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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, Mass.--MIT researchers have developed new metrics for assessing the performance of firms that recycle scrapped electronic equipment, a major source of toxic pollutants. The metrics focus ...

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 ...