Future of Health and Healthcare
This inflatable prosthetic hand gives amputees real-time control
Engineers at MIT and Shanghai Jiao Tong University have designed a lightweight, and potentially low-cost neuroprosthetic hand for upper-limb amputees.
Jennifer Chu covers mechanical engineering, mathematics, physics, aeronautics, astronautics, and earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences as a writer for the MIT News Office.
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Environment and Natural Resource Security
Scientists have been measuring the temperature of the Earth's interior
Geologists at MIT have estimated the temperature of the Earth's interior, potentially enhancing our understanding of plate tectonics.
The Ocean
Tuna are spawning in marine protected areas
Tuna fish are being increasingly found in marine sanctuaries, away from commercial fishing and mining.
Virtual and Augmented Reality
Researchers are using virtual-reality to train drones
MIT engineers have developed a system that allows drones to learn how to manouevre around imaginary objects.
Biotechnology
These cell infused gloves could change the way we understand the human body
Engineers and biologists at MIT have designed a new “living material” that can sense chemical with light.
Climate Change
This new technology tracks the melting of ice sheets
Researchers have developed a new technique to monitor the seasonal changes in Greenland’s ice sheet, using seismic vibrations generated by crashing ocean waves.
Space
If there is extraterrestrial life, where is it?
Exo-planets similar to Earth outside our solar system could be the most likely places to find life.