“Alexa, go to the kitchen and fetch me a snack”
New model aims to give robots human-like perception of their physical environments.
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What is the Covid-19 data tsunami telling policymakers?
A global team of researchers searches for insights during a weeklong virtual “datathon.”
The MIT Press and UC Berkeley launch Rapid Reviews: COVID-19
The new open access, rapid-review overlay journal aims to combat misinformation in Covid-19 research.
Improving global health equity by helping clinics do more with less
The startup macro-eyes uses artificial intelligence to improve vaccine delivery and patient scheduling.
Identifying a melody by studying a musician’s body language
Music gesture artificial intelligence tool developed at the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab uses body movements to isolate the sounds of individual instruments.
Cynthia Breazeal named Media Lab associate director
Expert in personal social robots will work with lab faculty and researchers to develop strategic research initiatives, and to explore new funding mechanisms.
Bringing the predictive power of artificial intelligence to health care
The startup ClosedLoop has created a platform of predictive models to help organizations improve patient care.
MIT and Toyota release innovative dataset to accelerate autonomous driving research
DriveSeg contains precise, pixel-level representations of many common road objects, but through the lens of a continuous video driving scene.
Trust or consequences
More than 100 experts identify four scenarios that could shape people’s health between now and 2040.
MIT-Takeda program launches
Research projects will harness the power of artificial intelligence to positively impact human health.
What jumps out in a photo changes the longer we look
Researchers capture our shifting gaze in a model that suggests how to prioritize visual information based on viewing duration.
![“If in the 1980s you asked people what would the [mobility] system look like 20 years in the future, they would say it would probably be the same,” Associate Professor Jinhua Zhao says. “Now, really nobody knows what it will it look like.”](/sites/default/files/styles/search_result_item/public/images/202006/MIT-Zhao-Jinhua-01.jpg?itok=w-AkMTOr)
What moves people?
Associate Professor Jinhua Zhao, who will direct the new MIT Mobility Initiative, brings behavioral science to urban transportation.
Learning the ropes and throwing lifelines
PhD student Geeticka Chauhan draws on her experiences as an international student to strengthen the bonds of her MIT community.
Engineers put tens of thousands of artificial brain synapses on a single chip
The design could advance the development of small, portable AI devices.
MIT startup wraps food in silk for better shelf life
Cambridge Crops develops an edible, imperceptible coating that might replace plastic packaging to preserve meats and produce.