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Noninvasive imaging could replace finger pricks for people with diabetes

Amos Winter

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Cultivating confidence and craft across disciplines

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School of Engineering welcomes new faculty in 2024-25

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Transforming boating, with solar power

Prof. Anand presents major advances in coupled theories for large-deformation solid mechanics in his new book.

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August 11, 2026 Global by Design: Creating innovations that scale across borders

Global by Design: Creating innovations that scale across borders

August 11, 2026 Professor Kripa Varanasi Receives UN WIPO Global Award

Professor Kripa Varanasi Receives UN WIPO Global Award

August 5, 2026 A new way to watch heat move through electronics

A new way to watch heat move through electronics

August 4, 2026 These 3D-printed objects can tell you if they’re being used properly

These 3D-printed objects can tell you if they’re being used properly.

July 26, 2026 MIT engineers design recyclable elastic yarn

MIT engineers design recyclable elastic yarn

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MIT Robot Learns How to Play Jenga

Using machine-learning and sensory hardware, Alberto Rodriguez, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and members of MIT's MCube lab, have developed a robot that is learning how to play the game Jenga®. The technology could be used in robots for manufacturing assembly lines.

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Sealing Wounds with Tape

MIT engineers led by Associate Professor Xuanhe Zhao have designed a double-sided tape that can seal tissues in just five seconds. The tape could eventually replace surgical sutures, which don’t work well in all tissues and can cause complications in some patients.

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Hacking for Lilly

MechE students use their knowledge of mechanical engineering to design an improved walker for 9-year-old Lilly and gain new perspective about how assistive technologies can improve the lives of others in the process.

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