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World-renowned bladesmith Bob Kramer taught a special class at MIT on the art and science of bladesmithing, giving students the rare opportunity to learn from a master whose hand-forged knives are truly one of a kind.
MIT researchers have developed a new bionic knee that can help people with above-the-knee amputations walk faster, climb stairs, and avoid obstacles more easily than they could with a traditional prosthesis.
As part of his MITEI Energy UROP, undergraduate student Erick Liang manufactured key components for fusion reactors using metal 3D printing, allowing for the use of more specialized alloys to withstand the extreme environments required for producing fusion energy.
Professor Jon Gruber explains that although LeBron James has an absolute advantage in both playing basketball and mowing his lawn, his comparative advantage is in basketball, illustrating that countries like Colombia and the U.S. should specialize where their opportunity cost is lower to gain from trade.
MIT Face to Face, an MIT-wide community drawing project inspired by 2025 Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MIT recipient Es Devlin, aimed to bridge various silos in the MIT community that separate and keep us from knowing one another.