Northeastern University renovates student center Construction is underway on the renovation of Northeastern University’s Curry Student Center.
Engadget iCRAFT robotic feeding arm (eyes-on) We’re back for another day of exploring the Northeastern University labs. We checked out a handful of projects yesterday, including the HyCycle, a runner-up in the school’s Capstone award. Today we checked out the winner: iCRAFT — that’s short for eye-Controlled Robotic Arm Feeding Technology. The project was developed by a group of seven electrical and computer engineering students looking […]
Engadget ATLAS bimanual-rehabilitation glove system hands-on (video) The Squid Shirt that we checked out earlier today at Northeastern University certainly has the potential for healthcare use beyond straight off-season workout sessions, but the ATLAS project is an even purer expression of that application. The name is an acronym for the rather unwieldy Angle Tracking and Location At home System. In short, the system is a bimanual-rehabilitation […]
Surging MBTA ridership could overwhelm system, report warns By the end of the decade, Boston’s subways could grow so packed that trains would roll past waiting commuters, unable to accommodate more riders, a new report from a leading land-use think tank warns.
Massachusetts life sciences initiative brings fewer jobs than expected Four years after Governor Deval Patrick signed a $1 billion initiative designed to boost the Massachusetts life sciences industry, the program has brought new companies and jobs to the state – but not as many jobs as originally anticipated.
The End of the Summer Job? Summer jobs for teenagers are increasingly hard to find. Only 3 out of every 10 teenagers held a full- or part-time job in July of 2011. In 1989, that rate was nearly twice as high: nearly 6 of every 10 teenagers from 16 to 19 years old held jobs, and even in July of 2005, […]
Engadget HyCycle electric bike hands-on (video) The HyCycle isn’t the kind of thing you’d want to have to take through airport security — at least not in its present state. The electricity-generating electric bike prototype is bit of a mess of wires and blinking boards at the moment, plus a battery that looks an awful lot like a block of C4. […]
Discovery News Crime Drops to an All-Time Low Kids today may not be running around the neighborhood without fear like Beaver Cleaver, but the country is in the midst of low levels of crime not seen in decades, according to a report released this week by the FBI. Violent crime, which has been falling for five years, decreased 4 percent in 2011, according to […]
Engadget Northeastern University Squid Shirt torso-on It seems like everyone’s got a solution for workout tracking, these days, and the undergrad students at Northeastern University are no different. We traveled to the bowels of the Boston school’s Egan Research Center, to try the Squid Shirt that we saw back in February on for size.
How A Tiny Chicago Suburb Sells Amazon And eBay To Russia A pair of immigrant brothers has built a $40 million business selling iPhones, Hummer parts, and other coveted foreign goods to merch-starved Russians. And the company is headquartered in Skokie, Illinois, of all places.
Catherine Greig’s attorney asks for leniency Catherine Greig enters federal court Tuesday for sentencing with the hope that the judge will deem her a victim of love who should not be harshly punished for the crimes of gangster James “Whitey’’ Bulger.
US to miss target for tighter port security The Department of Homeland Security will miss an initial deadline of July 12 to comply with a sweeping federal law meant to thwart terrorist attacks arriving by sea, frustrating border security advocates who worry that the agency has not done enough to prevent dangerous cargo from coming through the country’s ocean gateways, including the Port […]