 New chip would thwart the counterfeiting that plagues the market for wired device chargers.  Counterfeit chargers for portable electronics are a major problem. At the end of 2016, Apple claimed that of 100 Apple-branded charging accessories it bought on Amazon, 90 were counterfeits. Around the same time, Britain’s Chartered Trading Standards Institute reported that …
 Experts call for regulatory, policy, and market transformation to realize potential of distributed energy technologies.  Distributed energy resources — relatively small-scale power technologies such as solar, wind, energy storage, and power electronics and control devices — are being deployed rapidly in the global shift toward a low-carbon energy future. To ensure that both distributed …
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 New system from MIT can identify how much power is being used by each device in a household.  If you want to save on your monthly electric bill and reduce your greenhouse gas emissions at the same time, you might buy a new, energy-efficient refrigerator. Or water heater. Or clothes dryer. But if you …
 New book by Senseable City Lab researchers presents vision of data-driven urban design.  Cities can be confusing, messy places. Traffic jams make it hard to get around. Public transit can be puzzling. Trash piles up. So what can make cities function better? One starting point is to let all that apparent chaos speak to …
 Survey indicates 92.54 percent of companies think the nature of risk is changing due to complexity in the digital economy.  The MIT Forum for Supply Chain Innovation and Infosys Global Risk Advisory Group announced that it has released preliminary findings from its global risk survey, led by MIT Professor David Simchi-Levi and conducted with …
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 MIT researchers are creating tools that synthesize and collect data so that urban planners can vastly improve the quality of urban life.  Imagine your city as it might be in the not-so-distant future. Transportation in this city is various, pleasant, and low-impact. There are safe and efficient bike lanes, and anyone can order a …
