Audio Article: Keeping web-browsing data safe from hackers

Audio Article: Keeping web-browsing data safe from hackers

Author: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) June 22, 2022 Duration: 8:02
Studying a powerful type of cyberattack, researchers identified a flaw in how it’s been analyzed before, then developed new techniques that stop it in its tracks. Read the article: https://news.mit.edu/2022/side-channel-attacks-detection-0609

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Audio Article: Low-cost device can measure air pollution anywhere [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 5:37
MIT researchers have made an open-source version of the “City Scanner” mobile pollution detector that lets people check air quality anywhere, cheaply. Pictured are some examples of the latest version of the device, calle…
Audio Article: Minimizing electric vehicles’ impact on the grid [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 6:50
In a new study, MIT researchers have developed strategies for beneficial electric vehicle charging to reduce peak electricity demand and store solar energy. Read the article: https://news.mit.edu/2023/minimizing-electric…
Audio Article: The sound of a sunset [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 7:20
What does a sunset sound like? With the Sonification Toolkit, almost anything can be transformed into sound that is aesthetically satisfying and analytically illuminating. The newly released prototype, a work in progress…
What does a sunrise and sunset sound like? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:13
Using a new sonification toolkit, designed but MIT's Digital Humanities Lab, senior Moises Trejo was able to turn a sunrise and a sunset into sound. What the toolkit does is convert the annual times of sunrises and sunse…