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Automatic Image Retouching on Your Phone
Researchers have developed a cellphone-based system that can automatically retouch images.
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Reshaping Computer-Aided Design
Researchers have developed InstantCAD to facilitate interactive real-time editing, enhancement, and optimization of computer-aided design models via a simpler...
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New 3D Chip Combines Computing and Data Storage
A new computer chip integrates carbon nanotubes and resistive random-access memory cells.
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Giving Robots a Sense of Touch
Researchers have mounted GelSight sensors on the grippers of robotic arms to provide robotic systems with greater sensitivity and dexterity.
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Wearable System Helps Visually Impaired sers Navigate
A new system to help visually impaired users navigate employs a three-dimensional camera, a belt with vibrational motors, and a refreshable Braille interface.
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New Scaling Law Predicts How Wheels Drive Over Sand
When engineers design a new aircraft, they carry out much of the initial testing not on full-sized jets but on model planes that have been scaled down to fit inside...
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sing Bitcoin to Prevent Identify Theft
A new system uses bitcoin's security mechanisms to foil online identify thieves.
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Speeding p Quality Control For Biologics
Engineers have developed a new method for analyzing biologics in production, based on a series of nanoscale filters.
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Cinematography on the Fly
Researchers are working to improve the performance of autonomous drones in capturing video for movies.
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Teaching Robots to Teach Other Robots
Most robots are programmed using one of two methods: learning from demonstration, in which they watch a task being done and then replicate it, or via motion-planning...
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Mapping the Edge of Reality
Researchers have developed a genetic algorithm to confirm the rejection of classical ideas of causality.
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Printable Electronics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology engineers have developed an ultra-thin, high-resolution printing process that makes use of nanoporous stamps.
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Design Your Own Custom Drone
Researchers have developed a way for consumers to design and develop drones to meet their unique specifications.
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Artificial-Intelligence System Surfs Web to Improve Its Performance
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers say they have developed a new approach to information extraction that inverts conventional machine learning.
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Driverless-Vehicle Options Now Include Scooters
Researchers have developed an autonomous mobility scooter using the same sensor configuration and software used in previous trials of autonomous cars and golf carts...
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Finding Patterns in Corrupted Data
A new set of algorithms developed is capable of efficiently model-fitting probability distributions to high-dimensional data.
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Making It Easier to Collaborate on Code
A team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has developed an interface that addresses many of the core problems of the powerful open source tool Git.
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Electric Motors Find New Roles in Robots, Ships, Cars, and Microgrids
About 40% of electric power generated is used to drive motors, and that figure is expected to grow.
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3D-Printed Robots With Shock-Absorbing Skins
Researchers have developed a new technique for three-dimensionally printing soft materials.
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