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Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (eecs)
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Startup soars with LEGO drones
Co-founded by Amir Hirsch ’06, SM ’07, Flybrix drones offers people of all ages the ability to fly their ideas.
August 3, 2017 -
Automatic image retouching on your phone
System can apply a range of styles in real-time, so that the viewfinder displays the enhanced image.
August 1, 2017 -
Transparent, flexible solar cells
Researchers develop a novel technique using graphene to create solar cells they can mount on surfaces ranging from glass to plastic to paper and tape.
July 28, 2017 -
Talk science to me
In the EECS Communication Lab, peer coaches provide guidance on papers, posters, presentations, and more.
July 27, 2017 -
Featured video: A self-driving wheelchair
Autonomous wheelchair developed by researchers at MIT and in Singapore promises improved independence for the disabled.
July 26, 2017 -
Maryann Gong earns second-straight Division III Academic All-America of the Year Award
Computer science major is the first Division III student-athlete to earn the honor in back-to-back years and just the second overall in the NCAA.
July 24, 2017 -
Reshaping computer-aided design
CSAIL’s InstantCAD allows manufacturers to simulate, optimize CAD designs in real-time.
July 24, 2017 -
Artificial intelligence suggests recipes based on food photos
Given a still image of a dish filled with food, CSAIL team's deep-learning algorithm recommends ingredients and recipes.
July 20, 2017 -
Engineered liver tissue expands after transplant
Tiny implantable “seeds” of tissue produce fully functional livers.
July 19, 2017 -
Bringing neural networks to cellphones
Method for modeling neural networks’ power consumption could help make the systems portable.
July 18, 2017 -
Antibiotic nanoparticles fight drug-resistant bacteria
Targeted treatment could be used for pneumonia and other bacterial infections.
July 12, 2017 -
Watch 3-D movies at home, sans glasses
CSAIL system converts 3-D movies into a more TV-friendly format.
July 12, 2017 -
Miniaturizing the brain of a drone
Method for designing efficient computer chips may get miniature smart drones off the ground.
July 11, 2017 -
Converging on cancer at the nanoscale
Marking its first anniversary, the Koch Institute’s Marble Center for Cancer Nanomedicine goes full steam ahead.
July 7, 2017 -
Using chip memory more efficiently
System for generating ad hoc “cache hierarchies” increases processing speed while reducing energy consumption.
July 7, 2017 -
New 3-D chip combines computing and data storage
Advance points toward new generation of computers for coming superstorm of data.
July 5, 2017 -
Summer interns' lab work underway
Summer Scholars in materials science and engineering are tackling projects ranging from magnetic thin films to catalysts for energy.
July 3, 2017 -
Practical parallelism
System enables large speedups — as much as 88-fold — on common parallel-computing algorithms.
June 30, 2017 -
Peering into neural networks
New technique helps elucidate the inner workings of neural networks trained on visual data.
June 29, 2017 -
Scientists produce dialysis membrane made from graphene
Material can filter nanometer-sized molecules at 10 to 100 times the rate of commercial membranes.
June 28, 2017