At MIT Lincoln Laboratory, researchers are exploring ways technology could be used to support emergency responders during rapidly evolving, catastrophic events. A prototype system, the Lincoln Distributed Disaster Response System, was successfully demonstrated in simulated response scenarios for a large-scale wildfire.
Read more at http://www.ll.mit.edu/news/disasterresponsesystem.html.
MIT researchers have produced carbon fibers coated in carbon nanotubes without degrading the underlying fiber's strength. The engineered fibers may be woven into composites to make stronger, lighter airplane parts.Image: Stephen Steiner
Planes, trains and automobiles: faster, stronger, lighter
New technique advances carbon-fiber composites.
