Have you ever wondered what happens to obsolete electronics once they are discarded? How far do they travel and what are the "second lives" of donated computers? MIT's backtalk project aims to answer ...

Typically when we talk about autonomous taxis, we are talking about vehicles like cars, SUVs, and buses that can cruise the highways without drivers behind the wheel. MIT has been working on an ...

In the 1950s, researchers predicted that the world would have nuclear fusion–which uses hydrogen atoms, an incredibly abundant fuel, to provide clean, almost limitless power, while avoiding the ...

AI success doesn’t come from picking the newest model, but from having three foundational priorities: trusted AI-ready data, secure identities and platform modernization.

For a company that makes some of the most obnoxious cars out there, Lamborghini has been pretty quiet lately when it came to its plans for future models. It wouldn't be a bad moment to release a ...

As it stands, you can spice up your selfies with Instagram filters and other edits before beaming to the interwebs. But what about making a truly compelling smartphone self-portrait? Well, a team of ...

Two students at MIT have raised enough money to hand out $100 in bitcoin to every undergrad at the university — though they admit they don't know what will happen next. The MIT Bitcoin Project is ...

Ford is working with MIT on a research project that will deploy a new fleet of on-demand electric shuttles that can ferry students from class-to-class both on campus and on city roads at MIT’s ...

In theory, it's cool: Take seven artists, team them up with students and professors from MIT's famed Media Lab, and have them collaborate on a series of portraits that reflect how differently a person ...