Magnetic sensors track muscle movement, for better prosthetic limb control
Researchers hope to use these sensors to help people with amputation achieve more natural movements with their prosthetic limbs.
MIT class project turns into an FDA-cleared treatment for tremors
Wristband device from Encora Therapeutics started as a project in 2.009, MIT’s iconic product-design class.
Ila Kumar: Innovating with communities
The PhD student works to give young people an active role in shaping digital technologies that can support their own well-being.
MIT engineers design a better controller for operating construction diggers
The new, more intuitive system could speed up the training process for excavator operators.
Personalized physical therapy: Stroke rehabilitation powered by AI
MIT engineers introduce an adaptive physical therapy system that uses generative AI to learn from physical therapists and interactively support stroke patients.
Ultrasound-based pacemaker noninvasively steadies the heart
The new design could offer a surgery-free alternative to traditional cardiac implants.
Wristband enables wearers to control a robotic hand with their own movements
By moving their hands and fingers, users can direct a robot to play piano or shoot a basketball, or they can manipulate objects in a virtual environment.
Vine-inspired robotic gripper gently lifts heavy and fragile objects
The new design could be adapted to assist the elderly, sort warehouse products, or unload heavy cargo.
A human-centered approach to data visualization
Balancing automation and agency, Associate Professor Arvind Satyanarayan develops interactive data visualizations that amplify human creativity and cognition.
Engineering fantasy into reality
PhD student Erik Ballesteros is building “Doc Ock” arms for future astronauts.
A bionic knee integrated into tissue can restore natural movement
In a small clinical study, users of this prosthesis navigated more easily and said the limb felt more like part of their body.
Eldercare robot helps people sit and stand, and catches them if they fall
The new design could assist the elderly as they age in place at home.
Robotic system zeroes in on objects most relevant for helping humans
A new approach could enable intuitive robotic helpers for household, workplace, and warehouse settings.
A new way to make graphs more accessible to blind and low-vision readers
The Tactile Vega-Lite system, developed at MIT CSAIL, streamlines the tactile chart design process; could help educators efficiently create these graphics and aid designers in making precise changes.
MIT K. Lisa Yang Center for Bionics celebrates Sierra Leone’s inaugural class of orthotic and prosthetic clinicians
MIT and Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Health launch specialized program to train future clinicians on the fabrication of artificial limbs and braces for people with disabilities.