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A paper solar cell circuit is shown powering an LCD clock when illuminated. The entire integrated paper photovoltaic is then fed through a roll-to-roll office laser-jet printer. The resulting ink spells MIT on the device side of the paper array, which then continues to power the LCD clock. The ...
A paper solar cell circuit is dynamically folded and unfolded while the voltage is simultaneously measured on the meter. The paper photovoltaic is illuminated from below with simulated solar illumination.
MADMEC Design Events introduce the teams to a specific prototyping tool, while helping them use and develop their MIT engineering know-how. The theme of Design Event 1 was the MADMEC 3DP TRACTOR PULL, during which the teams pulled a 5 kg weight up the quarter elliptical ramp, using an ...
Startup company MC10 is commercializing stretchable silicon for smart surgical tools and wearable sensors. One of its first products will be a surgical tool that can quickly map and treat electrical problems in the heart.
Self-oscillating gels are materials that continuously change back and forth between different states — such as color or size — without provocation from external stimuli. These changes are caused by the Belousov-Zhabotinsky chemical reaction, which was discovered during the 1950s. Without ...
Outside the Box: Crossing Disciplines at MIT profiles three prominent interdisciplinary researchers at MIT. Profiles include Maria Zuber, a geophysicist renowned for her research on planetary surfaces; Vladimir Bulovi?, an electrical engineer developing lightweight ...
MIT professor Karen K. Gleason explains how graduate student Miles Barr folds a solar cell into a paper airplane.
SiSi Ni demonstrates the winning prototype for MADMEC 2010. Notice that the curtains open as she covers the light sensor with her hand, and close as she uncovers it.
In a lecture that could have been titled "Better Education through Chemistry," Don Sadoway begins with solar energy, grid-level storage, and liquid metal batteries and moves into education innovation around new and radical ways to teach chemistry.
MIT Professor Paula Hammond talks about the promise of solar energy and why MIT is uniquely positioned to help realize that promise. Interview recorded 4/27/2009.
Check out 12 videos from various areas of ongoing research in the Department ofMaterials Science & Engineering.Video Credits:1. Aislinn Sirk, Sadoway Group2. Ardavan Oskooi, Johnson Group (Math Dept, Nanostructures & Computation)3. Ardavan Oskooi, Johnson ...