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How to Make Large 2-D Sheets
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How to Make Large 2-D Sheets

Researchers have developed a method for scaling up production of thin electronic material.

Finding 911 Callers Instantly
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Finding 911 Callers Instantly

A mobile app from startup RapidSOS automatically sends a caller's location and medical data to dispatch centers.

Recommendation Engine Better Predicts Customers' Buying Preferences
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Recommendation Engine Better Predicts Customers' Buying Preferences

Infinite Analystics' recommendation software analyzes data from multiple sources to provide a more personalized online-buying experience.

Researchers Tout Cache-Coherence Mechanism For Multicore Chips
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Researchers Tout Cache-Coherence Mechanism For Multicore Chips

A more efficient memory-management scheme could help enable processors with thousands of cores.

Customizing 3-D Printing
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Customizing 3-D Printing

Researchers from MIT and the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya in Israel have developed a design tool that automatically turns CAD files for a 3-D printer into...

Study Identifies New Cheating Method in Moocs
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Study Identifies New Cheating Method in Moocs

Researchers at MIT and Harvard University have identified a new method of cheating specific to MOOCs and recommend a number of strategies to prevent such cheating...

A Bipedal Robot With Human Reflexes
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A Bipedal Robot With Human Reflexes

Researchers from MIT have designed an interface that takes advantage of split-second reflexes by allowing a human to take over the complex actions of a robot.

Shoring Up Tor
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Shoring Up Tor

Researchers mount successful attacks against Tor, the popular anonymity network, and show how to prevent them.

Object Recognition For Robots
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Object Recognition For Robots

Researchers at MIT have developed a SLAM-aware monocular object recognition system that achieves stronger performance than classical object recognition systems...

Computing at the Speed of Light
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Computing at the Speed of Light

Sergio Cantu, a second-year Ph.D. student at MIT, studies lasers to increase computational speed and security.

Researchers Develop Basic Computing Elements For Bacteria
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Researchers Develop Basic Computing Elements For Bacteria

Sensors, memory switches, and circuits can be encoded in common human gut bacterium.

Helping Students Stick With Moocs
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Helping Students Stick With Moocs

MIT researchers have developed a prediction model that could help identify students at risk for dropping out of massive open online courses.

Can Phone Data Detect Real-Time Unemployment?
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Can Phone Data Detect Real-Time Unemployment?

A new study shows that mobile phone data can provide rapid insight into employment levels, precisely because people's communications patterns change when they...

Centimeter-Long Origami Robot
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Centimeter-Long Origami Robot

MIT researchers have developed a printable origami robot that folds itself up from a flat sheet of plastic when heated and whose motion is controlled by external...

Robotics Competition Generated Groundbreaking Research
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Robotics Competition Generated Groundbreaking Research

The research, theory, and algorithms behind Team MIT's sixth-place finish in the DARPA Robotics Challenge.

Helping Robots Put It All Together
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Helping Robots Put It All Together

An algorithm developed at MIT lets autonomous robots divvy up assembly tasks on the fly.

How to Make Continuous Rolls of Graphene
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How to Make Continuous Rolls of Graphene

Graphene could move out of the lab and into commercial products with the help of a new scalable, cost-effective role-to-role manufacturing process.

To Handle Big Data, Shrink It
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To Handle Big Data, Shrink It

MIT researchers have developed an algorithm that finds the smallest possible approximation of an original matrix or data table while guaranteeing reliable computations...

'Fingerprinting' Chips to Fight Counterfeiting
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'Fingerprinting' Chips to Fight Counterfeiting

Verayo, an MIT spinout, uses random variations in silicon chips as authentication identifiers for consumer products.

MIT Report Details Benefits of Investment in Basic Research
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MIT Report Details Benefits of Investment in Basic Research

A report by a committee of MIT researchers and research administrators examining how funding cutbacks will affect the future of scientific studies in the United...
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