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When muscles work out, they help neurons to grow, a new study shows
they plan to study how targeted muscle stimulation can be used to grow and heal damaged nerves, and ... pulled back and forth, similarly to how muscles contract and expand during exercise, the neurons grow ... growth, but also neuron maturation, how well they talk to muscles and other nerves, and how mature the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/when-muscles-work-out-they-help-neurons-grow-new-study-showsMIT robot combines vision and touch to learn the game of Jenga
uses to see and feel the tower and its individual blocks. As the robot carefully pushes against ... learn how and when to move blocks,” Rodriguez says. “This is very difficult to simulate, so the robot ... the same information our system gets, to see how they learn to play Jenga at a similar level,” Oller ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-robot-combines-vision-and-touch-learn-game-jengaLe Morte d’Arthur and the engineer
the student had, and how she read and read To advance through the game’s rounds, each of which ... work!" Her hard work paid off: Bahr plans to use the game in future iterations of the class, which means ... How the literary scholar proposed a maker-culture project In the fall of 2013, after having taught ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/le-morte-d%E2%80%99arthur-and-engineerNylon fibers made to flex like muscles
of using twisted coils of nylon filament to mimic basic linear muscle activity. They showed that for ... are some existing materials that can be used to produce these kinds of bending motions, which could be ... useful for some biomedical devices or tactile displays. However, those tend to use “exotic materials to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/nylon-fibers-made-flex-musclesMIT engineers find a way to protect microbes from extreme conditions
Microbes that are used for health, agricultural, or other applications need to be able to ... withstand extreme conditions, and ideally the manufacturing processes used to make tablets for long-term ... in soil to support plant growth; Lactobacillus plantarum, a bacterium used to ferment food products; ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-engineers-find-way-protect-microbes-extreme-conditionsStudent product ideas range from lifesaving to just plain fun
and for how long. The app also coaches those using the device on exactly what to do, step by step. The ... showing the pathway to follow using lighted handholds. Because the wall is moving, no matter how much the ... experienced by workers using protective gear. One solution is a system that allows people in chemical labs to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/student-product-ideas-range-lifesaving-just-plain-funA data-driven response to a pandemic
The Covid-19 pandemic continues to challenge how societies and institutions function at macro and ... there are a lot of data available related to Covid-19, there are also many questions about how complete ... or useful that data really are. The Isolat group is careful to identify the limits of what existing ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/data-driven-response-pandemicNew material could make it easier to remove colon polyps
during a routine colonoscopy, using a lasso-like tool to snare the tissue before cutting it off. This ... that is used for the procedure. To overcome that, the MIT team decided to create a shear-thinning gel. ... the cushion remains stable. If made to last longer, this kind of injectable gel could be useful for ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-material-could-make-it-easier-remove-colon-polypsThirteen from MIT awarded 2022 Fulbright Fellowships
Sciences at the University of Santiago to understand public attitudes toward the Covid-19 vaccine using ... develop an organoid co-culture system to study malignant rhabdoid tumors, and in turn, use this platform ... to pursue projects overseas in the 2022-23 grant year. Another MIT affiliate was offered an award but ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/thirteen-mit-awarded-2022-fulbright-fellowshipsTraining STEM teachers to uncover students’ full potential
and using magnets and wires taken from scraps to harvest energy from the motion. Within a few days, ... any problem,” Beem says. “It was just a matter of having the framework, knowing how to prototype, and ... Learning). To this day, the course teaches MIT students how to develop education-based solutions for ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/training-stem-teachers-uncover-students%E2%80%99-full-potentialCookstoves and Connections in the Himalaya
pollutants, including carbon monoxide and particulate matter. We installed them in kitchens to see how those ... households used, from clay and mud stoves at lower altitudes to sheet metal stoves in colder regions. We ... MIT D-Lab "In this time of isolation, this trip was a precious chance to connect with the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/cookstoves-and-connections-himalayaMonitoring muscles to improve athletic training
“The goal was to create the most useful and personalized training tool today,” says Humon CEO and ... this market research project to figure out how to get there.” Finding a target Elite athletes are ... stage of a workout: Prior to a training session, athletes can use muscle oxygen data to determine when ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/monitoring-muscles-improve-athletic-trainingAI-driven tool makes it easy to personalize 3D-printable models
models. This would give them a better idea of how to use AI to segment models into functional and ... A designer could utilize this tool, called Style2Fab, to personalize 3D models of objects using only natural ... functional. Using machine learning, the system analyzes the model’s topology to track the frequency of changes ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/ai-driven-tool-makes-it-easy-personalize-3d-printable-modelsFaculty Research: Professor Tonio Buonassisi
the advantage of using silicon, a common semiconductor that is relatively low-cost, easy to process, ... implanting gold into the top hundred nanometers of silicon and then using a laser to melt the surface for ... might lead to infrared imaging systems, Buonassisi says, its efficiency is probably too low for use in ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/faculty-research-professor-tonio-buonassisiBasketball analytics investment is key to NBA wins and other successes
scope over the years. Sports analytics’ role in using data and stats to improve team performance was ... Beane’s use of baseball analytics to win games against wealthier Major League Baseball teams. Since then, ... data analysis has expanded to many other sports, in an effort to make use of the varied and fast-paced ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/basketball-analytics-investment-key-nba-wins-and-other-successesNew approach makes sprayed droplets hit and stick to their targets
they strike rather than bouncing away. The new study focuses on the other end of the problem — how to ... applied to other uses, Girard points out, such as the spraying of water into cooling towers such as those ... much of the water that gets lost to evaporation from such cooling towers, by using a different kind of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-approach-makes-sprayed-droplets-hit-and-stick-their-targetsFrom nanoscale to global scale: Advancing MIT’s special initiatives in manufacturing, health, and climate
used in fabrication of electrical engineering components to see how multiple pieces could be packaged ... across fields, solutions that can scale up from lab to market, and the use of nanoscale science to enact ... the first session with a question: How can we build a community across campus to tackle some of the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/nanoscale-global-scale-advancing-mit%E2%80%99s-special-initiatives-manufacturing-health-andToy-making offers seriously fun introduction to engineering
Product Design Lab, where students learn how to safely use the various tools and machines they’ll need to ... brother and I used to design roller coasters with K’nex and design entire cities using Legos all over our ... wooden pull toy. For many students, including Garofalo, this is their first opportunity to use a bandsaw ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/toy-making-offers-seriously-fun-introduction-engineering-0Building bridges to Ukraine through language, art, and community
the syllabus,” Kovalchuk said, “I thought that students will need to know how to react to the most ... common communicative situations, form simple statements in writing, and they need to know how to read in ... some useful tools to use in the future when the course is over.” Students took the MBTA Red Line ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/building-bridges-ukraine-through-language-art-and-communityWhere to Grab Space Debris
are thinking about recycling. Can we get to that satellite, observe how it’s spinning, and learn its ... Objects in space tend to spin — and spin in a way that’s totally different from the way they spin on ... earth. Understanding how objects are spinning, where their centers of mass are, and how their mass is ...
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