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At a crossroads

New research predicts which cars are likeliest to run lights at intersections.

November 30, 2011

Life in the Universe: Part 4

November 29, 2011

Nicholas Roy, an MIT associate professor of aeronautics and astronautics

Robots in reality

Nicholas Roy designs robots for real-world challenges.

November 28, 2011

Inside an innovation ecosystem

History, proximity and serendipity make Kendall Square fertile ground for the next big idea.

November 22, 2011

Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt gives a talk at the MIT Sloan School of Management on Tuesday.

Google’s Schmidt: ‘Global mind’ offers new opportunities

With knowledge and data, a smarter world will divide work between computers and humans, search engine executive chairman says.

November 15, 2011

Fabricated analog very-large-scale integration (VLSI) chip used to mimic neuronal processes involved in memory and learning.

Mimicking the brain, in silicon

New computer chip models how neurons communicate with each other at synapses.

November 15, 2011

CSAIL robots take center stage

Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Principal Investigator Daniela Rus collaborated with modern dance company Pilobolus this past year to bring flying robots to the stage.

November 14, 2011

MegaMIMO wins Elevator Pitch Contest

November 10, 2011

Based on simulations, the researchers have developed a manufacturing technique that can combine multiple modules as shown above. Here, three modules are mounted on a base of silicon rubber. The overall unit bends freely, so it can conform and adhere tightly to a curved surface such as the outside of a pipe. Despite their proximity, the three modules operate independently with no interference.

Helping robots hold on

MIT researchers design a ‘controllable adhesion system’ for underwater robots.

November 10, 2011

'Lateral lines' in fish contain hundreds of tiny pressure and velocity sensors that enable them to navigate through currents and eddies as efficiently as possible. To mimic that ability, MIT researchers have developed inexpensive, sensitive MEMS-based pressure sensors and mounted them on a small experimental vessel in a pattern that replicates the distribution of the lateral lines.

Going with the flow

Biomimetic pressure sensors help guide oceangoing vessels.

November 9, 2011

Aude Oliva, a principal investigator in MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and an associate professor in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences (BCS)

Oliva explores new ground in computational perception at CSAIL

Neuroscientist looks forward to collaborative studies of visual perception in the brain and its computational applications.

November 8, 2011

People on a boat lowering a submersible vehicle

Navigating blindfolded

Advanced mathematical techniques enable AUVs to survey large, complex and cluttered seascapes.

November 8, 2011

AUVs: From idea to implementation

One day, researchers predict, these robots will be able to do tasks without a human in the loop.

November 7, 2011

Remembering Satto Tonegawa

Friends and family say MIT freshman was the consummate scientist, with a sense of humor and kindness to match.

November 4, 2011

Krystyn Van Vliet, the Paul M. Cook Career Development Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Biological Engineering

Exploring the inner workings of materials

From concrete to cancer cells, Van Vliet brings an engineer’s mindset to the study of biology and materials.

November 2, 2011

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