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MIT certifies legitimate ‘pirates’!
If you’re a real champion when it comes to pistol shooting, fencing, sailing and archery, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, then you may well be in line for being a certified pirate! That’s good to know since most students mix nerd-core habits with a sedimentary life that doesn’t involve strenous physical regimes. Six students…
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MIT creates Princess Leia holograph using Kinect
The Media Lab at MIT has achieved an impressive feat by creating real 3D holograms and transmitting a reenactment of the Princess Leia scene from the originals Star Wars. The group of researchers led by Michael Bove has achieved real-time 3D holography which hacking Kinect and using it as an input device. The best part…
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Sifteo Cubits gets cute, set to launch next year
When the MIT-media lab launched the Siftables, it seemed simple enough: a collection of small, self-contained input / display devices wirelessly link together to form an independent mini-network, or a control system for a PC. Now, adding to it a definite cute factor, MIT will launch the Sifteo Cubits in the first quarter of next…
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MIT students invent wallets to help you save money but not opening if you don’t have money
Proverbial Wallets from John Kestner on Vimeo. If money and you are just not tight and by that I mean you’ve got a bad case of unnecessary wallet removal, then these crazy new wallets designed by MIT students are just what you need. They’re called the Proverbial Wallets and are available in three types –…
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MIT student develops psychedelic 3D gloves for better gesture based applications
Gesture based technology just took a turn down ugly street with MIT student’s ultra colorful Lycra glove control option. Robert Wang the psychedelic student from the renowned educational facility along with his faculty adviser Jovan Popovićt are the designers of this colorful project. The various color sections on the gloves allow for a full range…
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MIT also working on wireless charging and power supply, Look ma, no wires
The technology to have system set up at home or wherever to wirelessly charge technology is one I’m looking forward too very very eagerly. I hate the whole concept of wires getting in the way all the time. Back in October of last year Nokia had announced they were joining the likes of Dell with…
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MIT’s augmented reality TV with ‘surround vision’
As you may have guessed by now, the whole concept behind the ‘surround vision’ concept deals with augmented reality TV tech. To make it simple, this technology uses footage that is shot from different angles and this footage can be viewed by moving your phone to the side of the screen and viewing it as…
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Haptic Drumkit helps you be a drummer, with lesser effort
The magic of tangible responses received from the instrument you play can beat the audible feedback that most musicians take ages to master. Behold this cool new Haptic Drumkit that was displayed at MIT’s 4th International Conference on Tangible Embedded and Embodied Interaction. It has been designed by UK based e-Sense Project. With the help…
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Clothing that records crime against women?
It may seem totally absurd at first but then these cool fabrics, designed by MIT student, Adam Whiton are likely to reduce crimes against women, or anyone for that matter. The fabric reacts to impacts suffered by means of blows and can store the information of the same on any computer. Now there are some…
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Minority Report style gesture control seems close with new MIT Media Lab testing
If you’ve seen the Tom Cruise Minority Report who-dunnit sci-fi movie and are hoping to see the kind of interactive technology they use for accessing and manipulating data come to life, the wait may not be too long. MIT Media Lab researchers have already got a working concept of an LCD display that’s been embedded…
