Engineers program marine robots to take calculated risks
Algorithm could help autonomous underwater vehicles explore risky but scientifically-rewarding environments.
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Learning to teach to speed up learning
An algorithm that teaches robot agents how to exchange advice to complete a task helps them learn faster.
Identifying artificial intelligence “blind spots”
Model identifies instances when autonomous systems have learned from examples that may cause dangerous errors in the real world.
Vectorly reinvents itself to maximize its impact on mobile learning
In a year its co-founder calls the hardest of his life, company pivots from app development to video compression.
Merging engineering and education
Senior and first-generation student Nikayah Etienne aims to incorporate hands-on science in under-resourced classrooms.
Introducing Scratch 3.0
The new version of the popular free coding platform builds on a robust community of kid coders.
Program offers fitness and fellowship to MIT community
Getfit encourages students, staff, faculty, postdocs, and other members of the MIT community to take on a healthy, fun start to the new year.
Leg nerves activated by light offer new path to restoring mobility
New optogenetic technique could help restore limb movement, treat muscle tremor.
Team invents method to shrink objects to the nanoscale
It’s not quite the Ant-Man suit, but the system produces 3-D structures one thousandth the size of the originals.
Student group helps blind boater sail independently
Four seniors in the Principles and Practices of Assistive Technology program designed an audible device to help an MIT employee navigate on the water.
Blending medicine and mechanical engineering
Assistant Professor Ellen Roche develops revolutionary medical devices through research at the crossroads of medical science and engineering.
Five MIT students named 2019 Marshall Scholars
Radha Mastandrea, Katie O’Nell, Anna Sappington, Kyle Swanson, and Crystal Winston will begin graduate studies in the UK next fall.
Jack Turner Entrepreneurship Award established to support electronics research
Generous $1 million gift recognizes the collaborations of the Research Laboratory of Electronics and the Technology Licensing Office to develop MIT intellectual property.
Using electricity and water, a new kind of motor can slide microrobots into motion
Microhydraulic actuators, thinner than one-third the width of human hair, are proving to be the most powerful and efficient motors at the microscale.