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Untraceable Communication Guaranteed
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have unveiled an untraceable text-messaging system designed to foil even the most powerful adversaries.
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Biomedical Imaging at One-Thousandth the Cost
A biomedical imaging system developed by MIT researchers could ultimately replace a $100,000 microscope with components that cost only hundreds of dollars. The...
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What Are Your Apps Hiding?
Researchers have found the user experience is largely unaffected by much of the data transferred between the top 500 free Google Android cellphone applications. ...
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Nasa Gives MIT a Humanoid Robot to Develop Software For Future Space Missions
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is home to one of two university research groups to receive a 6-foot, 290-pound humanoid robot.
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System Automatically Converts 2d Video to 3D
A new system automatically renders two-dimensional soccer game video footage as three-dimensional video.
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How Wireless 'x-Ray Vision' Could Power Virtual Reality, Smart Homes, and Hollywood
The new RF Capture technology can pick up wireless reflections off the human body to visualize the silhouette of a person concealed behind a wall.
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A Basis For All Cryptography
The inability to practically apply indistinguishability obfuscation to deliver secure cryptography may be mitigated with an efficient method for functional encryption...
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Robots and US
The dream of full automation is outdated and does not lead to the best outcomes, according to Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor David Mindell.
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Predicting Change in the Alzheimer's Brain
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers are developing a computer system that uses multiple types of data to help predict the effects of disease on brain...
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More-Flexible Machine Learning
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers plan to present a machine-learning technique that enables semantically-related concepts to reinforce each other...
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Ethical Trials, Targeted Ads
Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Philippe Rigollet and colleagues have developed an approach they say increases the effectiveness of online ads.
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Learning Spoken Language
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have developed a machine-learning system that can learn to distinguish spoken words.
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Self-Driving Golf Carts
The Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology recently conducted an experiment in which self-driving golf carts carried 500 tourists around winding paths...
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avs Learn to Fly Solo
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Robust Robotics Group want to teach unmanned aerial vehicles and other robots to think for themselves...
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Crash-Tolerant Data Storage
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have developed what they call the first computer file system that ensures no loss of data when the system crashes...
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Going Solid-State Could Make Batteries Safer and Longer-Lasting
Researchers say they have developed a solution to the problem of lithium-ion batteries overheating and burning that also would extend battery life.
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Could a Pen Change How We Diagnose Brain Function?
Researchers have used artificial intelligence and a digital pen to diagnose dementia earlier than ever before.
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Giving Robots a More Nimble Grasp
Most robots on a factory floor are fairly ham-handed: Equipped with large pincers or claws, they are designed to perform simple maneuvers, such as grabbing an object...
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