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Researchers design moisture-responsive workout suit
microbial cells they have used are also proven to be safe to touch and even consume. What’s more, with new ... senses humid conditions. They then used a cell-printing method they had previously developed to print E. ... heat,” Yao says. “We redesigned the garment using a fusion of heat and sweat maps to, for example, make ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/researchers-design-moisture-responsive-workout-suitFaculty Research: Professor Harry Asada
genetically engineered muscle cells to flex in response to light, and is using the light-sensitive tissue to ... Professor Roger Kamm to develop the new approach. In deciding which bodily tissue to use in their robotic ... modified neurons to respond to short laser pulses. Since then, researchers have used the technique to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/faculty-research-professor-harry-asadaJust what the doctor ordered
needed to use one. “The more we can do to make medical devices simpler, lower cost, and better ... beds. Using an algorithm, the device was then able to help doctors diagnose certain sleep disorders. ... Mimo, a onesie embedded with sensors that can be used by parents to track their infants’ vital signs, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/just-what-doctor-orderedA robot that senses hidden objects
frequency (RF) identification has been used to track everything from library books to pets. RF ... supply chains — Japan aims to use RF tracking for nearly all retail purchases in a matter of years. The ... explore what RF can do.” RF Grasp uses both a camera and an RF reader to find and grab tagged objects, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/robot-senses-hidden-objectsJoystick-operated robot could help surgeons treat stroke remotely
medical center could watch live imaging of the patient and use the robot to operate in that golden hour. ... operator watched the video while using the joystick to remotely steer the wire through the vessels. The ... team trained a group of neurosurgeons to use the robotic system. After just one hour of training, each ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/joystick-operated-robot-could-help-surgeons-treat-stroke-remotelyA climate window in the Southern Ocean
world. To study how this system affects climate, scientists have largely focused on the North Atlantic, ... must come back up, and it’s been a mystery where, and how, deep waters circulate back to the surface. ... a multi-institution team led by MIT’s collaborator, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, to measure how waters ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/climate-window-southern-oceanStartup with MIT roots wins R&D 100 Award
measures the amount, type, and distribution of contaminants on filters used to reduce engine and vehicle ... (DPF). “After the seminar, Leslie talked to me about an idea he had regarding the potential use of ... microwaves to try and measure the soot build-up inside the DPF,” Sappok notes. “The core idea was to use ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/startup-mit-roots-wins-rd-100-awardInflatable robotic hand gives amputees real-time tactile control
the researchers used a simple pneumatic system to precisely inflate fingers and bend them in specific ... corresponding pressure a pump would have to apply to achieve that position. Using this model, the team developed ... that “decodes” muscle signals and relates them to common grasp types. They used this algorithm to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/inflatable-robotic-hand-gives-amputees-real-time-tactile-controlPrintable electronics
other attempts in recent years to print electronic surfaces using inkjet printing and rubber stamping ... circuits, roll by roll To make their stamps, the researchers used the group’s previously developed ... attached to a spring, which they used to control the force used to press the stamp against the substrate. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/printable-electronicsBatteries that “drink” seawater could power long-range underwater vehicles
Thomas Milnes PhD ’13. “We’re off to conquer the oceans.” “Drinking” sea water for power Most UUVs use ... example, UUVs currently used to explore the Gulf of Mexico need to hug the shores, covering only a few ... that power system uses a pump to circulate the electrolyte, scooping up unwanted aluminum hydroxide on ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/batteries-%E2%80%9Cdrink%E2%80%9D-seawater-could-power-long-range-underwater-vehicles-0I2P Example Project Areas
analysis using machine learning to help determine where to invest research funding. Mobile Health- ... Matlab, Python, other) or CFD model (using commercial software packages) to simulate textures for ... Operator Tracking – Develop system to track human subject to collect data. Using tools like machine ...
https://meche.mit.edu/alliance-example-projectsRunning on Waste Heat
of Power Engineering and head of MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, used nanotechnology to ... waste heat, it’s wasted potential to do useful work.” In a TEG, electricity is generated when heat ... — including Institute Professor Emeritus Mildred Dresselhaus at MIT — began using nanotechnology to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/running-waste-heatA factory for FrEDs at MIT
a little bit it can be made very complex.” To extend its usefulness and reach, FrED needed to be even less ... parts from metal to plastic and used 3D printers to make some parts in-house. The team experienced some ... to create one or two prototypes. At Monterrey, the new FrEDs will be used “to teach engineers ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/factory-freds-mitStretchable Hydrogel Electronics
brittle, barely stretchable, and adhere weakly to other surfaces. “They’re often used as degradable ... demonstrate several uses for the hydrogel, including encapsulating a titanium wire to form a transparent, ... various hydrogels have been used to coat glucose sensors and prevent such a reaction, the hydrogels are ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/stretchable-hydrogel-electronicsClimbing the ‘power ascension’ market
branches on the battlefield and in training to climb mountains, buildings, and ships. It’s even being used ... any good ‘gee-whiz gadget,’ it’s easy to think of places it can be used,” Ball says. “But the real ... mission, using standard equipment, Ball says, can take five to 10 rescuers several hours to complete, while ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/climbing-%E2%80%98power-ascension%E2%80%99-marketPedro Reis receives Early Career Award from National Science Foundation
reversible structures, such as the closure of some aquatic flowers. Reis used this study to develop a new ... a new class of structures that uses buckling to provide origami-like folding capabilities to curved ... structures, work that can be used for encapsulation and is also applicable to soft robotics. (He explains his ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/pedro-reis-receives-early-career-award-national-science-foundationFor Stronger, Lighter, Cheaper Materials, Scroll Up
able to control the dimensions of each nanoscroll, using both low- and high-frequency ultrasonic ... practical to use graphene,” says Itai Stein, a graduate student in MIT’s Department of Mechanical ... graphene oxide flakes in solution and stimulated the flakes to curl into scrolls, using two similar ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/stronger-lighter-cheaper-materials-scrollA new, inexpensive catalyst speeds the production of oxygen from water
undergo chemical reactions to produce other transportation fuels; the manufacture of ammonia, for use as ... tunable materials that also had the necessary stability to be potentially useful as catalysts. “You put ... of the metal, and also providing greater stability, enabling them to stand up to long periods of use ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-inexpensive-catalyst-speeds-production-oxygen-waterResearchers produce first laser ultrasound images of humans
uses lasers to remotely probe internal structures, the technique still requires a detector in direct ... distance into the skin before fading away. As a result, other researchers have used photoacoustics to image ... The researchers tested this idea with a laser setup, using one pulsed laser set at 1,550 nanometers to ...
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