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 ...

MIT Uses Nanotech to Miniaturize Electronics Into Spray Form The 'aerosolized electronics' are so small they can be sprayed through the air. MIT researchers say the tiny devices could be used to in ...

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 ...

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 ...

MIT's first MOOC, "6.002x Circuits and Electronics" According to Class Central, the course, which launched on March 5, 2012, drew 155,000 learners from around the world. Students were "blown away" by ...

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is offering a free, undergraduate-level circuits and electronics course online, to virtual learners around the world. The Massachusetts Institute of ...

Felix Doe's handmade electronics, including generators and radio transmitters, impressed experts at MIT (Image: THNKR TV) A 15-year-old DIY electronics expert from Sierra Leone has impressed experts ...

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 ...