What would you do to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Internet? Well, if you're the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency better known as DARPA, you get 4,000 teams to scan the nation's ...

Over the past week or so, one celebrity after another has stepped up to offer their take on nailing the Bottle Cap Challenge. I thought Mariah Carey’s was particularly funny, as she used one of her ...

In the world of robotics, Baxter is something of a celebrity, and now, the bot is starting to act like one — by putting its own twist on the latest viral trend. In May, researchers at MIT’s Computer ...

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DARPA would have you believe that it's the brilliance of modern day social networks that led an MIT-based team to win its red balloon challenge this weekend, and while there's no doubt that the ...

Calling any vehicle Eleanor is a bit cheeky, considering that it evokes the image of brawny Ford Mustangs made famous in the movie "Gone in 60 Seconds." In this case, it may even be ironic, since the ...

There is an immediate need for startups to handle the crisis around the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, from diagnostics to identify potential carriers of the virus to assisting the treatment of ...

The submission deadline is March 31, 2022, for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Solve Challenge calling for technology-enabled solutions that help re-engage and meet the holistic needs of ...

MIT team first to identify locations of 10 red balloons scattered across United States, winning a $40,000 cash prize. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and a former IT ...