Top 5 Coolest Projects by MIT Researchers, Students

Top 5 Coolest Projects by MIT Researchers, Students MIT, or the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is known for its strong emphasis on scientific and technological education as well as research. So, it’s no surprise that many of the school’s students have created some cool projects over the years. Continue reading to see five of the coolest. 5. One Trillion FPS Imaging System MIT Media Lab researchers have created a new imaging system that can acquire...

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Sprint’s HTC Evo 4G LTE launching June 2 (Jessica Dolcourt/CNET)

Sprint’s HTC Evo 4G LTE launching June 2 (Jessica Dolcourt/CNET) After a patent-based delay, the HTC Evo 4G LTE is ready for its spotlight. (Credit: CNET) After a delay, Sprint and HTC have a launch date locked down for the HTC Evo 4G LTE, Sprint’s new flagship device: June 2. A patent spat with...

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The Great Bandwidth Brawl

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Facebook Drops Google Chrome Recommendation, Replaces It With Opera (Vygantas/Web Browser)

Facebook Drops Google Chrome Recommendation, Replaces It With Opera (Vygantas/Web Browser) More fuel to the rumor’s fire. It looks like Facebook management decided not to bother with the Google Chrome anymore as their latest “unsupported web browsers” page has since then removed the search...

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Big Data For Higher Ed: With $4.1M From First Round, Floodgate, Former Kaplan Exec Launches Civitas Learning

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There Is No Digital Divide

There Is No Digital DivideWe all know poor people are on the wrong side of an uncrossable technological chasm known as the “digital divide.” Their lack of iPads and data plans and broadband is just one more way they’re doomed to stay poor right up until they become the shock troops of the zombie apocalypse, am I right? Indeed, a recent New York Times piece, “Wasting Time Is New Divide in Digital Era” (or, as Gawker put it, “Poor People Are Wasting Time on...

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Judge: Oracle Java API elements not covered by copyright law, related claims against Google dismissed (Bryan Bishop/The Verge)

Judge: Oracle Java API elements not covered by copyright law, related claims against Google dismissed (Bryan Bishop/The Verge)Things weren’t looking good for Oracle after the jury found that Google hadn’t infringed upon the company’s patents in the second phase of the trial, but the issue of infringement of the structure, sequence, and organization of 37 Java APIs was still up in the air. Judge William Alsup ended the discussion today, ruling that the SSO...

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