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In machine learning, synthetic data can offer real performance improvements

Models trained on synthetic data can be more accurate than other models in some cases, which could eliminate some privacy, copyright, and ethical concerns from using real data.

November 3, 2022

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Methane research takes on new urgency at MIT

Desiree Plata's research focuses on developing technologies and strategies for environmental sustainability.

November 2, 2022

Two figures show floorplan of the same apartment. A red dot is in the bottom right corner of apartment. The figure on the right includes furniture and room details; the left figure shows how loud the sound emitter is in every room. Close to the red dot the area is yellow, and further away it is blue.

Using sound to model the world

This machine-learning system can simulate how a listener would hear a sound from any point in a room.

November 1, 2022

Collage of images produced by AI to satisfy the description “a horse and a yellow flower field"

3 Questions: How AI image generators could help robots

Yilun Du, a PhD student and MIT CSAIL affiliate, discusses the potential applications of generative art beyond the explosion of images that put the web into creative hysterics.

October 27, 2022

A tiny spherical magnet is held between tweezers in a microscopic photo.

Magnetic sensors track muscle length

Using a new technology, researchers hope to create better control systems for prosthetic limbs.

October 25, 2022

$17 girls pose with their trophies on a stage at MIT$

Math enthusiasts take aim at STEM glass ceiling

MIT hosts the 14th Math Prize for Girls, which aims to encourage female middle and high school students of mathematics.

October 24, 2022

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School of Engineering third quarter 2022 awards

Faculty members recognized for excellence via a diverse array of honors, grants, and prizes.

October 21, 2022

Grid of 12 photos of black cubes floating in a tank of water, combining and recombining according to their magnetic attraction.

Reprogrammable materials selectively self-assemble

Researchers create a method for magnetically programming materials to make cubes that are very picky about what they connect with, enabling more-scalable self-assembly.

October 20, 2022

A video still shows particles smaller than 2mm. They are circular and tan with a faint border around them. One particle in the center has brown border around it that grows, then disappears with particles popping away and back.

Tiny particles work together to do big things

Simple microparticles can beat rhythmically together, generating an oscillating electrical current that could be used to power microrobotic devices.

October 13, 2022

A woman wearing a motion-capture suit and virtual reality headset walks on a mat. To her right is a virtual representation of a body highlighting the muscles in use.

MIT system “sees” the inner structure of the body during physical rehab

A system for monitoring motion and muscle engagement could aid the elderly and athletes during unsupervised physical rehabilitation for injuries or impaired mobility.

October 11, 2022

Portrait photo of Juncal Arbelaiz Mugica standing on a curving staircase

Wiggling toward bio-inspired machine intelligence

Inspired by jellyfish and octopuses, PhD candidate Juncal Arbelaiz investigates the theoretical underpinnings that will enable systems to more efficiently adapt to their environments.

October 2, 2022

Nine pieces of the drug capsule prototype are on a white background. Some pieces are pill-shaped and made of translucent material. Some are threaded like a screw.

Breaking through the mucus barrier

A capsule that tunnels through mucus in the GI tract could be used to orally administer large protein drugs such as insulin.

September 28, 2022

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Soft robots that grip with the right amount of force

Researchers created a system that lets robots effectively use grasped tools with the correct amount of force.

September 22, 2022

Group photo of Sumbul Siddiqui with Cynthia Breazeal, Raechel Walker, 7 Cambridge Rindge and Latin School students, and 3 undergraduate researchers holding t-shirts the students made.

Empowering Cambridge youth through data activism

Mayor’s youth employment program brought local high schoolers to MIT this summer.

September 21, 2022

Portrait photo of Mohammad Khojasteh, standing inside a sculpture that surrounds him with white numbers and mathematical symbols

Between two universes

Mohammad Javad Khojasteh, a postdoc at MIT LIDS, uses both classical and quantum physics to improve state-of-the-art capabilities in communication, sensing, and computation.

September 20, 2022

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