Wireless power pulls plug on cables

"POWER cables and plugs may soon become obsolete because scientists have developed a way to wirelessly charge electrical devices from a distance. WiTricity can already power a lightbulb over a distance of 2m, and its inventors believe that within three to five years the...

MIT puts entire curriculum at disposal of e-learners

I remember how interested I was in 2001 when the first batch of course material was put online; this is HUGE for anyone interested in "auditing" a course outside the traditional sense.As a current student, sometimes finding alternate sources of course material, examples and...

Filipino MIT winners use electricity to spur coral growth

The First Step Coral, a project by a team of Filipinos which won at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, aims to rehabilitate coral reef resources and help increase reef fish populations that would impact positively on the livelihood of fishing communities dependent on...