014

3D printing finds its 'sweet spot' through 'nifty shades of grey'

16 Aug 2014

Robot folds itself up and walks away

13 Aug 2014

A team from Harvard's Wyss Institute, Harvard's SEAS, and MIT built an autonomous robot that starts out as a single composite sheet programmed to fold itself into a complex shape and crawl away without any human intervention

World’s first 3D-printed saxophone

09 Aug 2014

A professor at Lund University in Sweden has created the world’s first 3D-printed saxophone

Carbon-fibre epoxy honeycombs mimic the material performance of balsa wood

09 Aug 2014

Multiple UAVs perform autonomous formation flight

08 Aug 2014

Catching grease to cut grill pollution

04 Aug 2014

Hummingbirds v/s helicopters: the birds have better flight dynamics

01 Aug 2014

A quantitative analysis of hummingbird wings shows that they generate lift more efficiently than the best microhelicopter blades. The findings could lead to more powerful, bird-inspired robotic vehicles

Making a mental match: pairing a mechanical device with stroke patients

21 Jul 2014

MIT students develop 3D printer that produces ice cream in any shape

21 Jul 2014

Fires are major cause of wind-farm failure, according to new research

19 Jul 2014

Fire is the second leading cause of accidents in wind turbines, after blade failure

New smart helmet allows fighter pilots to see in dark

17 Jul 2014

Tech start up Air Type develops ‘keyboardless keyboard’

16 Jul 2014

Smart cars to come sans steering wheels, brake pedals or horns by 2035: IEEE survey

15 Jul 2014

According to an expert survey, in the next 20 years, mass-produced intelligent cars will not have steering wheels, brake pedals, horns, or rear-view mirrors

Flying snakes — how do they do it?

08 Jul 2014

New research investigates the workings behind the flight and whether they can be applied to mechanical issues

3D printed thumbs eases workers’ task at BMW

05 Jul 2014

New pacemaker that synchronises heart rate with breathing

01 Jul 2014

Currently, the pulses from pacemakers are set at a constant rate when fitted, which doesn’t replicate the natural beating of the human heart

Study shows greater potential for low-cost solar power plants

23 Jun 2014

New analysis of large-scale 'concentrating solar power' plants suggests they could meet 70-80 per cent of electricity demand if they are linked together

Synthetic aperture sonar to help navy hunt sea mines

20 Jun 2014

Geothermal heat pumps keep cell tower cool

By By Anne Ju | 18 Jun 2014

In collaboration with Verizon Wireless, Cornell engineers are testing a geothermal heat pump system to control the climate of cellular tower shelters.