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Hacking apparel becomes lucrative business for alumni
co-found, with other MIT clothing tinkerers, Ministry of Supply, a Boston-based innovator of high-tech ... MIT in that regard. Instead of hacking code, we’re hacking fibers,” says Amarasiriwardena, who ... co-founded Ministry of Supply with MIT Sloan School of Management alumni Aman Advani MBA ’13 and Kit Hickey ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/hacking-apparel-becomes-lucrative-business-alumniRobotic hand can identify objects with just one grasp
Inspired by the human finger, MIT researchers have developed a robotic hand that uses ... required. Instead, the MIT team built a robotic finger with a rigid skeleton encased in a soft outer layer ... along the finger’s entire length. Each finger captures rich data on many parts of an object ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/robotic-hand-can-identify-objects-just-one-graspA Renewable Future
Betar Gallant, associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, utilizes electrochemical reactions ... Image Teaser Image: Teaser Headline: A Renewable Future Betar Gallant, associate professor of ... mechanical engineering at MIT, utilizes electrochemical reactions to develop new sustainable technologies, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/renewable-futureNo Drop to Spare
the use of sophisticated tools and technology, offers significant advantages – but existing technology ... can be costly, keeping it out of reach for the majority of farmers around the world. Working directly ... with end users, MIT researchers have created several drip irrigation technology solutions, including ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/no-drop-spareUnderstanding the Arctic
Image Teaser Headline: Navigating beneath the Arctic ice A team of engineers from MIT developed ... ice with GPS accuracy. A team of MIT engineers and naval officers led by Professor Henrik Schmidt ... Schmidt and members of the LAMSS group develop an autonomous vehicle that can navigate under the Arctic ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/understanding-arcticT.K. Pillan
the Slice of MIT blog. Communications Department Tuesday, July 23, 2019 Alumni Culture ... wellness. T.K. Pillan ’90, a mechanical engineering major while at MIT, now runs the largest ... health care costs, dependence on pharma, and I wanted to create a business that would help be part of the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/tk-pillanLow-cost “smart” diaper can notify caregiver when it’s wet
a notification to a caregiver that it’s time for a change. Image: MIT News The sensor consists of a passive radio ... a graduate student in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. Sen, Kantareddy, and their colleagues at ... stickers, similar to barcode tags. MIT’s AutoID Laboratory, founded by Sarma, has been at the forefront of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/low-cost-%E2%80%9Csmart%E2%80%9D-diaper-can-notify-caregiver-when-it%E2%80%99s-wetSolar panels get a face-lift with custom designs
2006. MIT-Sistine-Solar.jpg Founded at the MIT Sloan School of Management, Sistine Solar creates custom ... mass adoption,” says co-founder Senthil Balasubramanian MBA ’13. Founded at the MIT Sloan School of ... expect to save more than $30,000, according to the startup. A winner of a 2013 MIT Clean Energy Prize, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/solar-panels-get-face-lift-custom-designsSaving Seaweed
a low-cost system to monitor the microbiome of seaweed farms and halt disease spread. She says her goal for ... Charlene Xia is developing a low-cost system to monitor the microbiome of seaweed farms and identify ... microbiome of seaweed farms and identify diseases before they spread. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/saving-seaweedAn immersive experience in industry
and an academic supervisor from MIT’s mechanical engineering faculty. They also produce a report of ... inaugural year for the program came from a diverse range of industries, including manufacturing, robotics, ... and aerospace engineering. katie-hahm-nithin-reddy_1024.jpg MIT PhD candidates Katie Hahm (left) and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/immersive-experience-industry2.009 gets “Wild!”
with data from a survey they conducted of MIT students where they asked a question the team members, ... of the 264 MIT students they surveyed reported performing that task “less than once per month.” Enter ... Six teams of MechE students pitched “wild” products during annual capstone course prototype launch ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/2009-gets-%E2%80%9Cwild%E2%80%9DAlexie Kolpak and Amos Winter honored with 2017 NSF Faculty Early Career Development Awards
“Development of Fundamental Relationships Between Surface Structure, Composition, Stability, and Activity of ... design of abundant and environmentally benign materials to be utilized as catalysts for splitting water ... Career Development Professor and Director of the Global Engineering and Research (GEAR) Lab which focuses ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/alexie-kolpak-and-amos-winter-honored-2017-nsf-faculty-early-career-development-awardsSeaPerch, a robot with a mission
PhD ’97, MIT SeaGrant education administrator and s enior l ecturer in the Department of Mechanical ... development at MIT Sea Grant since 2021, builds on the original program by adding robotics and elements of ... who co-leads the MIT SeaPerch initiative with Bennett. “[It’s] kind of like making a cake from scratch ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/seaperch-robot-missionLetting robots manipulate cables
a group of researchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) pursued ... Dong, and Neha Sunil; Alberto Rodriguez, MIT associate professor of mechanical engineering; and Edward ... Adelson, the John and Dorothy Wilson Professor in the MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/letting-robots-manipulate-cablesSaving seaweed with machine learning
announced a new seed funding program in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. The program encouraged ... research. Under the guidance of Professor Allan Adams and Professor Joseph Paradiso in the MIT Media Lab, ... master’s degree in media arts and science from the MIT Media Lab and had just submitted applications to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/saving-seaweed-machine-learningSterling Anderson
real-world impact.” This story also appears in the November/December issue of MIT Alumni News magazine, ... injury. Although his brother eventually recovered, the accident exposed the real risks of the road and ... Earlier this year, Anderson joined General Motors as executive vice president of global product and chief ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/sterling-andersonSix MIT students named 2023 Schwarzman Scholars
understanding of China’s role in the world. 2023_Schwarzman Scholars_MIT.png Top row, left to right: Sihao ... children. He is in his second year of the Gordon-MIT Engineering Leadership Program. Kuhl hopes to use his ... co-director of the national nonprofit Synapse, and spearheads accessibility policy on MIT's campus. Kelly ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/six-mit-students-named-2023-schwarzman-scholarsA Low-Cost, High-Performance Prosthetic Knee
prosthetics, at a fraction of the cost. MIT-Prosthetic-Knee-4-1024.jpg A prototype of the prosthetic knee ... a person to walk with a normal gait. Such top-of-the-line prosthetics can cost more than $50,000. Amos ... mechanism was tested at a Jaipur Foot organization in India. Photo courtesy of the researchers. “We’re ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/low-cost-high-performance-prosthetic-kneeRAS Proposal Submission
not have to complete all of the fields provided. A member of the RAS team will contact you. Please ...
https://meche.mit.edu/ras-proposal-submissionNew 3-D printer is 10 times faster than commercial counterparts
chair, simplified model of Building 10 at MIT, eyeglasses frames, a spiral cup, and a helical bevel gear. ... frames, a bevel gear, and a miniature replica of the MIT dome — each, from start to finish, within several ... minutes. Anastasios John Hart, associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, says the new printer ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-3-d-printer-10-times-faster-commercial-counterparts