Anticipating others’ behavior on the road

A new machine-learning system may someday help driverless cars predict the next moves of nearby drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians in real-time.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
April 21, 2022 ~8 min

mRNA vaccines, asteroid missions and collaborative robots: what to watch in science in 2022 – podcast

Experts give us a science preview for 2022, plus what lies in store for global inequality. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.

Gemma Ware, Editor and Co-Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation • conversation
Jan. 6, 2022 ~7 min


HGV driver shortage: remote-controlled lorries could prevent future logistical nightmares

‘Teleoperated’ HGVs combine the efficiency of automation with the safety of human oversight.

Giedre Sabaliauskaite, Associate Professor, Institute for Future Transport and Cities, Coventry University • conversation
Sept. 28, 2021 ~7 min

Your driver-assist system may be out of alignment... with your understanding of how it works

Tesla crashes and the investigations that follow generate a lot of headlines, but the dangers of automotive automation are industrywide. The common denominator is the human behind the wheel.

Steve Casner, Research Psychologist, NASA • conversation
Sept. 22, 2021 ~9 min

Artisan robots with AI smarts will juggle tasks, choose tools, mix and match recipes and even order materials – all without human help

Custom fabrication involves taking measurements, choosing tools, deciding on sequences of steps and ordering from a menu of materials. AIs under development promise to take humans out of the loop.

Glenn S. Daehn, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University • conversation
June 15, 2021 ~8 min

Toward deep-learning models that can reason about code more like humans

Researchers propose a method for finding and fixing weaknesses in automated programming tools.

Kim Martineau | MIT Quest for Intelligence • mit
April 15, 2021 ~6 min

A robot that senses hidden objects

System uses penetrative radio frequency to pinpoint items, even when they’re hidden from view.

Daniel Ackerman | MIT News Office • mit
April 1, 2021 ~6 min

Tracking protein buildup before Alzheimer’s takes hold

A team led by investigators has now developed an automated method that can identify and track the development of two key abnormal protein deposits that accumulate in the brain during the development of Alzheimer’s disease.

Tracy Hampton • harvard
Feb. 2, 2021 ~4 min


How 10 billion people could live well by 2050 – using as much energy as we did 60 years ago

Flattening inequality between and within countries could allow everyone a good standard of living within a liveable climate.

Joel Millward-Hopkins, Postdoctoral Researcher in Sustainability, University of Leeds • conversation
Oct. 5, 2020 ~7 min

AI can tackle the climate emergency – if developed responsibly

We need to challenge the simplistic assumptions that AI will automatically improve the world.

Victor Galaz, Deputy Director and Associate Professor, Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University • conversation
April 23, 2020 ~6 min

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