1. Know yourself: Know your area of expertise, what are your strengths and what are your weaknesses. Play to your strengths, not to your weaknesses. If you want to get into a new area of research, learn something about the…
Water-based “Band-Aid” Electronic Sensor
Water-based “Band-Aid” that can sense temperature by lighting up and potentially could deliver medicine to the skin has been designed my MIT engineers. According to researchers, Xuanhe Zhao, the Robert N. Noyce Career Development Associate Professor in MIT’s Department of…
Bitcoin Technology and IoT Applications with RedBear Duo
As more and more devices learn to communicate with each other through mesh networks and Internet of Things (IoT), payment solutions will have to evolve as well. In this regard, the adoption of Bitcoin technology which is perfectly suited for…
Ingestible Sensor that Monitor Vital Signs
A new way to monitor vital signs using ingestible sensor that measures heart and breathing rates from within the digestive tract has been invented at MIT. In the near future, doctors will be able to use to monitor patients’ vital…
Advantages of Contiki 3.0
In August, the Contiki developers announced the release of Contiki 3.0, the latest version of the open source IoT operating system. This version is a huge step up from the 2.x branch and brings support for new and exciting hardware,…
Cyber-Physical vs. Cyber-Social Systems
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