Meet the 2022-23 Accenture Fellows

This year's fellows will work across research areas including telemonitoring, human-computer interactions, operations research,  AI-mediated socialization, and chemical transformations.

School of Engineering • mit
Dec. 9, 2022 ~5 min

Watch: Person uses thoughts to operate a wheelchair

Several people were able to operate a wheelchair that translated their thoughts into movement, without the use of an implant or stimulation.

Nat Levy-UT Austin • futurity
Nov. 21, 2022 ~6 min


An easier way to remove medical devices

Metal stents or staples that disintegrate on demand inside the body could eliminate some surgical and endoscopic procedures.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Nov. 8, 2022 ~7 min

Bionic pancreas delivers the right dose of insulin on its own

A clinical trial finds a bionic pancreas device that autonomously delivers insulin in the right dose improves type 1 diabetes management.

Boston University • futurity
Oct. 17, 2022 ~10 min

Exoskeleton boot steps into the real world without a tether

A new boot-like robotic exoskeleton that increases walking speed and reduces effort has made its untethered debut outside the lab and into the real world.

Taylor Kubota-Stanford • futurity
Oct. 14, 2022 ~7 min

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

Cell Rover: Exploring and augmenting the inner world of the cell

MIT researchers demonstrate an intracellular antenna that's compatible with 3D biological systems and can operate wirelessly inside a living cell.

Michaela Jarvis | MIT Media Lab • mit
Sept. 22, 2022 ~6 min

MIT chemists develop a wireless electronic lateral flow assay test for biosensing

Design from the Swager Lab uses electronic polymers, rather than colored lines, to indicate a positive response, enabling quantitative monitoring of biomarkers.

Danielle Randall Doughty | Department of Chemistry • mit
Aug. 24, 2022 ~3 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

Engineers fabricate a chip-free, wireless electronic “skin”

The device senses and wirelessly transmits signals related to pulse, sweat, and ultraviolet exposure, without bulky chips or batteries.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Aug. 18, 2022 ~7 min

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