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  • Polaroid archive shows history of pictures

    Polaroid archive shows history of pictures

    Posted on May 17, 2010 | No Comments
    Polaroid is one of those things that's always been with us, and if some have their way, always will. I remember taking pictures at camp using the family OneStep, and I still have a shot of myself at my first job.

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  • MIT’s teleconferencing robot can interact with, strangle you

    MIT’s teleconferencing robot can interact with, strangle you

    Posted on March 3, 2010 | No Comments
    Have you ever wanted to reach out and strangle someone during a conference call? Well now you can. MIT's crazy MeBot is a tiny robot that sits on your desk and moves around, allowing remote communication partners to roam around your office when you're talking to them.

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  • Swarming helicopters create 3D display

    Swarming helicopters create 3D display

    Posted on February 18, 2010 | No Comments
    If we’re going to be killed by swarming robots, they might as well look good doing it. Scientists at the MIT SENSEable City lab created a 3D display using tiny remote controlled helicopters that float in patterns in the air and light up, thereby creating a volumetric display. Called the Flyfire, it seems that this is [...]

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  • Ford and MIT studying driver stress levels

    Ford and MIT studying driver stress levels

    Posted on December 30, 2009 | No Comments
    Your next Ford might have flowers, pastel colors, or calming scents coming from the interior. All of this will be aimed at reducing stress, and allow the driver to better connect with their vehicle.

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  • MIT creates technology that lets you use the Force

    MIT creates technology that lets you use the Force

    Posted on December 11, 2009 | No Comments
    This might be the display you are looking for. The MIT media lab just announced the creation of a new display technology that will read your hand gestures in order to manipulate images on the screen. While it's not *technically* the Force, it's still pretty cool.

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  • Video: Two robots playing baseball (kind of)

    Video: Two robots playing baseball (kind of)

    Posted on July 24, 2009 | No Comments
    Baseball is a national sports in Japan and so it was just a matter of time for this baseball- and robot-crazy country to invent (industrial) robots that are able to play baseball. The 2-robot team can't run around and doesn't look human, but both machines are able to throw and bat the ball in quite an impressive way.

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  • MIT students developing electric car that can be recharged in about ten minutes

    MIT students developing electric car that can be recharged in about ten minutes

    Posted on July 22, 2009 | No Comments
    Students at MIT are building an electric car capable of being recharged in about ten minutes. Granted, the kind of power that’s necessary to do that would be enough “to blow the fuses on 20 residential homes at once,” according to project team member and MIT student Radu Gogoana. Thankfully, the car — a modified Mercury [...]

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