Research Stories

	A more intelligent system for the scooter wars	MIT spinout Superpedestrian has developed a smart electric scooter to improve urban mobility.
	A battery-free sensor for underwater exploration	Submerged system uses the vibration of “piezoelectric” materials to generate power and send and receive data.
	MIT-Delft University of Technology team places third in Formula Student Germany driverless competition	Teams were scored on speed, construction, performance, and financial planning at one of the world’s largest student engineering competitions.
	A Helping Hand	MIT’s entrepreneurial ecosystem boosts sensor tech startup
	Optimus Ride’s autonomous system makes self-driving vehicles a reality	MIT startup’s unique approach to improving human mobility is helping it gain traction in a competitive landscape.
	Software to empower workers on the factory floor	Apps developed by MIT spinout Tulip help manufacturers augment employee production rather than automating it away.
	Hydration sensor could improve dialysis	Noninvasive device could benefit patients with kidney disease, congestive heart failure, or dehydration.
	Microfluidics device helps diagnose sepsis in minutes	When time matters in hospitals, automated system can detect an early biomarker for the potentially life-threatening condition.
	Automated system generates robotic parts for novel tasks	When designing actuators involves too many variables for humans to test by hand, this system can step in.
	New AI programming language goes beyond deep learning	General-purpose language works for computer vision, robotics, statistics, and more.