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The original policy change of revoking the visas of foreign students whose classes will move online in the autumn was taken to court by top universities including Harvard and MIT, teachers unions and at least 18 states.(AFP)

US now says no new foreign students for all-online classes

There were more than 1 million international students in US for 2018-19 academic year, according to the Institute of International Education

25 Jul 2020 8:56 AM

Students walk near the Widener Library in Harvard Yard at Harvard University in Cambridge. (AP)

Harvard and MIT sue Trump administration to save their foreign students

The latest rules force the universities' foreign students to leave the United States unless they attend at least one in-person course

09 Jul 2020 10:09 AM

To build the 'tag of everything', as the researchers call it, a system integration method was used that enabled putting everything on a monolithic silicon chip. (Photo: MIT)

Researchers develop crypto ID tag to spot counterfeits

The novel ID tag is millimetre-sized and runs on low levels of power by photovoltaic diodes.

24 Feb 2020 6:53 AM

The MIT article also revealed that all this happens without the use of any external power source. (Photo: MIT)

MIT scientists invent affordable smart diapers

The device is even capable of sending an alert to the caregivers when the toddler has finally done its thing.

15 Feb 2020 7:48 AM

The tool called GANPaint Studio allows you to remove any unwanted object from a picture or replace it with new ones using a simple brush tool.

This AI tool can edit images with common sense

It is believed that the tool could help improve fake image identification techniques.

03 Jul 2019 7:30 AM

The model is able to imagine the feeling of touching to encode details about the objects and the environment.

This AI driven robot can touch and feel

Researchers at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory have come up with predictive artificial intelligence.

18 Jun 2019 11:28 AM

The Mini Cheetah paves way for agile automatons with potential applications at war front, natural disasters, or even construction sites. (Photo: ANI)

MIT’s new Mini Cheetah robot can do backflips

The new Mini Cheetah is also capable of walking upside-down, much to the horror of the onlookers.

05 Mar 2019 2:31 PM

With the help of machine learning and satellite imagery, the team is building a system that will identify and assign addresses in a cheap and efficient manner.

Facebook, MIT join hands to assign addresses to people

Google too made efforts in the past to solve the issue of unaddressed rural lands.

03 Dec 2018 9:08 AM

A system developed at MIT allows a human supervisor to correct a robot's mistakes using gestures and brainwaves. (Photo: MIT CSAIL)

New system lets you control robots with brain waves, hand gestures

By monitoring brain activity, the new system can detect in real time if a person notices an error as a robot does a task.

20 Jun 2018 1:23 PM

Electrodes in the device pick up neuromuscular signals in the jaw and face that are triggered by internal verbalisations -saying words 'in your head' - but are undetectable to the human eye. (Photo: MIT)

This new device can now transcribe words in your head

The device would allow one to interact with computing devices without having to physically type into them.

09 Apr 2018 4:32 PM

The key to the nimble design lies in the printer’s compact printhead, which consists of two new speed-enhancing components: a screw mechanism that feeds polymer material through a nozzle at high force; and a laser, built into the printhead, that rapidly heats and melts the material, making it to flow faster through the nozzle.(Representational image)

New 3D printer claims 10X speed than conventional ones

While most of the common printers may fabricate a few Lego-sized bricks in one hour, the new model can print it just few minutes.

30 Nov 2017 4:18 PM

Still unanswered are the questions of exactly how and when these intuitive abilities arise in babies. (Photo: Pixabay)

Knowing how badly you want something is literally 'child's play'

This ability requires integrating information about both the costs of obtaining a goal and the benefit gained by the person seeking it.

26 Nov 2017 9:20 AM

The bandage consists of electrically conductive fibres coated in a gel that can be loaded with antibiotics, painkillers, other medications. (Representational Photo: Pixabay)

New smart bandage for better, faster healing

A single bandage could accommodate multiple medications tailored to a specific type of wound.

07 Oct 2017 3:07 PM

Rapid low-cost test for Zika, dengue developed

The test can tell Zika from dengue, and also can distinguish among four different strains of dengue.

28 Sep 2017 1:14 PM

The system help computers spot and remove online hate speech, abusive comments.

AI to help Twitter detect sarcasm in tweets

New AI system can detect sarcasm in tweets better than humans.

09 Aug 2017 8:26 AM

A new system can automatically retouch images in the style of a professional photographer. It can run on a cellphone and display retouched images in real-time. Courtesy of the researchers (edited by MIT News)

Now, a way to initiate automatic image retouching on your phone

The latest system can apply a range of styles in real-time, so that the viewfinder displays the enhanced image.

06 Aug 2017 9:38 AM

$Engineers at MIT have taken a first step in designing a computer chip that uses a fraction of the power of larger drone computers and is tailored for a drone as small as a bottlecap. Image: Christine Daniloff/MIT$

Chips the size of miniature drones

Method for designing efficient computer chips may get miniature smart drones off the ground.

16 Jul 2017 2:41 PM

Apple's Cook tells MIT graduates - temper technology with humanity

Science is worthless if it isn't motivated by basic human values and the desire to help people, Tim Cook told graduates of the MIT.

10 Jun 2017 7:56 AM

The researchers tested the muscle grafts in rats and found that when the rats contracted one muscle of the pair, the other muscle would move in the opposite way and send sensory information back to the brain.

New technique to make prosthetic limbs feel more natural

The MIT team set out to recreate these agonist-antagonist muscle relationships.

05 Jun 2017 5:33 PM

Google wants musicians, machines to create "new kind of art"

Google wants musicians to collaborate with artificial intelligence (AI) and produce new kind of art.

30 Mar 2017 11:04 AM

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