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Solve at HUBweek took place at the MIT Media Lab on Sept. 27 and 28. Participants selected online through an open innovation platform pitched their ideas for meeting a range of challenges, from removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, to educating children in refugee camps around the world.

Sparking conversations, spurring solutions

Solve and HUBweek bring together cutting-edge thinkers and doers, from Greater Boston and beyond.

October 21, 2016

“The goal of all this is to present the interesting stuff to the data scientists so that they can more quickly address all these new data sets that are coming in,” says Max Kanter MEng ’15.

Automating big-data analysis

With new algorithms, data scientists could accomplish in days what has traditionally taken months.

October 21, 2016

A team led by Polina Golland’s group at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory has made a new algorithm for identifying organs in fetal MRI scans, which should make MRI monitoring much more useful. Pictured is a stock image of a fetal MRI.

MRIs for fetal health

Algorithm could help analyze fetal scans to determine whether interventions are warranted.

October 21, 2016

“One thing you realize working in this lab is that we are really far away from the robot apocalypse,” says MIT senior Sarah Hensley, who is working with a team of researchers to prepare Valkyrie, a humanoid robot, for future space missions.

Prepping a robot for its journey to Mars

Senior Sarah Hensley aims to improve Earth's most advanced humanoid robot, in advance of its trip to the Red Planet.

October 18, 2016

MIT grad students Mohammad Ghassemi (left) and Tuka Al-Hanai started MIT Connect, a platform that matches participants for face-to-face lunches according to their background, availability, and interests.

Algorithm connects students to the most interesting person they’ve never met

Tuka Al-Hanai and Mohammad Ghassemi have connected over 500 MIT students for more than 1,000 lunch meetings.

October 17, 2016

Professor Emeritus Whitman Richards dies at 84

Longtime professor and beloved advisor was known for advances in experimental and theoretical studies of vision, perception, and cognition.

October 17, 2016

MIT Media Lab Director Joi Ito (left), WIRED Editor-in-Chief Scott Dadich (center), and U.S. President Barack Obama confer in the Roosevelt Room of the White House.

President Obama discusses artificial intelligence with Media Lab Director Joi Ito

One-on-one conversation in WIRED focuses on advancements in artificial intelligence and how society should respond to related concerns.

October 14, 2016

Executive Director of Corporate Relations and the Industrial Liaison Program Karl Koster welcomes startup and industry participants at a recent STEX workshop at MIT's Industry Meeting Center.

Launching STEX25

An accelerator managed by MIT's Industrial Liaison Program and Startup Exchange focuses on fostering startup and industry collaboration.

October 13, 2016

CNBC's Eamon Javers (left) with Arizona Secretary of State Michele Reagan (center) and former NSA counsel Rajesh De.

Cambridge Cyber Summit convenes industry, academia, and government

Hosted by CSAIL, event featured discussions on cybersecurity with tech leaders and officials from the NSA and FBI.

October 12, 2016

To demonstrate Foundry, MIT researchers designed and fabricated skis with retro-reflective surfaces, a ping-pong paddle, a helmet, and even a bone that may someday be used for surgical planning.

Designing for 3-D printing

“Foundry” tool from the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab lets you design a wide range of multi-material 3-D-printed objects.

October 11, 2016

MIT researchers outfitted their cube robot with shock-absorbing “skins” (left) that transfer less than half of the energy that would normally be transferred to the ground.

3-D-printed robots with shock-absorbing skins

By “programming” customized soft materials, CSAIL team can 3-D print safer, nimbler, more durable robots.

October 3, 2016

MIT team members and Arapahoe Community College faculty test out the Fly-by-Wire Student App on classroom iPads.

Collaborating with community colleges to innovate educational technology

Inspired by aerospace engineering, MIT Fly-by-Wire project enables customized teaching and learning experiences.

September 29, 2016

A new computer system can automatically screen young children for speech and language disorders and, potentially, even provide specific diagnoses.

Automated screening for childhood communication disorders

Computer system could help identify subtle speech, language disorders in time for early intervention.

September 22, 2016

MIT researchers have found a new way of managing memory on computer chips that uses circuit space much more efficiently and is more consistent with existing chip designs.

Cache management improved once again

New version of breakthrough memory management scheme better accommodates commercial chips.

September 21, 2016

Online learners that obtain the MITx MicroMasters credential in supply chain management now have a faster path to a master’s degree at MIT and also at Curtin University and the University of Queensland.

Thirteen universities adopt MicroMasters and launch 18 new programs via edX

MITx expands reach of MicroMasters in supply chain management with new paths to a master’s degree.

September 20, 2016

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