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MIT created a system that predicts what robots are thinking

MIT researchers hope it will become a testing system for robotics companies. 

On Nov 18, 2014 by Elizabeth Robinson

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Leonard Nimoy lays smackdown on Obamacare traitor

Logic is as logic does.

On Nov 14, 2014 by Miles Klee

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The Hemingwrite is a device for the failed novelist in all of us

This is everything wrong with #amwriting culture.

On Oct 29, 2014 by Miles Klee

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Elon Musk compares artificial intelligence research to ‘summoning the demon’

Which we guess makes apps vampires or something.

On Oct 27, 2014 by Miles Klee

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Check out this 3D-printed replica of MIT, complete with light-up tweets

All the technology. 

On Oct 9, 2014 by Elizabeth Robinson

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MIT is trying to hack the breastpump

Breastpumps suck... literally and figuratively. Maybe MIT can make them a little less horrible. 

On Sep 20, 2014 by Elizabeth Robinson

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New course at MIT aims to give students ‘credit for Reddit’

The next time your boss catches you wasting valuable company time on Reddit, you can throw out this excuse.

On Aug 26, 2014 by Mike Fenn

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Scientists develop ‘The Visual Microphone,’ a method of extracting ambient sound from silent objects

We're never going near a bag of chips again.

On Aug 4, 2014 by Taylor Hatmaker

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How a decoder ring is changing the conversation on disability tech

With the FingerReader, people with disabilities no longer have to be the blind person at the table.

On Jul 18, 2014 by S.E. Smith

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WALL-E is about to become a reality with this adorable home cyborg

Pretty soon, you can have a sweet, whimsical, showtune-loving android of your very own.

On Jul 17, 2014 by EJ Dickson

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The FingerReader lets the blind read in real-time

Scanning the device over words reads them out loud for the visually impaired. 

On Jul 10, 2014 by Elizabeth Robinson

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What is a 51 percent attack, and why are Bitcoin users freaking out about it now?

Bitcoin is doomed! Or not. Actually, this might be a real danger to the cryptocurrency.

On Jun 13, 2014 by Fran Berkman

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MIT research project maps human emotions through GIFs

Who knew loops of Spongebob could capture so many feelings?  

On May 19, 2014 by Kate Knibbs

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Peek into a stranger’s life with MIT’s ’20 Day Stranger’ app

No stranger danger here: ‘20 Day Stranger’ gives users a glimpse into the lives of others.  

On May 12, 2014 by Kate Knibbs

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MIT students are about to receive $100 in Bitcoin

Just don't spend it all in one place. 

On Apr 29, 2014 by Kevin Collier