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MIT researchers create Mini Cheetah – first four-legged robot to perform backflip
A four-legged robot named the Mini Cheetah is now able to do backflips, thanks to researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The new robot is the first device with […]
MIT creates Jenga-playing robot which can choose the safest block
It’s a problem that many of us have, especially after a few pints! But now scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a robot capable of analysing […]
First flight of completely silent electric aircraft, inspired by Star Trek
A revolutionary electronic aircraft propulsion system inspired by Star Trek has been tested on a working model for the first time. The five metre (16ft) wingspan glider-like plane has no […]
Water may soon be used to charge your phone
Smartphones and water are not normally best buddies – as anyone who has dropped their handset in the loo can attest – but that all may change soon thanks to […]
AR headset pioneer Steve Mann allegedly assaulted in French McDonalds over wearable computer
Steve Mann, the pioneer behind wearable computers like Google's Glass AR headset and head of MIT's wearable computers group has been allegedly assaulted in a case that acts to highlight the potential privacy issues behind connected, computerised heads-up displays. Mann…
The Digital Cloud and the London 2012 Olympics
It may be but a dream in the pipeline for researchers at MIT, but these design-stage renders of the proposed Digital Cloud for London's 2012 Olympics has Tech Digest very excited.
400 ft high "Digital Cloud" could display London 2012 Olympic highlights
The towers would run purely on regenerative energy sources. However, powering a structure like this almost solely on solar power, in rainy London, seems just a tad ambitious.
MIT develops 6D technology display that responds to surrounding light
It’s all go in the world of 3D and beyond. Not content with a 3D image cube and 3D LCD gCubik box, researchers have now come up with 6D imagery.
Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are developing a system which can not only show realistic images in three dimensions, but can also cast shadow and highlights depending upon the surrounding lighting…
MIT's Dr Joseph Paradiso talks Smart Spaces at Nokia World 2007
I’m still at Nokia World, although I’ve shifted rooms since Chris Anderson’s keynote, so am now in the ‘More Vision’ track (translation: the cool pointy-headed futuristic stuff).
MIT unveils stackable City Cars concept for future transport
MIT has been showing off its latest futuristic concept: an electric two-passenger vehicle called the City Car, which can ‘stack’ together with other City Cars to form a more socially responsible way of getting around town.
