Popular music has changed over the years, and the music of 2019 is noticeably different from the music of the 1960s or 1970s. But it is not just the music that changed,…
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MIT’s “Thunkable” gives noncoders the ability to create professional-grade mobile apps.
More than 1.5 million mobile apps with around 16 million monthly active users have been created on Thunkable, a platform that grew out of MIT. The apps were designed to do things…
Get Drinking Water from Sunlight and Air
Availability of Drinking Water is becoming a major problem throughout the World. Around 2 Billion People lack Safe Drinking Water, a problem that causes 30,000 deaths each week. According to WHO, by…
Plug-and-play Diagnostic Devices using MIT’s Ampli Blocks
Researchers at MIT’s Little Devices Lab have developed a set of modular blocks that can be put together in different ways to produce diagnostic devices. These “plug-and-play” devices, which require little expertise…
Scientists make atoms-thick Post-It notes for solar cells and circuits
Over the past half-century, scientists have shaved silicon films down to just a wisp of atoms in pursuit of smaller, faster electronics. For the next set of breakthroughs, though, they’ll need novel…