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MIT gel changes color on demand

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MIT researchers have created a new structured gel that can rapidly change color in response to a variety of stimuli, including temperature, pressure, salt concentration and humidity.

DARPA Urban Challenge - MIT Robocar

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A team of MIT faculty and researchers including 20 students are working toward what could be the car of the future: a vehicle that drives itself, with people as passengers.

Daylight device lightens electricity cost

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By combining a tilting platform, an acrylic dome and a light source that mimics the sun, MIT researchers are creating a device that will help manufacturers design window systems that bring more day

Students test 'space postal service' during Foton mission

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How do you deliver a parcel down to Earth from space without using a rocket engine and fuel?

European patent system puts European businesses at a competitive disadvantage

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The European Commission has expressed its support for rapid introduction of the Community patent to strengthen the competitiveness of European industry across the world.

OQO Commences Shipments of the model 02

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Press release from OQO - so cool we had to include it. (View the video)

Waterwheel promises cheap electricity

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Scotsman Ian Gilmartin, 60, and his friend Bob Cattley, 58, both from Kendal, Cumbria have invented a mini-waterwheel capable of supplying enough electricity to power a house.

Chemist Inventor 'Sniffs' His Way to Prestigious $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize

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Dr. Timothy M. Swager has a nose for explosives. The John D.

Lemelson-MIT Program's EurekaFest announced

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Alternative-Fuels Pioneer Receives First-Ever $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainability

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Dartmouth College Engineering Professor and Mascoma co-founder Lee Lynd honored for 25 years of inventive achievements and research into alternative fuels.

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