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Join The Collegiate Wind Competition
US Government News Watcher It’s an exciting time to be part of the wind energy industry. Wind is one of the fastest-growing renewable energy sources in the United States, and it has the potential to support hundreds of thousands of jobs in the near future. Since 2014, passionate college students from across the country have learned the ins and outs of the wind industry by participating in the Energy Department’s Collegiate Wind Competition, which challenges undergraduates to design and build a wind turbine and develop a business plan to market their project. This enriching, year-long experience has resulted in nearly 30 teams taking a wind turbine project from concept…
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Communicating With Plants
MIT engineers have transformed spinach plants into sensors that can detect explosives and wirelessly relay that information to a handheld device similar to a smartphone. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2016/nanobionic-s…) Watch more videos from MIT: http://www.youtube.com/user/MITNewsOf… The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is an independent, coeducational, privately endowed university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Our mission is to advance knowledge; to educate students in science, engineering, and technology; and to tackle the most pressing problems facing the world today. We are a community of hands-on problem-solvers in love with fundamental science and eager to make the world a better place. Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT Infrared/fluorescent images: Min Hao Wong Guest AuthorAll Guest Author Posts are submitted or additional…
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Can We Sleep On Demand?
http://www.weforum.org/ Inadequate sleep is related to a wide range of problems, from depression to obesity. Dan Yang, Professor of Neurobiology at the University of California, Berkeley, discusses our increasing understanding of the neuronal circuits involved in sleep: one day, it could become possible to control these circuits, creating “sleep on demand”. Watch the full Davos IdeasLab session here: http://bit.ly/2eB45qQ Guest AuthorAll Guest Author Posts are submitted or additional content Wave Chronicle has added to the website. To be a Guest Author please visit our "Post Your Article" page.More Posts - Website
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Furry Wetsuits
Inspired by hairy, semiaquatic mammals such as beavers and sea otters, a group of MIT engineers are fabricating fur-like rubbery pelts learn how these mammals stay warm and even dry while diving underwater. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2016/beaver-inspi…) Watch more videos from MIT: http://www.youtube.com/user/MITNewsOf… The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is an independent, coeducational, privately endowed university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Our mission is to advance knowledge; to educate students in science, engineering, and technology; and to tackle the most pressing problems facing the world today. We are a community of hands-on problem-solvers in love with fundamental science and eager to make the world a better place. Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT Additional footage: Alice Nasto and Pond5.com…
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Metamaterial – Heat-Induced Shrinkage
Heat is a powerful force that can affect a material in many ways. For example, almost all solid materials when heated, inevitably expand. It is only in very rare instances certain materials do the opposite and actually shrink when heated. It is this class of “metamaterials” a team of engineers are interested in. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2016/3-d-printed-…) Watch more videos from MIT: http://www.youtube.com/user/MITNewsOf… The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is an independent, coeducational, privately endowed university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Our mission is to advance knowledge; to educate students in science, engineering, and technology; and to tackle the most pressing problems facing the world today. We are a community of hands-on problem-solvers in love with…
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We Built This — DOZR
Kevin Forestell is the Founder and CEO of DOZR, a sharing economy company that lets contractors lend equipment to each other. We Built This is a video feature from Communitech that shines a spotlight on technology entrepreneurs and their innovations in Waterloo Region, Canada. Guest AuthorAll Guest Author Posts are submitted or additional content Wave Chronicle has added to the website. To be a Guest Author please visit our "Post Your Article" page.More Posts - Website
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Carbon Counter – MIT News
A group of MIT researchers took a detailed look at 125 U.S. auto models and found those emitting less carbon are the least expensive to drive overall. Their CarbonCounter app allows you to look up emissions rates for your vehicle or one you are considering buying or leasing. (Learn more: http://mitsha.re/oUM1304C6iZ) Visit their online app: http://carboncounter.com/ For more information: http://pubs.acs.org.libproxy.mit.edu/… Video produced and edited by: Melanie Gonick/MIT Additional transportation footage: Pond5 Music sampled from, “Warm of Mechanical Heart,” by Kai Engel http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai… https://creativecommons.org/licenses/… Guest AuthorAll Guest Author Posts are submitted or additional content Wave Chronicle has added to the website. To be a Guest Author please visit our "Post Your Article" page.More Posts…
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Shift Focus From Treatment To Prevention
Live healthier lives and prevent diseases by reforming healthcare based on widespread access to health data. This is Grand Challenge No. 3 that we need to tackle in order to create a positive future of healthcare. Read more here: http://medicalfuturist.com/grand-chal… Join the global discussion: Like: https://www.facebook.com/medicalfuturist Follow: https://twitter.com/Berci Browse: http://www.medicalfuturist.com Guest AuthorAll Guest Author Posts are submitted or additional content Wave Chronicle has added to the website. To be a Guest Author please visit our "Post Your Article" page.More Posts - Website
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The Dream Of Flight – MIT Red Bull Flugtag 2016
Red Bull Flugtag is an annual event in which competitors attempt to fly a homemade aircraft off a platform 33 feet in the air. This year, Flugtag came to Boston and the MIT Monkey Ballers entered the competition. Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT Additional time-lapse footage: MIT Monkey Ballers Music sampled from, “Origin I,” by Scott Holmes http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Sco… https://creativecommons.org/licenses/… Guest AuthorAll Guest Author Posts are submitted or additional content Wave Chronicle has added to the website. To be a Guest Author please visit our "Post Your Article" page.More Posts - Website
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Five Visions About The Future Of Health Insurance
While futuristic technologies are becoming available in healthcare, patients often can’t access them and the cost of providing care continues to skyrocket. However, artificial intelligence and health sensors are set to reshape how health insurance works. Read more: http://bit.ly/2bktmEF Join the global discussion: Like: https://www.facebook.com/medicalfuturist Follow: https://twitter.com/Berci Browse: http://www.medicalfuturist.com Guest AuthorAll Guest Author Posts are submitted or additional content Wave Chronicle has added to the website. To be a Guest Author please visit our "Post Your Article" page.More Posts - Website
