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Digital Instruments for Musical Togetherness
he says. Ntaimo has found MIT to be the perfect place to blend his interests in engineering and ... Engineering graduate student Joseph Ntaimo ’23 builds instruments that “empower people to jam with ... measured, and is converted to a sonic output. Today, as a graduate student in mechanical engineering ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/digital-instruments-musical-togetherness3-D scanning, with your smartphone
Systems integrate the Viztu technology, Milnes returned to MIT to finish his PhD in mechanical ... engineering. He is now working with two other MIT alumni on another startup, OpenWater Power, developing ... and technological expertise. But MIT spinout Viztu Technologies helped change that: Back in 2011, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/3-d-scanning-your-smartphoneNew 3D printing method enables complex designs and creates less waste
waste. MIT engineers have found a way to bypass this last finishing step, in a way that could ... Professor A. John Hart, head of MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. Waste removal Conventional vat ... June 3, 2025 Jennifer Chu | MIT News Horizontal MIT engineers developed a technique for making ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-3d-printing-method-enables-complex-designs-and-creates-less-waste2.007 Robots Battle it Out, Revolutionary-Style
before nightfall, a revolution was afoot at MIT. The battleground was set, the munitions were stocked, ... annual competition for Course 2.007 (Design and Manufacturing), MIT’s popular undergraduate course in ... mechanical engineering. This year, instructors modeled the competition’s obstacle course after major ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/2007-robots-battle-it-out-revolutionary-styleGiving robots a faster grasp
combinations of these properties interact mechanically, based on fundamental laws of physics. Now MIT engineers ... this preplanning process down to less than a second. MIT-Robot-Gripper_1024.jpg A new algorithm speeds ... Image courtesy of the researchers Alberto Rodriguez, associate professor of mechanical engineering at ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/giving-robots-faster-graspPhysicists embark on a hunt for a long-sought quantum glow
study co-author Vivishek Sudhir, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, who is designing ... either enormous accelerations or vast amounts of observation time. But researchers at MIT and the ... MIT-Unruh-Effect-01-press_0.jpeg According to a prediction known as the Unruh effect, Millenium Falcon pilots would more likely see ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/physicists-embark-hunt-long-sought-quantum-glowNew gel coatings may lead to better catheters and condoms
one. Now MIT engineers have designed a gel-like material that can be coated onto standard plastic or ... MIT-Hydrogel-Lam-1024.jpg MIT engineers have designed a gel-like material that can be coated onto standard plastic or rubber ... Career Development Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT, bonded layers ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-gel-coatings-may-lead-better-catheters-and-condomsCatching (radio) waves
mechanical engineering professor Sanjay Sarma, now director of digital learning at MIT, had already done ... infrastructure,” Schoner says. “Instead of building the system, we design the engines that can power RFID features ... In 2000, five MIT Media Lab alumni co-founded ThingMagic to help bring radio-frequency ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/catching-radio-wavesVibrations of coronavirus proteins may play a role in infection
sometimes jiggling the key a bit will help. Now, new research from MIT suggests that coronaviruses, ... cell wall so it can hijack the cell’s reproductive mechanisms. MIT-COVID-Spikes-02-PRESS.jpg New ... research at MIT shows that vibrations of the protein spikes on coronaviruses, including the one that causes ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/vibrations-coronavirus-proteins-may-play-role-infectionSoft materials hold onto “memories” of their past, for longer than previously thought
researchers Credits: Now, an MIT engineer has devised a simple way to measure the degree of residual stress in ... part, by MIT’s Postdoctoral Fellowship for Engineering Excellence and an MIT Mathworks Fellowship. ... separates and gets runny over time. MIT-MaterialMemory-01-press_1024.jpg Using a rheometer, MIT researchers ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/soft-materials-hold-%E2%80%9Cmemories%E2%80%9D-their-past-longer-previously-thoughtThe Birth of a Hands-On Education
2.007 was at the forefront of a revolution in engineering education, becoming one of the first hands-on ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/birth-hands-educationStudent Spotlight: Guangtao (Taotao) Zhang (Candidate SB ’14)
English. Now, a senior majoring in mechanical engineering at MIT, she is preparing to graduate this winter ... 2.013: Engineering System Design, and Apple offered her a coveted internship – and eventually a full-time ... and begin a new job at Apple as an iPad product design engineer. The path she took from A to B wasn’t ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/student-spotlight-guangtao-taotao-zhang-candidate-sb-%E2%80%9914Noninvasive imaging could replace finger pricks for people with diabetes
(LBRC) and an MIT professor of biological engineering and mechanical engineering; and Youngkyu Kim and ... A noninvasive method for measuring blood glucose levels, developed at MIT, could save diabetes ... patients from having to prick their fingers several times a day. The MIT team used Raman spectroscopy ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/noninvasive-imaging-could-replace-finger-pricks-people-diabetesMIT events illuminate critical need for menstruation science
and mechanical engineering at MIT. The rally kicked off a series of events that attracted more than ... More than 70 MIT students, faculty, staff, and alumni gathered in MIT’s Killian Court recently to ... about gynecology disorders such as endometriosis and adenomyosis. An estimated 20-25 percent of MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-events-illuminate-critical-need-menstruation-scienceSoft optical fibers block pain while moving and stretching with the body
Scientists have a new tool to precisely illuminate the roots of nerve pain. Engineers at MIT have ... 1024NoPainFibers-01-press_0.jpg MIT engineers have designed a soft hydrogel optical fiber (shown illuminated) that stimulates ... if pain is involved,” says Siyuan Rao, assistant professor of biomedical engineering at the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/soft-optical-fibers-block-pain-while-moving-and-stretching-bodyTa Corrales
she says. Back at MIT, Corrales switched her major to engineering. She was only a few classes shy of ... long housed the MIT Museum. The rooms look more like a handyperson’s workshop than a scientist’s lab. ... Costa Rica when she discovered this eclectic enclave within MIT, where 26 staff members support 15 ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/ta-corralesStaff members honored with 2025 Excellence Awards, Collier Medal, and Staff Award for Distinction in Service
On Thursday, June 5, 11 individuals and four teams were awarded MIT Excellence Awards — the ... protecting and serving MIT. The medal recognizes an individual or group whose actions demonstrate the ... impact on the MIT community. The Gordon Y. Billard Award is given to staff or faculty members, or ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/staff-members-honored-2025-excellence-awards-collier-medal-and-staff-award-distinctionConnecting through conversation
diplomacy, Woodard, who grew up on the South Side of Chicago, envisioned a future in engineering at MIT ... a foundation in STEM. By the time he was in the seventh grade, he knew he wanted to attend MIT for engineering ... MIT, the mechanical engineering major worked on making those opportunities more available to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/connecting-through-conversationWhen to get your head out of the game
just after.” Getting knocked around — for science Harvatine, who studied mechanical engineering at MIT ... athletes. Now an MIT-invented tool is aiding in detecting and diagnosing concussions, in real-time. ... MIT-Jolt_1024.jpg Photo by Rob Chron In 2007, the American College of Sports Medicine estimated that each year ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/when-get-your-head-out-gameAn assisted step forward: Max Burns talks about the process, and teamwork, of invention
The SuperUROP participant from Logan, Ohio just walked with his degree in Mechanical Engineering this ... Engineering Department for his SuperUROP project, an instrumented walking cane. For his coming stint in ... assistive technology research. I joined the MIT Newman Laboratory for Human Rehabilitation, where I’ve been ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/assisted-step-forward-max-burns-talks-about-process-and-teamwork-invention