Mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering

Mechanical engineering

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Preview tool helps makers visualize 3D-printed objects

By quickly generating aesthetically accurate previews of fabricated objects, the VisiPrint system could make prototyping faster and less wasteful.

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Seeing sounds

Mariano Salcedo, a master’s student in the new Music Technology and Computation Graduate Program, is designing an AI to visualize and express music and other sounds.

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MIT engineers design proteins by their motion, not just their shape

An AI model generates novel proteins based on how they vibrate and move, opening new possibilities for dynamic biomaterials and adaptive therapeutics.

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Augmenting citizen science with computer vision for fish monitoring

MIT Sea Grant works with the Woodwell Climate Research Center and other collaborators to demonstrate a deep learning-based system for fish monitoring.

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Wristband enables wearers to control a robotic hand with their own movements

By moving their hands and fingers, users can direct a robot to play piano or shoot a basketball, or they can manipulate objects in a virtual environment.

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MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab seed to signal: Amplifying early-career faculty impact

Academia-industry relationship is an early-stage accelerator, supporting professional progress and research.

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A “ChatGPT for spreadsheets” helps solve difficult engineering challenges faster

The approach could help engineers tackle extremely complex design problems, from power grid optimization to vehicle design.

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3 Questions: Using AI to help Olympic skaters land a quint

MIT Sports Lab researchers are applying AI technologies to help figure skaters improve. They also have thoughts on whether five-rotation jumps are humanly possible.

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“This is science!” – MIT president talks about the importance of America’s research enterprise on GBH’s Boston Public Radio

MIT faculty join The Curiosity Desk to discuss football, math, Olympic figure skating, AI and the quest to cure ovarian cancer.

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SMART launches new Wearable Imaging for Transforming Elderly Care research group

WITEC is working to develop the first wearable ultrasound imaging system to monitor chronic conditions in real-time, with the goal of enabling earlier detection and timely intervention.