Researchers Develop a Sampling Scheme That is Unconstrained by Bandwidth
Researchers from MIT and the Technical University of Munich have developed a new technique could lead to cameras that can handle light of any intensity,…
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New Chip Design Method May Result in Miniature Smart Drones
A team of engineers at MIT has developed a method for designing efficient computer chips may get miniature smart drones off the ground. In recent…
MIT Engineers Create a System That Reallocates Cache Access on the Fly
Researchers from MIT have designed a system that reallocates cache access on the fly, increasing processing speed by 20 to 30 percent while reducing energy…
New Technique Could Benefit Diamond-Based Quantum Computers
In a newly published study, researchers from Harvard University, Sandia National Laboratories, and MIT reveal a new technique for creating targeted defects in diamond materials….
NASA Issues a Challenge – High Performance Fast Computing Challenge
Improve the speed of computational fluid dynamics algorithms in NASA’s FUN3D software. A prize purse of up to $55,000 in overall cash prizes is available….
New Self-Assembly Technique Could Lead to Smaller Microchip Patterns
Using a self-assembly technique in which materials known as block copolymers are covered by a second polymer, scientists have found a long-awaited, simple method for…
New Power Converter for Internet of Things Reduces Resting Power Consumption by 50 Percent
Engineers from MIT’s Microsystems Technologies Laboratories have designed a new power converter that maintains its efficiency at currents ranging from 100 picoamps to 1 milliamp,…
Data Civilizer Finds and Links Related Data Scattered Across Digital Files
A new system called Data Civilizer automatically finds connections among many different data tables and allows users to perform database-style queries across all of them….
CertiKOS: A Step Toward Hacker-Resistant Operating Systems
Researchers from Yale University have unveiled CertiKOS, the world’s first operating system that runs on multi-core processors and shields against cyber-attacks. Scientists believe this could…
MIT Researchers Develop a New Way of Managing Memory on Computer Chips
Engineers from MIT have found a new way of managing memory on computer chips, using circuit space much more efficiently and more consistent with existing…
New Debugging Method Finds 23 Undetected Security Flaws in Popular Web Applications
A new debugging system found 23 previously undiagnosed security flaws in 50 popular Web applications, and it took no more than 64 seconds to analyze…
New Energy-Friendly Chip Can Perform Powerful AI Tasks
Engineers from MIT have designed a new chip to implement neural networks. It is 10 times as efficient as a mobile GPU, so it could…
Voltage-Controlled Switchable Material Could Enable New Memory Chips
A new thin-film material whose phase and electrical properties can be switched between metallic and semiconducting could lead to new memory chip designs. Two MIT…
‘Chemical Laptop’ Could Be Used to Search for Life Beyond Earth
Scientists have developed a miniaturized laboratory, called Chemical Laptop, that could be used to search for signs of life outside Earth. If you were looking…
“Data Science Machine” Replaces Human Intuition with Algorithms
Engineers from MIT have developed a new system that replaces human intuition with algorithms. The “Data Science Machine” outperformed 615 of 906 human teams in…
Machine-Learning Systems That Can Help Predict the Effects of Neurodegenerative Disease
By combining MRI and other data, engineers from MIT are developing a computer system that uses genetic, demographic, and clinical data to help predict the…
Engineers from Brown Develop Key Component for Terahertz Wireless
Engineers from Brown University have made progress on a key component for terahertz wireless: multiplexing and de-multiplexing a terahertz stream. Terahertz radiation could one day…
New System Converts MRI Scans into 3D-Printed Heart Models for Surgical Planning
Engineers and computer scientists at MIT and Boston Children’s Hospital have developed a new system that can convert MRI scans of a patient’s heart into…