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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Graves named Engineering Systems Division interim director
Sloan, ESD and mechanical engineering professor succeeds Sussman.
MIT-developed ‘microthrusters’ could propel small satellites
As small as a penny, these thrusters run on jets of ion beams.
The wisdom of crowds
A recent paper out of Manolis Kellis' group shows the wisdom of crowds when it comes to selecting methods for analyzing gene regulatory networks.
Autonomous robotic plane flies indoors
New algorithms allow an autonomous robotic plane to dodge obstacles in a subterranean parking garage, without the use of GPS.
New aircraft capable of fast, accurate and repeatable flight
CSAIL's Robot Locomotion Group unveils new computer-controlled aircraft that can perform knife-edge turns.
UC Berkeley joins edX
UC Berkeley joins Harvard and MIT not-for-profit online-learning collaborative; edX broadens free course offerings into public health, computer science and solid-state chemistry; opens registration
Glasses-free 3-D TV looks nearer
A new method for producing multiple-perspective 3-D images could prove more practical in the short term than holography.
Four Consulting helps student groups overcome organizational barriers
Group of experienced student leaders taps tools and collective brainpower to solve wide range of problems.
Matthew Orosz awarded Echoing Green Fellowship to further off-grid energy work
Newly minted MIT PhD selected for two-year social entrepreneurship fellowship.
Book details a new model for sharing water
Sure, water is in great demand — but that doesn’t mean supply is a zero-sum game among neighboring countries, an MIT professor says in a new book.
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.