Emerging Technologies
This thin solar cell can turn any surface into an energy source
Ultralight fabric solar cells can quickly and easily turn any surface into a power source. They are one-hundredth of the weight of conventional panels.
Most Popular
Emerging Technologies
How AI is being used to improve 3D printing
Researchers have trained a machine-learning model to streamline 3D printing, monitoring and adjusting the process to correct errors in real-time.
Emerging Technologies
How to tell if artificial intelligence is working the way we want it to
As machine learning enters into more disciplines – from healthcare to education – explanation methods are becoming more important, but improvements are still needed.
Manufacturing and Value Chains
Here's how researchers are 3D printing sensors for satellites
MIT researchers have demonstrated a 3D-printed plasma sensor for orbiting spacecraft that works just as well as much more expensive, semiconductor sensors.
Emerging Technologies
How AI is being taught to pinpoint patient information
Research has shown that even when a doctor has been trained to use an electronic health record (EHR), finding an answer to just one question can take, on average, more than eight minutes.
Emerging Technologies
Digital knitting and smart socks could change injury rehabilitation
Researchers have developed a novel 'smart' fabric that recognizes its wearer’s activities and could improve injury prevention and rehabilitation.
Health and Healthcare Systems
A new device can make drinking water from seawater at the push of a button
This portable unit needs less power to operate than a cell phone charger and could make it much easier for those in resource-poor areas to desalinate water
Emerging Technologies
Does this artificial intelligence think like a human?
'Shared Interest', a new artificial intelligence technique, could help a user easily uncover concerning trends in a model’s decision-making - like when deciphering photos with background ...
Emerging Technologies
These AI tools are teaching themselves to improve how they classify images
MIT researchers have created a machine-learning model for image classification that uses synthetic data - and it can rival one trained on real data, they say.
Emerging Technologies
How to help humans understand robots
Psychology theories could help humans learn to collaborate with robots faster and more effectively, according to researchers at MIT and Harvard University.
Emerging Technologies
Can you trust your AI assistant? A worker's guide to predictions, decisions and collaboration
Researchers have developed a technique, designed to help people better understand when to trust an AI agent.
Emerging Technologies
New machine-learning system can help doctors make high-stakes decisions
Researchers at MIT have developed a machine-learning model that identifies treatments posing a higher risk than other options for conditions like sepsis.
Industries in Depth
How technology can speed up the search for new medicines
A deep learning model rapidly predicts the 3D shapes of drug-like molecules, which could accelerate the process of discovering new medicines.
Emerging Technologies
Artificial intelligence is learning to interact with the world the way humans do
MIT researchers have developed a machine learning model that understands the underlying relationships between objects in a scene and can generate accurate images of scenes from text descr...
Emerging Technologies
Meet the robots with their very own social skills
MIT researchers are training the next generation of social robots. A new framework allows robots to understand what might help or hinder another robot.