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MIT-WHOI Joint Program announces new leadership
MIT-WHOI Joint Program announces new leadership

Ed Boyle to step down as director; Mick Follows will take over the directorship in July.

Taking the guesswork out of dental care with artificial intelligence
Taking the guesswork out of dental care with artificial intelligence

MIT alumni-founded Overjet analyzes and annotates dental X-rays to help dentists offer more comprehensive care.

Q&A: Neil Thompson on computing power and innovation
Q&A: Neil Thompson on computing power and innovation

Rapid increases in the speed and power of microchips have fueled innovation in many industries, but the future trajectory of that incredible progress may be in jeopardy.

Robots play with play dough
Robots play with play dough

A new system lets robots manipulate soft, deformable material into various shapes from visual inputs, which could one day enable better home assistants.

Donald Sadoway wins European Inventor Award for liquid metal batteries
Donald Sadoway wins European Inventor Award for liquid metal batteries

The MIT professor's work could enable long-term storage of renewable energy.

At the forefront of building with biology
At the forefront of building with biology

Ritu Raman leads the Raman Lab, where she creates adaptive biological materials for applications in medicine and machines.

Researchers release open-source photorealistic simulator for autonomous driving
Researchers release open-source photorealistic simulator for autonomous driving

MIT scientists unveil the first open-source simulation engine capable of constructing realistic environments for deployable training and testing of autonomous vehicles.

Robotic lightning bugs take flight
Robotic lightning bugs take flight

Inspired by fireflies, researchers create insect-scale robots that can emit light when they fly, which enables motion tracking and communication.

Quantum sensor can detect electromagnetic signals of any frequency
Quantum sensor can detect electromagnetic signals of any frequency

MIT engineers expand the capabilities of these ultrasensitive nanoscale detectors, with potential uses for quantum computing and biological sensing.

MIT engineers devise a recipe for improving any autonomous robotic system
MIT engineers devise a recipe for improving any autonomous robotic system

A new general-purpose optimizer can speed up the design of walking robots, self-driving vehicles, and other autonomous systems.

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