AI Cures: data-driven clinical solutions for Covid-19
MIT conference illustrates technologies developed in response to the pandemic and new opportunities for AI solutions for clinical management.
yesterday • ~9 min
Tags: machine-learning medicine artificial-intelligence covid-19 pandemic health-care disease research school-of-engineering electrical-engineering-computer-science-eecs special-events-and-guest-speakers collaboration biological-engineering health-sciences-and-technology institute-for-medical-engineering-and-science-imes mit-schwarzman-college-of-computing j-clinic
Leveraging a 3D printer “defect” to create a new quasi-textile
Tulle-like DefeXtiles can be 3D printed with no custom software or hardware.
Oct. 26, 2020 • ~8 min
Tags: covid-19 architecture pandemic 3-d-printing research polymers students graduate-postdoctoral media-lab school-of-architecture-and-planning school-of-engineering electrical-engineering-computer-science-eecs computer-science-and-artificial-intelligence-laboratory-csail center-for-bits-and-atoms mit-schwarzman-college-of-computing
Autonomous boats could be your next ride
Five years in the making, MIT’s autonomous floating vessels get a size upgrade and learn a new way to communicate aboard the waters.
Oct. 26, 2020 • ~11 min
Tags: robotics robots research autonomous-vehicles sensors transportation school-of-architecture-and-planning urban-studies-and-planning electrical-engineering-computer-science-eecs computer-science-and-technology algorithms computer-science-and-artificial-intelligence-laboratory-csail mit-schwarzman-college-of-computing
Silencing gene expression to cure complex diseases
Immuneering uses bioinformatics to develop new medicines while also helping large pharmaceutical companies improve their treatments.
Oct. 26, 2020 • ~9 min
Tags: health medicine genetics cancer startups biology rna alzheimers data disease research drug-development school-of-engineering innovation-and-entrepreneurship-ie alumniae biological-engineering
Electronic design tool morphs interactive objects
MorphSensor lets users digitally model an object’s form and electronic function in one integrated space.
Oct. 22, 2020 • ~5 min
Tags: electronics manufacturing 3-d-printing research sensors design mechanical-engineering electrical-engineering-computer-science-eecs computer-science-and-artificial-intelligence-laboratory-csail national-science-foundation-nsf mit-schwarzman-college-of-computing
A tiny circular racetrack for light can rapidly detect single molecules
An optical sensor that can detect individual molecules promises early detection of diseases and environmental contamination.
Oct. 22, 2020 • ~5 min
Tags: engineering chemistry covid-19 photonics sars-cov-2 quick-reads research-brief sensors biochemistry biomedical-research biomedical-engineering biosensors biological-sensor
Translating lost languages using machine learning
System developed at MIT CSAIL aims to help linguists decipher languages that have been lost to history.
Oct. 21, 2020 • ~5 min
Tags: machine-learning artificial-intelligence linguistics history language big-data research electrical-engineering-computer-science-eecs computer-science-and-technology algorithms computer-science-and-artificial-intelligence-laboratory-csail mit-schwarzman-college-of-computing
Learning by doing, remotely
Despite the disruption caused by the pandemic, MIT students have carved out meaningful hands-on experiences.
Oct. 19, 2020 • ~10 min
Tags: mathematics covid-19 biology pandemic research students graduate-postdoctoral school-of-engineering school-of-science education-teaching-academics electrical-engineering-computer-science-eecs undergraduate school-of-humanities-arts-and-social-sciences vice-chancellor civil-and-environmental-engineering whitehead-institute biological-engineering chemical-engineering misti undergraduate-research-opportunities-program-urop mit-schwarzman-college-of-computing
Five innovations that could shape the future of rail travel
Hyperloop might still be a dream but new technologies promise to make trains faster and safer.
Oct. 19, 2020 • ~7 min
Tags: engineering rail trains railways
Experts consider the ethical implications of new technology
Faculty from the Computer Science and Philosophy departments join forces in a successful new undergraduate initiative, Embedded EthiCS, to change the way computer scientists think about the ethical implications of new technology.
Oct. 16, 2020 • ~15 min
Tags: science-technology computer-science ethics harvard-john-a-paulson-school-of-engineering-and-applied-sciences harvard-college barbara-grosz radhika-nagpal alison-simmons embedded-ethics philosophy christina-pazzanese faculty-of-arts-and-science david-grant jeffrey-behrends
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