MIT News feature The cartographer of cells Aviv Regev helped pioneer single-cell genomics. Now she’s cochairing a massive effort to map the trillions of cells in the human body. Biology will never be the same. by Sam Apple 2018-08-22T00:00:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines Baidu Uses Map Searches to Predict When Crowds Will Get Out of Control China’s leading search engine, Baidu, says user data can help it predict when real-world gatherings become so large they’re dangerous. by Will Knight 2016-03-24T15:20:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines Furniture Shopping with Augmented Reality Startup Vizera makes a projector that adds realistic-looking surfaces to actual objects, making for a new kind of shopping experience. by Rachel Metz 2014-08-27T00:00:00-04:00
View Google Demos New Maps Features Ahead of Apple Announcement With Apple expected to unveil its own 3-D mapping technology next week, Google seems a little nervous. by Rachel Metz 2012-06-06T15:50:00-04:00
News Exploring the World, Note by Note Pinwheel, a new site created by Flickr cofounder Caterina Fake, lets users post virtual notes anywhere. by Rachel Metz 2012-03-05T00:00:00-05:00
News Ultrafine Location Fixes Small ground-based transmitters that mimic GPS satellites help receivers find their position with high accuracy. by Tom Simonite 2011-08-01T00:00:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines Ultrasharp 3-D Maps A missile-targeting technology is adapted to process aerial photos into 3-D city maps sharper than Google Earth’s. by Tom Simonite 2011-04-26T00:00:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines Social Surveillance Yields Smarter Directions Phone app Waze uses real-time information shared by drivers to tweak its directions and traffic advice. by Tom Simonite 2011-02-02T00:00:00-05:00
News An App with a Direct Line to City Hall Software lets citizens snap and geographically tag urban blight. by Kate Greene 2010-11-22T00:00:00-05:00
Business Impact Watch Where You're Going Businesses are quietly buying mobile-phone data to discover the paths that consumers take. by Neil Savage 2010-11-09T00:00:00-05:00