Boston 311 system- a step closer to smart cities
Fiction books may have you believe that future smart cities are full of flying cars and robots, but some simple things like being able to...
What if superconductors could work at room temperature?
Superconductivity is the set of physical properties observed in certain materials, wherein electrical resistance vanishes and from which...
Physical therapy is more fun with video games
Danielle Levac, professor of Physical Therapy in the Bouvé College of Health Sciences at Northeastern University, has developed video...
Antibiotic-Resistant Infections: Can we treat them?
Antibiotic resistance has been a growing public health concern. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),...
Global resilience and why we need it
Disaster resilience is a critical issue facing every nation. Resilience is about addressing the need to be able to better anticipate and...
Should 3D printing of arms become legal
Violence is a persistent problem in the US. It results in thousands of deaths and injuries annually. In 2013, there were 73,505 nonfatal...
Colosseum – DARPA’s not Rome’s
Colosseum is DARPA’s very powerful emulator of wireless systems; it is named after the grand Roman amphitheatre. It resides in a 30-foot...
Can Robots really ‘see’ smell?
Northeastern University’s own biology professor, Joseph Ayers, has dedicated all his time and energy to developing robots that are...
Keeping humanity alive in the artificial-intelligence era
There is a race going on in the artificial-intelligence sector. Everyone wants to get their hands on the next best thing as soon as...
Cultivating Cannabis in an innovative way.
Modernisation has its own adverse effects. With the increasing standard of life, infrastructural requirements have increased. Cities...
How are Social Robots helping people?
A robot called Jibo has been helping the veterans at a hospital in Bedford, Massachusetts, by guiding them in a yoga exercise. Arielle...
Metamaterials can be the first step into Potter world
Our mundane souls are tired from praying for J.K. Rowling’s world to be real – magic wands, invisible cloaks, flying brooms, moving...
Rains or Improper Management- What caused floods in India?
The Indian subcontinent receives rains, four months a year. Being an agricultural country, these rains are a blessing. Our culture and...
Rental parking space through phones is now a reality.
Traffic bottlenecks are one of the biggest infrastructural problems in metropolitan cities. As a succession of this issue, there is a...
An app and start-up for students
As the day progresses, students, as well as small businesses, start to slump. To provide a viable solution, students of Northeastern...
Alexa Vs professionals
With the launch of cloud computing, voice assistants like Amazon’s Echo and Alexa are coming to hospitals. Imagine a person who is having...
Your information is being stolen and sold – real time
Every time you buy an item online, share a hilarious meme, or just make a simple search, your information is being stored, tracked, and...
Making moving easier than ever
Moving out can be scary but with the help of technology, a Northeastern University student, Alvaro Perez is trying to make it easy. He is...
Video games can knockout obesity
Obesity is one of the major health epidemics that human beings struggle to deal with. Especially the young teens suffer majorly from this...



















