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Gliding From Classroom to Market
distributors have started using ELLO’s hand truck. In the future, ELLO also plans to sell Glydes to consumers ... In New York, Boston, and Denver, the team attached electrodes to delivery drivers using traditional ... driver needs to feel that [a new technology] is fast and makes the day easier, otherwise they won’t use ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/gliding-classroom-marketA new way to detect leaks in pipes
mechanical system (similar to the sensors used in computer trackpads), and the information sent back via ... pipe. Many modern water systems are built using 4-inch pipe, so being able to inspect this pipe diameter ... have lagged far behind. Typically, leaks are found using aboveground acoustic sensors, which listen for ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-way-detect-leaks-pipesDOE selects MIT to establish a Center for the Exascale Simulation of Coupled High-Enthalpy Fluid–Solid Interactions
announced that it has selected MIT to establish a new research center dedicated to advancing the predictive ... high-performance computing for open science and engineering applications relevant to national security mission ... Nanotechnologies (ISN) — plans to harness cutting-edge exascale supercomputers and next-generation algorithms to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/doe-selects-mit-establish-center-exascale-simulation-coupled-high-enthalpy-fluid%E2%80%93solidMIT gears up to transform manufacturing
development of talent, and through an understanding of how to scale manufacturing in a way that enables ... convene stakeholders and to think about how startups and growth-stage companies build their capital ... portfolios, how large industry can support an ecosystem of small businesses and young companies, and how to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-gears-transform-manufacturingFive from MIT elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences for 2021
“The past year has been replete with evidence of how things can get worse; this is an opportunity to ... the humanities, and the arts elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the academy ... center for independent policy research. Members contribute to academy publications, as well as studies of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/five-mit-elected-american-academy-arts-and-sciences-2021Two from MIT named to Popular Science's Brilliant 10 list
uses buckling to provide origami-like folding capabilities to curved structures with potential uses for ... Popular Science magazine has named two MIT junior faculty members — Pedro Reis and Feng Zhang — to ... brilliant young researchers is our chance to honor the most promising work — and the most hardworking people ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/two-mit-named-popular-sciences-brilliant-10-listFifteen MIT faculty honored as “Committed to Caring” for 2021-23
mentorship style and how they can best support students. Of particular note to the selection committee was ... how faculty members responded to the Covid-19 crisis and altered their mentorship styles to best ... their students throughout the pandemic, as well as how meaningful and impactful these efforts were to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/fifteen-mit-faculty-honored-%E2%80%9Ccommitted-caring%E2%80%9D-2021-23Finding leaks while they’re easy to fix
Access to clean, safe water is one of the world’s pressing needs, yet today’s water distribution ... shortages worse but also can cause serious structural damage to buildings and roads by undermining ... foundations. Unfortunately, leak detection systems are expensive and slow to operate — and they don’t work well ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/finding-leaks-while-they%E2%80%99re-easy-fixIllustrating Covid-19 hygiene education
Cartoons and illustrations have long been used to convey important health and safety messages. ... professionals can disinfect themselves when returning home after a shift to common mistakes people use when ... Florentine_Jasmine_1024.jpg “One of the central challenges when doing user research is figuring out how to clearly communicate ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/illustrating-covid-19-hygiene-educationGiving Robots a More Nimble Grasp
Engineers use the environment to give simple robotic grippers more dexterity. Most robots on ... midpoint, but instead grabs hold of the eraser end, it could use the environment to adjust its grasp. ... that is very complex to use, this [method] brings some dexterity to very simple grippers.” Rodriguez ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/giving-robots-more-nimble-graspVisual Thinking for Engineers
one’s sketching ability didn’t seem to play a role in how well the design turned out." Yang ... else, such as a blueprint), communication (using a drawing to explain or sell an idea), and thinking ... it begets creativity and innovation. “‘Thinking drawing’ tells people how to think for themselves. It ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/visual-thinking-engineersFinger-shaped sensor enables more dexterous robots
grasped. The researchers use machine learning to estimate how much force is being applied to the sensor, ... grasping. In a robotic hand, tactile sensors that use cameras to obtain information about grasped objects ... sensing over a large area. The sensor, called the GelSight Svelte, uses two mirrors to reflect and refract ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/finger-shaped-sensor-enables-more-dexterous-robotsDesigning exploratory robots that collect data for marine scientists
how to exploit our knowledge of the world and use it to plan optimal sampling trajectories,” says ... they were making use of the long summer days to collect thousands of observations of a hypothesized ... navigate to sites where they can take samples or measurements that will be most useful to environmental ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/designing-exploratory-robots-collect-data-marine-scientistsClass opens the door to a new world of mechanical engineering
volume. The materials were fabricated using a 3D printer that shines a laser on resin to create precise, ... anything you want and see if it works,’ — actually put to use the skills and training that we’ve been ... graduate-level research and use very high-level facilities,” he says. “It got me excited to potentially go back ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/class-opens-door-new-world-mechanical-engineeringThe Freedom of Constraint
leg mass and how to replicate the ideal torque profiles using only simple mechanical elements that are ... to use. Just like people in rich countries who have lost their legs, Ashok too wants something more ... that had not been answered yet was how to modify knee torque so it could replicate a normal human ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/freedom-constraintTalking Shop with Associate Professor Domitilla Del Vecchio
the biomolecular area, the goal is to understand how one can use the specific mechanism you have in ... going to take forever. The question I’ve been trying to answer is, how do you exploit the specific ... cellular behavior. I have also been focusing on how to incorporate human operators in the design of an ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/talking-shop-associate-professor-domitilla-del-vecchioTechnique quickly identifies extreme event statistics
applied to any complex system that is vulnerable to extreme events. For instance, the method may be used ... may occur. It could also be used to estimate the types of electrical overloads that could cause ... extreme events by using computationally intensive simulations to model a structure’s response to, for ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/technique-quickly-identifies-extreme-event-statistics-0J-WAFS awards commercialization grants to develop technologies for water and food solutions
“From using wood to provide clean drinking water, being able to easily test the quality of milk in rural ... recipients of J-WAFS Solutions grants, as well as the award of a second year of funding to two current ... projects. Together, the funded projects demonstrate MIT’s application of innovative technologies to food and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/j-wafs-awards-commercialization-grants-develop-technologies-water-and-food-solutionsMADMEC winners develop spray-on coating to protect power lines from ice
requiring diesel-powered equipment, replacement materials, and added energy use. And as households switch to ... to electrodes used for heart monitoring. Their prototype uses a cellulose paper backing and ... high-temperature kilns, a major source of energy use and carbon emissions. Cerawave added silicon carbide to their ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/madmec-winners-develop-spray-coating-protect-power-lines-iceEngineers develop surgical “duct tape” as an alternative to sutures
stocked in operating rooms and used as a fast and safe alternative or reinforcement to hand-sewn sutures ... suggestion was to use this sticky element to repair leaks and defects in the gut.” Surgeons typically repair ... — a strong, flexible, and biocompatible sticky patch that can be easily and quickly applied to biological ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/engineers-develop-surgical-%E2%80%9Cduct-tape%E2%80%9D-alternative-sutures