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Empowering kids to address Covid-19 through coding

MIT App Inventor Challenge allows children to create apps that tackle the coronavirus pandemic.
July 9, 2020
3Q: Robert Macfarlane on cleaning your smartphone screen

Materials scientist explores why some household cleaners could harm the protective coating on a smartphone screen.
April 13, 2020
3Q: Hal Abelson on empowering kids through mobile technology

Through MIT App Inventor, Abelson aims to show children how they can use technology to shape their world.
May 15, 2019
Smarter driving, using your phone

App that rates drivers’ behavior yields promising safety results on the road.
January 5, 2016
Smarter lenses

Newly launched mobile eye-test device could lead to prescription virtual-reality screens.
October 19, 2015
Finding 911 callers instantly

Mobile app automatically sends a caller’s location and medical data to dispatch centers.
September 18, 2015

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