MIT researchers imagine that their technology can also generate a concrete roadway that recharges electric cars as they travel over the road infused with their supercapacitor mixture.

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using an attachable patch to the bra, the wearable ultrasound scanner developed by MIT researchers takes images of the breast tissue in various angles.

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MIT media lab spinoff augmental has launched mouthpad^ to aid individuals with hand impairments and hand-centered manual jobs.

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the superthin solar cells from MIT can generate 18 times more power per kilogram and are ideal for rescue operations in remote places.

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the MIT researchers’ study shows potential that their new robots can construct, move, lift, and manipulate objects on their own.

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MIT ‘verdox’ says the captured carbon will be deposited n deep underground caverns to not be immediately reused for industrial applications.

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the researchers create sensing structures via a 3D-printed lattice material and incorporate air-filled channels into it as sensors.

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the MIT team used recrystallization to evolve the metal grain structure and improve metal properties like hardness and toughness.

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MIT scientists have created robotic fireflies that can help search-and-rescue missions using flashing lights and motion-tracking features.

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MIT engineers embedded luciferase into the leaves — the enzyme that provides fireflies their flush.

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