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MIT researchers have developed a wearable patch that applies painless ultrasonic waves to the skin, creating tiny channels that drugs can pass through. Credit: Chia?Chen Yu et al

A wearable patch that applies painless ultrasonic waves to the skin to deliver drugs

Using a novel fabrication process, MIT researchers have produced smart textiles that snugly conform to the body so they can sense the wearer’s posture and motions. Image: Irmandy Wicaksono

A comfortable form-fitting smart fabric recognizes its wearer’s activities, like walking, running, and jumping

Better control of prosthetic limbs using magnets

Giving robots superhuman perception

An interactive touchscreen display that can be sprayed in any shape

Could proteins halt the severe cytokine storms seen in Covid-19 patients?

The dawn of cyborg botany : Introducing a plant-robot hybrid

Simple, scalable wireless system uses the RFID tags on billions of products to sense food contamination

Exploring the ethics of autonomous vehicles globally and regionally

Wireless water-air communications breakthrough for data transmission between underwater and airborne devices

Your new tattoo could also monitor your health without batteries

Making 3-D imaging 1,000 times better

Biomedical imaging at one-thousandth the cost

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Glasses-free 3-D projector

Printed Electronics: A Multi-Touch Sensor Customizable With Scissors