A Better Way To Match 3D Volumes
By mapping the volumes of objects, rather than their surfaces, a new technique could yield solutions to computer graphics problems in animation and CAD. Adam Zewe | MIT News Office…
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Using Data To Write Songs For Progress
Senior Ananya Gurumurthy adds her musical talents to her math and computer science studies to advocate using data for social change. By: Sandi Miller | Department of MathematicsMIT News (https://news.mit.edu/2023/using-data-write-songs-progress-0521)…
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A Better Way To Study Ocean Currents
A new machine-learning model makes more accurate predictions about ocean currents, which could help with tracking plastic pollution and oil spills, and aid in search and rescue. Computer scientists at…
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An AI Challenge Only Humans Can Solve
In their new book, “Power and Progress,” Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson ask whether the benefits of AI will be shared widely or feed inequality. Peter Dizikes | MIT News…
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Open-Source Platform Simulates Wildlife For Soft Robotics Designers
Since the term “soft robotics” was adopted in 2008, engineers in the field have been building diverse representations of flexible machines useful in exploration, locomotion, rehabilitation, and even space. One source of…
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Miniscule Device Could Help Preserve The Battery Life Of Tiny Sensors
Researchers from MIT and elsewhere have built a wake-up receiver that communicates using terahertz waves, which enabled them to produce a chip more than 10 times smaller than similar devices.…
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Biohybrid Robots: Recent Progress, Challenges, And Perspectives
AbstractThe past ten years have seen the rapid expansion of the field of biohybrid robotics. By combining engineered, synthetic components with living biological materials, new robotics solutions have been developed…
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Drones Navigate Unseen Environments With Liquid Neural Networks
In the vast, expansive skies where birds once ruled supreme, a new crop of aviators is taking flight. These pioneers of the air are not living creatures, but rather a…
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Subtle Biases In AI Can Influence Emergency Decisions
It’s no secret that people harbor biases — some unconscious, perhaps, and others painfully overt. The average person might suppose that computers — machines typically made of plastic, steel, glass,…
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Subtle Biases In AI Can Influence Emergency Decisions
It’s no secret that people harbor biases — some unconscious, perhaps, and others painfully overt. The average person might suppose that computers — machines typically made of plastic, steel, glass,…
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