Connoisseur of chaos
Where other roboticists try to suppress the complex dynamics of mechanical systems, Russ Tedrake exploits them, to make control more efficient and versatile.
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Riding herd on photons
A new ‘metamaterial’ prevents electromagnetic waves from reflecting backward, pointing the way toward computer chips that move data with light.
Writing graphics software gets much easier
A new programming language for image-processing algorithms yields code that’s much shorter and clearer — but also faster.
Autonomous robot scans ship hulls for mines
Algorithms enable robot to navigate and view propellers and other complex structures.
New chip captures power from multiple sources
System developed at MIT could combine power harvested from light, heat and vibrations to run monitoring systems.
IEEE honors MIT milestones in computing and navigation
World’s first real-time digital computer and electronic navigation system are commemorated in Boston.
Communication scheme makes popular applications ‘gracefully mobile’
New MIT software keeps tens of thousands of people logged into remote computers from mobile devices, but the underlying technology could improve a host of other programs.
Bits of buildings: How is computing changing the architect’s job?
In a new book, an MIT researcher looks at the influence of high-tech simulations on the profession of architecture.
Researchers calculate size of particles in Martian clouds of CO2 snow
Mars’ carbon dioxide ‘snowflakes’ are about the size of red blood cells.
MIT, Intel unveil new initiatives addressing ‘big data’
An Intel research center based at MIT will be the cornerstone of a new research project dubbed ‘bigdata@CSAIL.’
In the World: MIT-designed cooler preserves tuberculosis drugs, records doses
A simple cooler could help patients battle antibiotic-resistant tuberculosis.
Piece by piece
MIT biologist Schwartz relishes the challenge of picking apart the cell’s most complex structure.
CloudTop takes top $100K competition prize
A record 215 teams competed in this year’s business plan competition.