Akasha Imaging, an MIT Media Lab spinout, provides efficient and cost-effective imaging with higher-resolution feature detection, tracking, and pose orientation.
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Using deep imaging for higher resolution
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Setting a new standard for hormone health Alumna-founded Aavia uses education, community, and technology to change the way people think about hormones. 
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Bringing precision to musculoskeletal health Figur8, founded by MIT alumna Nan-Wei Gong SM ’09, PhD ’13, offers a wearable sensor system to improve the diagnosis and treatment of muscle injuries. 
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360-degree transparency for construction sites made simple Jeevan Kalanithi SM ’07 is CEO of OpenSpace, a company founded by three Media Lab graduates using computer vision to benefit the construction industry. 
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A new way to detect the SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant in wastewater SMART researchers have developed an innovative method to detect and quantify the B.1.1.7 (Alpha) variant of concern via wastewater epidemiology. 
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Giving robots better moves MIT alumnus-founded RightHand Robotics has developed picking robots that are more reliable and adaptable in warehouse environments. 
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Developing drones to address pandemic-related challenges in Scandinavia After meeting in an Advanced Study Program at MIT, three Norwegian students began working together to transport biological samples using autonomous vehicles. 
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The new wave of robotic automation Peter Howard SM ’84 is the CEO of Realtime Robotics, a startup transforming autonomous robot motion planning to enable seamless, affordable human-robot collaboration. 
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Startup improving chemical separations wins MIT $100K competition Finalists included startups developing solutions for subsurface mapping, 3D LIDAR sensor data analytics, and healthcare needs. 
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The future of the IoT (batteries not required) Benton Calhoun SM ’02 PhD ’06 and David Wentzloff SM ’02 PhD ’07 are co-founders of Everactive, which uses wireless sensing to provide continuous remote monitoring for the industrial internet of things. 



