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Giving robots a sense of touch
Eight years ago, Ted Adelson’s research group at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial ... sensors on the grippers of robotic arms, two MIT teams have given robots greater sensitivity and ... enable a robot to manipulate smaller objects than was previously possible. MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/giving-robots-sense-touchThe future of motorcycles could be hydrogen
MIT’s Electric Vehicle Team, which has a long record of building and racing innovative electric ... build it.” I_102223-AG-MIT-Motorcycle-0027.jpg Using an on-board logging computer, Electric Vehicle Team ... team, which has been part of MIT since 2005, this vehicle will not be entering races or competitions but ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/future-motorcycles-could-be-hydrogenCan an LED-Filled “Robot Garden” Make Coding More Accessible?
lights and more than 100 origami robots that can crawl, swim, and blossom like flowers. A team from MIT ... and Shuhei Miyashita, and members of MIT Professor Sangbae Kim’s Biomimetics Robotics Lab, including ... undergraduates Debra Ajilo and Negin Abdolrahim Poorheravi. mit-csail-robot-garden_0.jpg A robotic garden ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/can-led-filled-%E2%80%9Crobot-garden%E2%80%9D-make-coding-more-accessibleResearchers Unravel Secrets of Hidden Waves
these waves,” says Thomas Peacock, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, and one of ... MIT-Internal-Waves-1024.jpg These subsurface waves can tower more than 500 meters high, and generate powerful turbulence. ... | MIT News Office yellow Collaboration International tomp@mit.edu Horizontal Researchers unravel secrets ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/researchers-unravel-secrets-hidden-wavesA 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 ... at MIT. “If we can make a knee that delivers similar performance to a $50,000 knee for a few hundred ... the National Science Foundation. Friday, July 31, 2015 Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office red International ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/low-cost-high-performance-prosthetic-kneeA New Quantum Approach to Big Data
the same even when something is bent and stretched every which way. MIT-Quantum-Big-Data.JPG This ... computers to streamline these problems has been developed by researchers at MIT, the University of Waterloo, ... and the National Science Foundation. Sunday, January 24, 2016 David L. Chandler | MIT News Office ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-quantum-approach-big-dataElectron-phonon interactions affect heat dissipation in computer chips
MIT engineers say cellphones, laptops, and other electronic devices may face a higher risk of ... Nature Communications. MIT-Phonon-Scattering.jpg In their experiments, the team used precisely timed ... graduate student in mechanical engineering at MIT. “If phonons are scattered by electrons, they’re not as ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/electron-phonon-interactions-affect-heat-dissipation-computer-chipsA light rain can spread soil bacteria far and wide, study finds
A good rain can have a cleansing effect on the land. But an MIT study published today in Nature ... Using high-resolution imaging, researchers from MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering observed the ... bacteria remained alive for more than an hour afterward. MIT-Rain-Bacteria_1024.jpg A raindrop, splashing ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/light-rain-can-spread-soil-bacteria-far-and-wide-study-findsA new way to find better battery materials
storage and delivery devices such as fuel cells, researchers say. MIT ... MIT, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and institutions in Tokyo and Munich. Their findings were reported ... The team included Hao-Hsun Chang at MIT; Douglas Abernathy, Dipanshu Bansal, and Olivier Delaire at ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-way-find-better-battery-materialsStepping on stage with Beyoncé
working for—a celebration of everyone involved.” MIT-Joe-Brown-Beyonce-Coachella-2018_1024.jpg Joe Brown ... continued to build his skills as step master of his fraternity while at MIT. But it wasn’t until after ... graduation that dance became a bigger part of Brown’s life. “I joined [MIT’s competitive hip hop team] ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/stepping-stage-beyonc%C3%A9-0A new way to remove ice buildup without power or chemicals
environmentally harmful. Now, MIT researchers have developed a completely passive, solar-powered way of combating ... ice buildup. MIT-Solar-Deicing-1024.jpg Passive solar-powered system could prevent freezing on ... new system is described today in the journal Science Advances, in a paper by MIT associate professor ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-way-remove-ice-buildup-without-power-or-chemicalsResearchers quickly harvest 2-D materials, bringing them closer to commercialization
electronic devices. MIT-Graphene-Wafers-01-1024.jpg Researchers in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering ... in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT have developed a technique to harvest 2-inch ... it would be expensive.” Wednesday, October 10, 2018 Helen Knight | MIT News correspondent ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/researchers-quickly-harvest-2-d-materials-bringing-them-closer-commercializationBubble-capturing surface helps get rid of foam
product and may require extra processing steps for their removal. Now, researchers at MIT have come up ... essential. MIT-Bubble-Capture-1024.jpg In a beaker with a constant stream of bubbles, inserting a piece of ... the new textured material developed by the MIT team (gray object extending into the surface at top) ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/bubble-capturing-surface-helps-get-rid-foamCounting cells may shed light on how cancer spreads
can travel to other organs, seeding new tumors called metastases. MIT engineers have now developed ... techniques.” MIT-circulate-tumor-02-press.jpg A schematic of the blood exchange technique used to calculate the ... of Health. Tuesday, September 28, 2021 Anne Trafton | MIT News Office Horizontal A team of MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/counting-cells-may-shed-light-how-cancer-spreadsTaking a leap in bioinspired robotics
in the next five to 10 years, says Sangbae Kim, associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT ... closing valves. MIT-SangbaeKim-A1-1024.jpg “Say there are toxic gases leaking in a building, and you need ... to fuse the two main projects in his lab: the MIT Cheetah, a four-legged, 70-pound robot that runs ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/taking-leap-bioinspired-roboticsMirrored chip could enable handheld dark-field microscopes
background. Now, engineers at MIT have developed a small, mirrored chip that helps to produce dark-field ... objects. A1-MIT-Dark-Mirror-Frankel-1024.jpg Simple chip powered by quantum dots allows standard ... microorganisms in the field. “Imagine you’re a marine biologist,” says Cecile Chazot, a graduate student in MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mirrored-chip-could-enable-handheld-dark-field-microscopesHow cell mechanics influences everything
But really, not much is known about this process.” His work in cell mechanics led him to MIT, where he ... of Mechanical Engineering. MIT-Mingo-Guo-01-press_1024.jpg Ming Guo’s research bridges multiple ... the growth and spread of diseased and cancerous cells. Photo courtesy of Jared Charney At MIT, Guo and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-cell-mechanics-influences-everythingWhales Dine with Their Own Kind
predators to the shallow banks, including many species of whales. Now researchers from MIT, Northeastern ... team’s results are published today in the journal Nature. MIT-Predator-Prey_1024.jpg Using acoustic data, ... Nicholas Makris, professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, along with their students, are co-authors of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/whales-dine-their-own-kindNew Concept Turns Battery Technology Upside-Down
operation, says a team of MIT researchers who have made a demonstration version of the new battery. Liquid ... student Brandon Hopkins, and four others. MIT-Gravity-Flow_0.jpg A new concept for a flow battery ... one developed by members of this MIT team, that used the same chemical compounds as conventional ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-concept-turns-battery-technology-upside-downStretchy optical fibers for implanting in the body
Researchers from MIT and Harvard Medical School have developed a biocompatible and highly ... published its results online in the journal Advanced Materials. mit-stretchy-optics-1024.jpg Zhao has ... Noyce Career Development Associate Professor in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. “If these ...
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