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Reimagining an iconic design class
challenged students to build a machine using a “kit of junk,” students in class 2.007 (Design and ... in the real world, having it fail, then figuring out how to fix it,” says Winter. Winter and 2.007 ... maintained the class’s core tenets, including how the team could pull off a live, head-to-head, remote robot ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/reimagining-iconic-design-classA measurable improvement in STEM access for the blind
granted.” One teacher, who had previously wondered how students who had yet to grasp fractions could use the ... to open up new opportunities for BLV students. “The use-case always surprises us,” says Jain. “A ... caliper, called the team to tell them how thanks to it, her students are becoming fluent in fractions. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/measurable-improvement-stem-access-blind‘Anklebot’ helps determine ankle stiffness
researchers use to calculate the ankle’s stiffness. From their experiments with healthy volunteers, the ... rehabilitation, using the Anklebot to train patients to walk. Thursday, October 24, 2013 Jennifer Chu, MIT News ... Rehabilitation have measured the stiffness of the ankle in various directions using a robot called the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/%E2%80%98anklebot%E2%80%99-helps-determine-ankle-stiffnessGoing with the flow
They’re second only to water as the most-handled material in industry. However, little is known about how ... mechanical engineering who received tenure earlier this month. “I think if we want to develop a better ... understanding of granular media, we have to think about it as broadly as possible and come up with models that ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/going-flow-0A new tool for modeling the human gut microbiome
researchers also plan to use their system to study what happens when they add other species of bacteria that ... disease and other gastrointestinal disorders. This tissue could then be used to study microbe-induced ... inflammation in cells with different genetic backgrounds. “We are hoping to get new data that will show how the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-tool-modeling-human-gut-microbiomeHarder, better, faster, stronger
members meaningful things to do, teach them how to use the tools, and give them projects to keep them ... now we have little canisters, similar to what is used in Tesla. We can make a 25 percent weight ... social skills, how to work with other team members on sub teams, a mechanical engineering student will ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/harder-better-faster-strongerPresident Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea visits MIT
at MIT, explained how AI could be used to better diagnose some serious illnesses, including ... Engineering and Science, discussed how he and colleagues are using AI tools to develop new medicines that ... Parkinson’s, by using new tools to assess brain activity and its relationship to the potential for disease ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/president-yoon-suk-yeol-south-korea-visits-mitAccelerating 3-D printing
now generally used. To show the chemical flexibility of cellulose, they’ve mixed in an antimicrobial ... to rethink how we develop, produce, and service products,” he says. A common method of 3-D printing, ... how quickly it could transfer heat to the material to get it to melt and flow; and how fast the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/accelerating-3-d-printingMaking life friendlier with personal robots
I hope we can learn how to make Jibo really useful to kids like me who need some support as they learn ... how to interact with the world around them.” Saturday, September 9, 2023 Dorothy Hanna | Department of ... “As a child, I wished for a robot that would explain others’ emotions to me” says Sharifa ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/making-life-friendlier-personal-robotsK. Lisa Yang Global Engineering and Research Center will prioritize innovations for resource-constrained communities
investor Lisa Yang, aims to rethink how products and technologies for resource-constrained communities are ... water from being translated to use in resource-constrained communities. Yang GEAR Center will support ... Engineering and Research (GEAR) Center- to be led by Amos Winter, aims to rethink how products & ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/k-lisa-yang-global-engineering-and-research-center-will-prioritize-innovations-resourcePushing through sand
researchers say the equation can be used to optimize the way vehicles drive over gravel and soil, such as ... the sand. You want to know how much to push on the shovel, to move it in a particular direction. To ... out how to push yourself out of quicksand,” Kamrin says. “But in the right circumstances RFT divides ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/pushing-through-sandManipulating the future
out how to use manipulation to move other things,” von Wrangel says. Tedrake’s course notes provide ... improved functioning in real-world environments. But tomorrow’s roboticists need to understand how to ... around, soon his next question became: how can a robot be made to pick something up? That’s when ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/manipulating-futureAncient African smelting technique sparks anew at MIT
material used to construct ancient landmarks such as the Pantheon in Rome. In the second half, Tarkanian ... bellows was a plastic garbage bag, to give a sense of how much airflow students could produce. For the ... moistening it with water, and adding fresh hay to shape the furnace. Tarkanian and the class used the video ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/ancient-african-smelting-technique-sparks-anew-mitPropelling Transportation Forward
another set of computational tools that will predict how to use additive-layer manufacturing to create ... now – on the ground, in the air, or at sea – is not supply or cost of the fuel; it’s how to reduce CO2 ... expand the use of fuels produced using renewable sources. The question is: How do you expand the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/propelling-transportation-forwardStudent entrepreneurs think inside the box
surprised to learn how unintegrated the ambulance system was, which led them to design a more simplified ... have a science background and I really wanted to see how I can take all these equations and theories ... plans to try and push a startup forward. “How exactly we’re going to work through that, we’re still ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/student-entrepreneurs-think-inside-boxStudy Assesses Solar Photovoltaic Technologies
For example, preliminary chemical reactions at moderate temperatures can be used to transform starting ... be used to power portable electronic devices ranging from mobile phones to small water purification ... cells? How do the different technologies perform on this measure? To find out, the researchers determined ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/study-assesses-solar-photovoltaic-technologies2021 Teaching with Digital Technology Awards honor MIT educators’ innovation and empathy
quickly and how often honorees attributed their success to the support they received from both students ... nominations received from students.” In their nominations, students describe how an instructor used digital ... virtual experience that resembled in-person learning,” expertly using technology to lead students’ focus ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/2021-teaching-digital-technology-awards-honor-mit-educators%E2%80%99-innovation-and-empathyEngineers design sutures that can deliver drugs or sense inflammation
are derived from animal tissue, similar to the “catgut” sutures first used by the ancient Romans. In ... after surgery to remove part of the intestine. The sutures could also be adapted for use to heal wounds ... — a measure of how much stretching it can withstand before breaking — and found that it was comparable to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/engineers-design-sutures-can-deliver-drugs-or-sense-inflammationAlumnus’ thermal battery helps industry eliminate fossil fuels
businesses to eliminate their use of fossil fuels. Antora Energy is addressing the intermittent nature of ... allow manufacturers and other energy-hungry businesses to eliminate their use of fossil fuels. “We take ... you open a large shutter to extract thermal radiation, which is used to generate process heat or power ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/alumnus%E2%80%99-thermal-battery-helps-industry-eliminate-fossil-fuelsCaitlin Braun MBA ’21, SM ’21
Boeing. “Our goal is to become the standard for how aerospace parts are made,” Braun says. It’s a tall ... of using digital technology to fix a poorly understood and organized operation,” says Professor David ... much of what we learn in LGO comes back to key leadership principles, and how to apply them to drive ...
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