Tag Archives: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Brookstone To Start Selling Fuel Cell USB Charger Lilliputian
Brookstone will soon start selling a portable fuel cell USB charger from Lilliputian Systems, which could provide two weeks of smartphone charging in your pocket. Brookstone will be the first retailer to carry the portable USB power source and it will be sold under the Brookstone brand. The size of the fuel cell device is about as thick as a smartphone. It uses lighter fluid-filled cartridges and they are about the same size as a cigarette lighter.
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Harvard and MIT Form Online Partnership Called EdX
Harvard University and MIT have joined forces to provide courses on the Internet for free to anyone in the world. The joint venture is called edx and it is essentially building upon MIT’s existing online learning platform. Edx courses will include video lessons, online quizzes, and real-time feedback. Students that complete theses will receive certificates.
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Augmented Reality Experts Say Google Glasses Video Is Over-Hyped
This past week Google released a demo video of Google Glasses, an augmented reality project in the Google X Labs. The video showed an individual wearing glasses where the lenses would show him icons, maps, and other overlays. However the Google Glasses in the video were not really glasses because they lacked full lenses and it involved small rectangular pieces of glass hovering over the right eye of the person wearing them.
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MIT Developing Software For Simulating Labs And Interacting With Professors
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is developing software that simulates labs for students to interact with professors and other students. Students can also earn certificates through the simulated labs.
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Microsoft Research Tool For Anti-Spam Efforts Also Great At Detecting HIV Mutations
The security research team at Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has found out something very interesting when developing a tool to fight against e-mail spammers. Microsoft researchers discovered that tools that they have developed for detecting spammers’ efforts to avoid anti-spam filters also works very well for spotting mutations in the HIV virus.
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2013 Ford Escape Uses Microscopic Cell Technology To Cut Weight and Increase Fuel Economy
Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) has revealed some new technology that will be built into the 2013 Ford Escape, which will be unveiled at the 2011 LA Auto Show next week. Microscopic cells will be used to cut the weight of the new Escape, which will lead to fuel-saving capabilities. This technology, known as MuCell, was invented by scientists at M.I.T.
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MIT Project Turned MoMA Exhibit Examines The Second Lives of Gadgets
MIT’s Backtalk project, now preparing for display at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, asks the question “what if our devices kept talking back to us after we disposed of them?” and demonstrates visually where our abandoned tech goeswhen we leave it behind. The MIT SENSEable City Lab team used GPS tracking to trace the journey of discarded gadgets, from printer cartridges and batteries to cellphones and netbooks. The associate director of the lab, Assaf Biderman, calls the forgotten electronics “both a toxic liability and a potentially valuable resource.” The MoMA exhibit, which opens on the 24th of this month, will give consumers some idea of the future of the technology we own, and how we could handle tech we’re ready to abandon. [Engadget]
Reddit Cofounder Charged For Stealing Data from MIT and JSTOR
Reddit cofounder Aaron Swartz has been charged for data theft by Carmen M. Ortiz, the US Attorney for the District of Massachusetts. He is charged with stealing more than 4 million documents from MIT and academic archive JSTOR. The charges could result in up to 35 years in prison and a fine of $1 million. Swartz’s charges include computer fraud, wire fraud, criminal forfeiture and obtaining information from a protected computer. [The New York Times]
HubSpot Raises $32 Million In Series D
Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah founded HubSpot Inc. in 2006 and they have recently raised $32 million in Series D. The funding was provided by new investors Google Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and Salesforce.com. Existing investors General Catalyst, Matrix Partners, and Scale Venture Partners also participated in this round. HubSpot has raised a total of $65 million thus far.
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Heartland Robotics Raises $20 Million In Series B
Heartland Robotics is a company that was founded in 2008 by Rodney Brooks. Brooks was an iRobot co-founder and was the former director of MIT’s Computer Science and A.I. Lab. Heartland has raised $20 million in Series B funding led by Highland Capital Partners. The Series B was joined by existing investors Charles River Ventures and Bezos Expeditions along with new investor Sigma Partners. [TMCNet]