MIT system “sees” the inner structure of the body during physical rehab

A system for monitoring motion and muscle engagement could aid the elderly and athletes during unsupervised physical rehabilitation for injuries or impaired mobility.

Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL • mit
Oct. 11, 2022 ~8 min

Scientists chart how exercise affects the body

A new study maps the genes and cellular pathways that contribute to exercise-induced weight loss.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Oct. 4, 2022 ~8 min


In-home wireless device tracks disease progression in Parkinson’s patients

By continuously monitoring a patient’s gait speed, the system can assess the condition’s severity between visits to the doctor’s office.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
Sept. 21, 2022 ~9 min

AI that can learn the patterns of human language

On its own, a new machine-learning model discovers linguistic rules that often match up with those created by human experts.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
Aug. 30, 2022 ~10 min

Taking a magnifying glass to data center operations

Lincoln Laboratory Supercomputing Center dataset aims to accelerate AI research into managing and optimizing high-performance computing systems.

Kylie Foy | MIT Lincoln Laboratory • mit
Aug. 24, 2022 ~10 min

Artificial intelligence model can detect Parkinson’s from breathing patterns

An MIT-developed device with the appearance of a Wi-Fi router uses a neural network to discern the presence and severity of one of the fastest-growing neurological diseases in the world.

Alex Ouyang | Abdul Latif Jameel Clinic for Machine Learning in Health • mit
Aug. 22, 2022 ~6 min

Thinking like a cyber-attacker to protect user data

Researchers found that an understudied component of computer processors is susceptible to attacks from malicious agents. Then, they developed defense mechanisms.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
Aug. 11, 2022 ~7 min

New programmable materials can sense their own movements

Engineers 3D print materials with networks of sensors directly incorporated.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
Aug. 10, 2022 ~8 min


3 Questions: Amar Gupta on an integrated approach to enhanced health-care delivery

The MIT researcher and former professor discusses how Covid-19 and the influx of virtual technologies created a new medical ecosystem that needs more synchronized oversight.

Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL • mit
Aug. 10, 2022 ~12 min

Researchers discover major roadblock in alleviating network congestion

Algorithms designed to ensure multiple users share a network fairly can’t prevent some users from hogging all the bandwidth.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
Aug. 4, 2022 ~8 min

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