Massive deployment of storage not needed for renewable sources to play large ‘decarbonization’ role Much of the nation’s energy policy is premised on the assumption that cl... Read more
“It could inspire a whole new class of cardiac therapies, such as improved ventricular assist devices that mimic natural heart motion.” In the heart, as in the movies, 3D action... Read more
Lightweight suit to increase the wearer’s strength and endurance For decades engineers have built exoskeletons that use rigid links in parallel with the biological anatomy to increase... Read more
Members of the philosophy department at San Jose State University reacted angrily last week when they were asked to consider incorporating Harvard political theorist Michael Sandel’s... Read more
Harvard has been working on a robotic bee for five years now. Five years is a long time in the fast-paced world of robotics, but when you’re trying to design a controllable flying robo... Read more
Make courses from both schools available to people around the world for free Distance learners rejoice! Harvard University and MIT jointly announced their new non-profit edX online learning... Read more
Do you think that you’ll never be able to afford a robot of your own that isn’t a toy? Well, if you can get Swiss robot-maker K-Team Corporation to sell you one, chances are you... Read more
A model where information traditionally transferred during lectures is learned on a student’s own time, and classroom time is spent discussing and applying knowledge to real-world situ... Read more
While scientists have long had the ability to edit individual genes, it is a slow, expensive and hard to use process. Now researchers at Harvard and MIT have developed technologies, which th... Read more