Tell a robot "don't spill on the laptop" and it will dodge the laptop. Ask a person the same thing and they quietly understand that phones, tablets and anything with a battery are also off limits. On November 9, 2026, MIT News described a system that tries to close that gap: FLEX, a pipeline from MIT and New York University researchers that lets robots read meaning beyond the literal words of a correction.
The work is slated for presentation at the Conference on Robot Learning this month. I...
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Thermogloves
This winter, you should do your hands a favour. Even on the coldest winter days, keep your hands warm with the Thermo Gloves, the first wireless and rechargeable heated gloves worldwide that even fit underneath your other gloves. Thermo Gloves provide your hands with pleasant warmth and thus offer ideal comfort for the winter. Wear the Thermo Gloves as outer gloves, or pull on your own gloves over them. No matter whether these are mittens for taking a walk, or skiing gloves, or rubber gloves for...
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Pulse is a Camera Add-On That Gives You Full Control from a Smartphone.
Pulse is a new camera accessory that allows you to control things wirelessly using a smartphone. It plugs into your DSLR or mirrorless camera’s USB port, allowing you to shoot photos, time-lapses, or videos from an app on your phone. Outwardly, Pulse looks like an ultra-flat flash transmitter that sits on your camera’s hotshoe with a wired connection on the side, it has a small form factor, so it’s portable and doesn’t get in the way of your photography. Inside, it packs a Bluetooth radio with a...
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X-Ray Vision, RF Capture and Emerald
A team of researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) has long believed that wireless signals like WiFi can be used to see things that are invisible to the naked eye. Since 2013, CSAIL researchers have been developing technologies that use wireless signals to track human motion. The team has shown that it can detect gestures and body movements as subtle as the rise and fall of a person’s chest from the other side of a house, allowing a mother to monitor a baby’s...
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Tail Lights Rider System for keeping horses safe at night.
Riding horses in low light poses some obvious dangers, particularly in areas where they're forced to share the road with drivers who could become easily distracted. Sadly, for Tail Lights creator Sami Gros, it took a near-tragedy to inspire a solution. "I was out riding my two horses with my best friend, and a car hit my friend and my horse. My friend was OK, but my horse suffered injuries that has made him unridable to this day," Gros said. "I searched the internet for a product that would allo...
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Flexible, implantable device could block pain signals
Building on wireless technology that has the potential to interfere with pain, scientists have developed flexible, implantable devices that can activate and, in theory, block pain signals in the body and spinal cord before those signals reach the brain. The researchers, at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, said the implants one day may be used in different parts of the body to fight pain that doesn’t respond to other therapi...
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MIT develops wireless trackpad for your thumbnail.
Wearable Thumbnail Sensor called NailO is the latest tiny wireless trackpad.
A Novel tiny wireless trackpad that can be worn on a thumbnail has been developed by the researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
This device is called NailO, and the prototype trackpad is similar to the stick-on nails sometimes used as a fashion accessory.
It attaches to the user’s thumb and can be controlled by running a finger over its surface. This new wearable device turns the user’s thumb...
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The Dash – completely wireless stereo earphones
A revolutionary innovation, The Dash consists of a pair of discrete and completely wireless stereo earphones where each earphone is its own, tiny, proprietary computer.
Everything about the Dash is focused on delivering freedom of movement, incredible sound and comfort.
Music is a part of everyone’s life. It brings joy, excitement and motivation. However it is not always a pleasure listening to music with headphones.
Cables tangle and pull at the headphones and ultimately break. In addi...
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Egg Minder tray uses WiFi to keep tabs on your eggs.
The Egg Minder, which was launched by GE and Quirky, is a high-tech, white tray with a Wi-Fi chip that connects it to the Internet. It synchs with an app on your phone and will let you know how many eggs you have left in your fridge.
The Egg Minder is effectively an egg tray that stores up to 14 eggs at any given time. But what separates it from the pact is that it not only boasts built-in WiFi, but a sensor in each egg holder. Each sensor can detect when an egg is present, in addition to w...
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ScanMarker – The incredible digital highlighter.
Scanmarker is a pen-shaped digital highlighter. Just slide it across any printed text, and it instantly transfers the text into any application on your computer. The pen tip is clear and relatively slim, allowing the user to see what he/she is scanning. It feels similar to a pen in your hand, but as you move over sentences on the page, it will scan them and type them onto your computer. It can retype text 30 times faster than manual typing, and your computer will read out loud what you have scan...
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Kinsa’s Smart Ear wireless thermometer tells you what to do when you are sick.
Kinsa's new, second-generation Smart Ear Thermometer is a wireless thermometer designed to take accurate, instantaneous temperature readings from the ear without the hassles of an attached smartphone or keeping a probe under the tongue. It is designed to read temperatures from the ear, track illness symptoms, and help people take actionable steps Kinsa Smart Ear Thermometer features one-button activation and a screen that displays temperature, battery life, connectivity, and smiley/ frowny faces...
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The BoomBottle: A Water-Repellent, Bike-Friendly Speaker
The BoomBottle uses a compact, bike-friendly Bluetooth speaker that repels water.
The Scosche BoomBottle made of waterproof housing along with a thermoplastic polyurethane construction can take even the roughest of mountain treks.
It is designed to fit in the bottle holder of your bicycle and with its rugged rubberized look claims to be tough as nails.
The speaker connects to your phone or iPod via Bluetooth and the battery lasts for up to 10 hours.
There are plenty of water-resista...
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Powermat: The Wireless Charger
Wireless charging is already here.
Though most individuals connect their phones to a wired charger, the charging landscape may soon change as companies such as Powermat Technologies Ltd., a developer of wireless power solutions for consumers, act as pioneers in the field.
Wireless power, also known as inductive coupling and is based on magnets. The Powermat, is the first, perhaps, of many wireless chargers for hi tech gadgets. How does it work? You simply place your gadget on the mat to ch...
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