The world of wires and cables is all set to come to an end. The concept of wireless electricity isn’t new, but there is a huge difference between concepts and realty. However, a group Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) scientists and researchers have established a new company, known as WiTricity, that is dedicated to the [...]
Julie Andrews whose songs from The Sound of Music and Mary Poppins are popular all over the world even today has been unable to sing after vocal chords surgery in 1997. But she may get her singing ability and youthful voice back in a year or two thanks to new revolutionary technique.
Julie Andrews underwent operation [...]
MIT assistant professor Mehmet Fatih Yanik and his student William Putnam have developed a process by which electron microscopes can be used to study living cells. Although electron microscopes provide the most powerful magnification possibilities, the study of living tissue with electron microscopes is not possibly since electrons destroys live samples.
Yanik and Putnam have created [...]
There is something about MIT students that makes them totally hot. Take for example these students who are developing an electric car which can be charged in just under 10 minutes! It comes with a 2010 Mercury Milan hybrid and an astounding 7905 lithium ion batteries.
The car can accelerate form 0 to 60 in just [...]
Researchers at MIT have formulated to make fabrics behave like camera. This is perhaps the first time that a fabric has been able to do what a camera can do without lens. Moreover, it can collect images just like a camera. The experiment was done with the help of fibres which detect light and when [...]
The biggest roadblock in the move to build new nuclear power plants in the US is the ever-present problem of nuclear waste disposal or recycling. Nuclear power authorities recently met at the MIT to discuss how best to address this issue. US Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Clean Air and [...]
What geeks are best at doing is hiding from the real world and immersing themselves in the fantasy world of their choice. And when you wish to do that then what better world to choose than World of Warcraft?
World of Warcraft is already the ultimate when it comes to super cool games; it even has [...]
Pillows are not just those plush things that you use to rest your head on when sleeping, they also have a lot of other uses that are quite important. The serve as communication devices, like when you use it to swat your brother on the head when he is being an idiot.
Pillows also serve to [...]
Solar energy, one of the most commonly used renewable and reliable source of energy always suffered from a drawback. The sun’s energy though available throughout the day, couldn’t be stored and used since all these years. But now, the researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) figured out a way to do so. You [...]