Research Stories
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MIT CSAIL system can learn to see by touching and feel by seeing, suggesting future where robots can more easily grasp and recognize objects.
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Scientists from the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Genomes instrument team develop method to detect the tiniest traces of life on other planetary bodies.
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Signals help neural network identify objects by touch; system could aid robotics and prosthetics design.
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“Metasurfaces” that manipulate light at tiny scales could find uses in cellphone lenses, smart-car sensors, and optical fibers.
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Autonomous control system “learns” to use simple maps and image data to navigate new, complex routes.
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CSAIL system can mirror a user’s motions and follow nonverbal commands by monitoring arm muscles.
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MIT startup Acoustic Wells earned the grand prize at the annual entrepreneurship competition.
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Sensor can monitor wiring in a building or ship, and signal when repairs are needed.
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On-chip system that detects signals at sub-terahertz wavelengths could help steer driverless cars through fog and dust.
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MIT researchers find a new way to make nanoscale measurements of fields in more than one dimension.