Tag Archives: MIT

Reading Closed Books

Posted on September 12, 2016 by Mark Mizen

Now you don’t even have to open a book to read it! That’s right, scientists at MIT have invented a new camera that is able to read closed books. The new camera uses tetrahertz radiation to determine the position of … Continue reading →

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Modify Your Memories

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Mark Mizen

Traumatic childhood, bad first marriage, difficult boss? In the future, histone deactylase inhibitors will help you forget your troubles.  In a recent study, Li-Huei Tsai and coworkers at M.I.T.’s Picower Institute for Learning and Memory have found that the histone deacetylase  inhibitor CI-994 … Continue reading →

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MIT Chip Reduces Bad Photos

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Mark Mizen

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has announced a new chip that automatically combines multiple images taken nearly simultaneously to produce high quality photos. This chip takes a photo at different exposure levels and then combines the resulting images into one … Continue reading →

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