“If the baby sucks very hard with the very front of its mouth right at the point of the nipple, it can cause cracking and bleeding.” I’d only been at MIT’s “Make the Breast Pump Not Suck!” Hackathon ...

Two Rochester Institute of Technology students took home top prizes in a hackathon where computing skills can be used to help solve some of healthcare’s biggest challenges. Archit Jha and Rohan Patel, ...

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) held its first Clean Earth Hackathon over the Earth Day weekend. More than 70 students and professionals from MIT and other organizations came together to ...

It seems counterintuitive for those who proudly wear the "hacker" label to seek ways to work with established industry players rather than being disruptive in a healthcare sector badly in need of ...

Virtual reality and augmented reality technology not only aid in people’s day-to-day routines, but they also infiltrate human vision, immersing mankind into a new technological reality that seemed ...

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently hosted its annual Assistive Technology Hackathon (ATHack), an event that brings together people with disabilities and students from the graduate to ...

(NEWSER) – It might not be the first thing that comes to mind after the word "hackathon," but organizers of an upcoming one at MIT say the world is long overdue for a better breast pump. Engineers, ...

Robots have become smarter and more useful over the last year alone, and Segway Robotics is turning to developers for ideas on more meaningful applications for its Loomo bot. For three days starting ...