All of the wondrous gadgets and gizmos that have built the modern technological world come with a major drawback—they eventually end up in the trash. E-waste has been a growing problem for years, and ...

Modular electronics face a problem in getting new and old components to communicate with each other in a fast and simple way. The MIT chip, however, uses flashes of light to convey information between ...

The benefits of the miniaturization of electronics and advancements in wireless communications have given us life-preserving and -saving technologies like pacemakers and defibrillators. Technology ...

MIT physicists and colleagues have created a five-lane superhighway for electrons that could allow ultra-efficient electronics and more. The work, reported in the May 9 issue of Science, is one of ...

How can electronic “skin” help advance the electronics and computer industry? This is what a recent study published in Nature hopes to address as a team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute ...

Researchers at MIT have unexpectedly stumbled upon a way to 3D print active electronics – meaning transistors and components for controlling electrical signals – without the use of semiconductors or ...

LAS VEGAS — MIT Media Lab has launched a new research initiative focused on consumer electronics. An announcement about the initiative and cooperation between the MIT Lab and the Consumer Electronics ...

Cambridge, MA – Transistors, the building blocks of modern electronics, are typically made of silicon. Because it’s a semiconductor, this material can control the flow of electricity in a circuit. But ...

Key components of the 1-MW motor. What comprises the 1-MW inverter system? A look at the channel-type heat-exchanger architecture to keep the system cool. Up to a few years ago, “flying cars”—vehicles ...