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NETRA helps to check our vision through cellphones
MIT researchers have developed a new way to check our eyesight which is way cheaper and portable than the current solutions available. The technique dubbed as NETRA (near-eye tool for refractive assessment) uses a plastic that costs about $2 and a phone loaded with the NETRA software. NETRA works by user placing its eye [...]
MIT’s Flow Switching could help to achieve faster internet speeds by at least 100 times
Researchers at MIT have developed a new technique that would help the internet to be 100 or maybe 1,000 times faster than what is today. Currently, optical fibers transmit heaps of data whereas router that receives the different wavelengths of light loaded with data converts those optical signals to electric ones and then sends [...]
Lithium-ion Battery Recharges in seconds, thanks to MIT
MIT’s team headed by Gerbrand Ceder has developed aninnovative technique that could immensely reduce the Lithium-ion battery charging times from hours to mere seconds. Their Eureka movement comes with the coating of lithium phosphate that is applied to an existing battery. The coating works in a way which attracts ions faster to the tunnels [...]
MIT’s shows off Minority Report style Sixth Sense gadget (Updated w/Video)
UPDATE:Couple of videos have been added below. [via Wired] Researchers at MIT have invented a great piece of gadget that can perform actions by simply using hand gestures. The Sixth Sense was shown at the TED 2009 which has been created out of commercially available products. The components used were a web camera, battery [...]