August 24th, 2017 | by Zachary Shahan
Humans are a funny type of people. We don't do long-term planning all that well, and that includes planning for a year out, for 5 years out, and for our eventual time of death
August 21st, 2017 | by Tina Casey
Dream on, Klingons: a low cost, 500-mile energy storage solution for electric vehicles might not happen by 2020 -- but it probably will happen, eventually
June 24th, 2017 | by James Ayre
The MIT self-driving vehicle tech spinoff Optimus Ride has been granted approval to begin testing "highly automated" vehicles in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The approval was granted by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT)
May 29th, 2017 | by Steve Hanley
In 2016, the MIT AgeLab, in cooperation with the New England Motoring Press Association, conducted a study to determine public attitudes about autonomous car technology. It found that younger drivers were more accepting of the idea that cars could drive themselves without human input than were older drivers. The more mature people who took the survey liked the idea of active safety systems that help keep a car within its proper travel lane, issue side collision warnings, adapt to the speed of other cars on the highway, or brake automatically in an emergency
May 29th, 2017 | by Steve Hanley
Autonomous car technology is the Holy Grail for auto manufacturers today. Elon Musk claims self-driving cars will be as common as self-service elevators in the very near future. But first, the systems used to allow cars to drive themselves need to be validated. Currently, that means collecting data from billions of miles of real-world driving
April 13th, 2017 | by Steve Hanley
A team of female high school engineering students at San Fernando High School have collaborated on the design of a solar powered tent to provide shelter for the homeless.
November 17th, 2016 | by James Ayre
Rather than adopting an approach similar to the corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standard in the United States, the European Union could achieve similar carbon dioxide emissions reductions simply by extending the existing emissions trading system to encompass transportation (in addition to the electricity generation and energy-intensive industries it currently covers), according to a new study from MIT and its research partners
November 7th, 2016 | by Tina Casey
The transportation sector has been scrambling to decarbonize air travel and the latest twist is, well, a twist. A NASA-backed team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has come up with a flexible aircraft wing that could cut fuel consumption by reducing weight and improving aerodynamics
October 11th, 2016 | by Tina Casey
MIT researchers win their energy storage bet: a material known for poor conductivity can be successfully deployed to replace carbon in supercapacitors
September 29th, 2016 | by James Ayre
Amsterdam will soon be home to a fleet of autonomous canal boats, if a new collaboration between MIT and the [&hellip
August 23rd, 2016 | by James Ayre
The MIT spinoff company SolidEnergy Systems is claiming that it can double the battery life of regular lithium-ion batteries and [&hellip
August 11th, 2016 | by James Ayre
A potentially far cheaper form of LIDAR — dubbed “LiDAR-on-a-chip” — is being developed by researchers at MIT’s Photonic Microsystems [&hellip
August 2nd, 2016 | by Derek Markham
Reducing or eliminating unnecessary electricity consumption is an effective method of not only decreasing home energy costs, but also decreasing [&hellip
July 26th, 2016 | by Tina Casey
Energy storage technology is a hot item these days, and the latest news from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology just made things a little hotter
July 4th, 2016 | by James Ayre
Even at current market prices, various different energy storage options make economic sense for renewable energy projects in some locations, [&hellip
June 6th, 2016 | by Guest Contributor
Originally published on TeslaMondo. “A car that’s driving itself needs to know when the driver is able to take control back.” And [&hellip
May 26th, 2016 | by James Ayre
The Director of Tesla’s Autopilot program, Sterling Anderson, spoke at the recent MIT Technology Review EmTech Digital conference in San [&hellip
May 26th, 2016 | by Tina Casey
Another nail in the coal coffin: a new steampunk-style "hourglass" flow battery concept could lead to low cost energy storage for wind and solar power
March 29th, 2016 | by Jake Richardson
A calcium-metal-based liquid rechargeable battery was recently demonstrated by MIT professor Donald Sadoway and his team of researchers. The battery is intended for [&hellip
March 8th, 2016 | by Joshua S Hill
After 116 days, the Fossil Free MIT sit-in has ended with the announcement of an agreement for a deal on [&hellip
