Month: June 2020

“Ion-based technology may enable energy-efficient simulations of the brain’s learning process, for neural network AI systems.” Source: David L. Chandler | MIT News Office Teams around the world are building ever more sophisticated artificial intelligence systems of a type called neural networks, designed in some ways to mimic the wiring [..]

“Technology could help diagnose and monitor patients with COVID-19” Source: UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA In groundbreaking new research, mechanical engineers and computer scientists at the University of Minnesota have developed a 3D printing technique that uses motion capture technology, similar to that used in Hollywood movies, to print electronic sensors directly [..]

“Leading organic chemists synthesize fungal molecule capable of reactivating the self-destruct gene in aggressive cancer cells” Source: TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE Cancers cells use a special technique to propagate; they delete their “programmed death” gene through mutation, “forget” to die when their lifetime is over, and continue to grow instead. [..]

“New smart fabrics can provide a high resolution color-coded map of body response and the environment.” Source: TUFTS UNIVERSITY MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (June 5, 2020)–Researchers at Tufts University’s School of Engineering have developed biomaterial-based inks that respond to and quantify chemicals released from the body (e.g. in sweat and potentially other [..]

“The design could advance the development of small, portable AI devices.” Source: Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office MIT engineers have designed a “brain-on-a-chip,” smaller than a piece of confetti, that is made from tens of thousands of artificial brain synapses known as memristors — silicon-based components that mimic the [..]

“Cambridge Crops develops an edible, imperceptible coating that might replace plastic packaging to preserve meats and produce.” Source: Archana Apte | Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab Benedetto Marelli, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at MIT, was a postdoc at Tufts University’s Omenetto Lab when he [..]

“Material inspired by Japanese paper-cutting art could help to prevent falls in icy or slippery conditions.” Source: Anne Trafton | MIT News Office Inspired by the Japanese art of paper cutting, MIT engineers have designed a friction-boosting material that could be used to coat the bottom of your shoes, giving [..]

“New roll-to-roll production method could enable lightweight, flexible solar devices and a new generation of display screens.” Source: David L. Chandler | MIT News Office A new way of making large sheets of high-quality, atomically thin graphene could lead to ultra-lightweight, flexible solar cells, and to new classes of light-emitting [..]