Touch-based display boosts 3D modeling accessibility

A new tactile display aims to make 3D modeling accessible to people who are blind and visually impaired.

Taylor Kubota-Stanford • futurity
Oct. 30, 2019 ~6 min

Stealthy tool detects malware in JavaScript

A new tool called VisibleV8 can protect you against malware in JavaScript programs on your favorite sites.

Matt Shipman-NC State • futurity
Oct. 22, 2019 ~3 min


AR system lets users reach out and grab virtual stuff

New augmented reality software lets users view virtual objects through their phones and then pick them up with their hands.

Kevin Stacey-Brown • futurity
Oct. 17, 2019 ~5 min

Free BotSlayer tool fights bad info online

Download and try BotSlayer, an open-source tool that helps political campaigns and journalists sort truth from fiction online.

Kevin Fryling-Indiana • futurity
Sept. 15, 2019 ~6 min

Computer-aided knitting

New research from the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory uses machine learning to customize clothing designs.

Rachel Gordon | CSAIL • mit
Aug. 6, 2019 ~7 min

New AI programming language goes beyond deep learning

General-purpose language works for computer vision, robotics, statistics, and more.

Rob Matheson | MIT News Office • mit
June 26, 2019 ~8 min

Mini cheetah is the first four-legged robot to do a backflip

Robot’s lightweight, high-power design is the perfect platform to share and play, developers say.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
March 4, 2019 ~8 min

Achieving greater efficiency for fast data center operations

System better allocates time-sensitive data processing across cores to maintain quick user-response times.

Rob Matheson | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 21, 2019 ~8 min


Learning to teach to speed up learning

An algorithm that teaches robot agents how to exchange advice to complete a task helps them learn faster.

Kim Martineau | MIT Quest for Intelligence • mit
Jan. 29, 2019 ~6 min

Democratizing data science

Tool for nonstatisticians automatically generates models that glean insights from complex datasets.

Rob Matheson | MIT News Office • mit
Jan. 15, 2019 ~9 min

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