MIT Students Created a Small-Scale Roller Coaster for a Campus Bash
Becoming a college freshman is a rite of passage. And when you attend MIT, that rite comes with a host of awesome perks—including riding a student-made roller coaster in the middle of school property....
View ArticleHookah Delivery Company ‘GoPuff’ Changes Up Its Business Model
Image via Associated Press A Philadelphia-based startup that expanded its roots to Boston this month is shying away from exclusively delivering hookahs to customers through their smartphone app by...
View ArticleMIT Researchers Teach a Robotic Cheetah to Run and Jump On its Own
Photo Courtesy of Jose-Luis Olivares/MIT Leave it to researchers from MIT to come up with a complex algorithm that’s specific to predatory motions like running, leaping, and bounding that can be...
View Article‘MegaBot’ Designers Want to Start a Robot Fighting League
They were a hit at New York Comic Con, grabbing the attention of thousands of spectators who flooded through the front doors of the venue for the weekend-long excursion showcasing all-things Sci-Fi...
View ArticleParking in Somerville Just Got Easier
Image via ParkMobile Change can be good, but when it comes to parking at a meter, it’s usually just a hassle. To help residents and visitors in Somerville avoid the headache of scrounging for quarters...
View ArticleMethuen School’s Getting New Security System to Help Stop Active Shooters
A Methuen school is getting a new, state-of-the-art security system installed inside of its hallways and classrooms that will help first responders like police, fire, and ambulance personnel react...
View Article‘GoGlove’ Gets a Second Wind on Kickstarter
Image via GoGlove An interactive winter glove that transmits information from people’s smartphones to their headphones and other devices, allowing users to change music, have texts read to them, and...
View ArticleTutoring App Offers Students Academic Help on the Spot
Image via iTunes Students with last-minute questions about homework, or who are running into problems studying for a final exam, can now get help solving their academic quandaries using an app that...
View ArticleWebsite Tracks Your Happiness to Remind You Life’s Not So Bad
image via Smile Tracker People spend hours on the Internet each day—roughly 11, to be exact—and the cascade of information that floods into someone’s brain via smartphone, laptop, or tablet in that...
View ArticleLiquiGlide Is Trying to Make LiquiGlide for Molasses Happen
Today marks 96th anniversary of the Great Molasses Disaster of 1919, and while most of us will merely reflect on the most bizarre tragedy in Massachusetts’s history, Cambridge-based LiquiGlide has...
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