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New kind of supercapacitor made without carbon
use components made of carbon, which require high temperatures and harsh chemicals to produce. Now ... property for a material used in a capacitor. “One of our long-term goals was to make these materials ... used to make it are more expensive than conventional carbon-based materials, Dincă says. “Carbon is ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-kind-supercapacitor-made-without-carbonCultivators of Research
education and practice, and how to support deeper engagement with such users and stakeholders. Yang ... letters of recommendation for their academic job search. The nominator turned to Maria for advice on how ... lauded that “We are beyond lucky to have such a caring, supportive, empathetic and compassionate leader” ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/cultivators-researchTissue model reveals role of blood-brain barrier in Alzheimer’s
mimics beta-amyloid’s effects on the blood-brain barrier, and used it to show that this damage can lead ... MIT. The researchers also used the tissue model to show that a drug that restores the blood-brain ... were trying to do from the start was generate a model that we could use to understand the interactions ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/tissue-model-reveals-role-blood-brain-barrier-alzheimer%E2%80%99sCrumpled Graphene Could Provide an Unconventional Energy Storage
to make a supercapacitor, the same crumpling technique could be applied to other uses, Zhao says. For ... used to make a stretchable sensor for specific chemical or biological molecules. “This work is really ... Two-dimensional carbon “paper” can form stretchable supercapacitors to power flexible electronic ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/crumpled-graphene-could-provide-unconventional-energy-storageAn inflatable gastric balloon could help people lose weight
wear off as the stomach becomes used to the sensation of fullness. To overcome that limitation, MIT ... to the procedure used to place a feeding tube into a patient’s stomach, which is commonly done for ... developed for use in humans, the new gastric balloon could offer an alternative to existing obesity ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/inflatable-gastric-balloon-could-help-people-lose-weightMIT engineers design surfaces that make water boil more efficiently
could significantly reduce their energy use. Now, researchers at MIT have found a way to do just that, ... we’re making are not meant to be scaled in its current form,” she says, but rather were used to prove ... experiments were created using clean-room methods commonly used to produce semiconductor chips, there are ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-engineers-design-surfaces-make-water-boil-more-efficientlyEldercare robot helps people sit and stand, and catches them if they fall
risk of fall and refuse to use physical aids, which are cumbersome, while others overestimate the risk ... to use the robot in various household scenarios. The team found that E-BAR could actively support the ... expected to balloon from 58 million to 82 million by 2050. The challenge of caring for the elderly, amid ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/eldercare-robot-helps-people-sit-and-stand-and-catches-them-if-they-fallTemperature difference propels droplets
condensers. The new system uses differences in temperature to push droplets of water or other fluids across ... movement of the droplets, propelling them up to 10 times faster. “There have long been attempts to use ... droplet. The finding might be used to produce new kinds of microfluidic devices, for example for biomedical ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/temperature-difference-propels-dropletsLetting robots manipulate cables
constraints) to successfully manipulate freely moving cables. One could imagine using a system like this for ... manipulation. For perception, they used the GelSight sensors to estimate the pose of the cable between the ... unprecedented dexterity. For humans, it can be challenging to manipulate thin flexible objects like ropes, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/letting-robots-manipulate-cablesHistoric Inspirations
to try it out and quickly see how well it worked which, in turn, informed design decisions. As ... passion for design and engineering to one specific MechE course – a course that has also inspired ... generations before them. “Classes like 2.007 are how engineers are forged,” says Weizer, who took 2.007 ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/historic-inspirationsAdvocating for federal research funding on Capitol Hill
preparatory sessions on campus in the weeks leading up to CVD, students received training on how to advocate ... individuals in academia experience sexual harassment. HR 36 hopes to address how harassment causes women to ... In late March, 29 MIT graduate students, postdocs, and undergraduates traveled to Washington to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/advocating-federal-research-funding-capitol-hillPalladium filters could enable cheaper, more efficient generation of hydrogen fuel
to produce pure hydrogen. Today, palladium-based membranes are used at commercial scale to provide ... membranes to be used in hydrogen-fuel-generating technologies such as compact steam methane reforming and ... membranes. Palladium is the most effective metal used today to separate hydrogen from a variety of gas ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/palladium-filters-could-enable-cheaper-more-efficient-generation-hydrogen-fuelStudents strive for “Balance!” in a lively product showcase
theme, from balance beam walks to scooter and skateboard rides. “Balance is a word that can be used to ... use hand tools and chainsaws to create fire barriers by digging trenches, clearing vegetation, and ... a crash-detection algorithm that uses acceleration data to calculate injury severity. The compact device is ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/students-strive-%E2%80%9Cbalance%E2%80%9D-lively-product-showcase“Blind” Cheetah 3 robot can climb stairs littered with obstacles
which predicts how much force a given leg should apply once it has committed to a step. “The contact ... designed to do all this without relying on cameras or any external environmental sensors. Instead, it ... should be able to handle without relying too much on vision,” says the robot’s designer, Sangbae Kim, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/%E2%80%9Cblind%E2%80%9D-cheetah-3-robot-can-climb-stairs-littered-obstaclesEngineers invent vertical, full-color microscopic LEDs
a limit to how small they can be while also performing effectively. This limit is especially noticeable in ... virtual reality, right now there is a limit to how real they can look,” adds Jiho Shin, a postdoc in Kim’s ... green, and blue LEDs, arranged end to end like a meticulous Lite Brite display. When electrically ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/engineers-invent-vertical-full-color-microscopic-ledsAt the forefront of building with biology
sensory neurons that tell us how to respond to dynamic changes in our environment. Eventually, her ... communities. One of her earliest memories is watching her parents build communication towers to connect the ... rural villages of Kenya to the global infrastructure. She recalls the excitement she felt watching the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/forefront-building-biologyExtending the life of low-cost, compact, lightweight batteries
electrolyte as soon as the battery is used. As a result, the energy loss is cut to just 0.02 percent a month ... methods have been used to extend the shelf life of metal-air batteries (which can use other metals such as ... battery was repeatedly used and then put on standby for one to two days, the MIT design lasted 24 days, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/extending-life-low-cost-compact-lightweight-batteriesEnergy storage from a chemistry perspective
use equipment that has been around for decades because we don't want to create a cutting-edge ... the competitive landscape for energy storage companies looking to enhance power system flexibility ... standpoint, and also from the standpoint of transitioning from a centralized to a decentralized model of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/energy-storage-chemistry-perspectiveWhat STEM Requires, Dance Provides
potential of having a future in a STEM career,” she says. “Also, using dance helps to make complicated STEM ... costume that lights up every time they jump, or using computer programming to make the music they dance ... Yamilée Toussaint Beach '08 combines dance and technology to empower more young women of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/what-stem-requires-dance-providesUndergraduate Spotlight: Katy Olesnavage
images can then be used to locate favorable areas for further in situ salinity testing to verify the ... used the results to analyze the relationship of anomalous temperatures to the presence of fresh ... help her pinpoint a likely spot to begin the investigation. Using an infrared camera attached to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/undergraduate-spotlight-katy-olesnavage