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Customizing 3-D Printing
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Customizing 3-D Printing

Researchers from MIT and the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya in Israel have developed a design tool that automatically turns CAD files for a 3-D printer into...

Helping Robots Put It All Together
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Helping Robots Put It All Together

An algorithm developed at MIT lets autonomous robots divvy up assembly tasks on the fly.

Six Keys to Sports Analytics
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Six Keys to Sports Analytics

The ninth annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference (SSAC) was the biggest meeting yet of sports-data experts: More than 3,100 people attended the event last...

Researchers Generate a Reference Map of the Human Epigenome
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Researchers Generate a Reference Map of the Human Epigenome

The sequencing of the human genome laid the foundation for the study of genetic variation and its links to a wide range of diseases. But the genome itself is only...

Qubits With Staying Power
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Qubits With Staying Power

Researchers have unveiled a new design that in experiments extended the superposition time of a promising type of qubit a hundredfold, which could lead toward practical...

New 'switch' Could Power Quantum Computing
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New 'switch' Could Power Quantum Computing

A light lattice that traps atoms may help scientists build networks of quantum information transmitters.

The Complexonaut
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The Complexonaut

When he was in elementary school, Scott Aaronson, like many mathematically precocious kids of his generation, dreamed of making his own video games.

3-D Scanning, With Your Smartphone
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3-D Scanning, With Your Smartphone

Startup Viztu Technologies developed commercial software that generated 3-D models from 2-D photos.  

Forget Hide and Seek: System Allows Through-Wall, 3-D Motion Tracking
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Forget Hide and Seek: System Allows Through-Wall, 3-D Motion Tracking

New technology developed at MIT uses radio signals to track a person's location and movement through walls and obstructions, pinpointing his or her location to...

Leaner Fourier Transforms
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Leaner Fourier Transforms

A new algorithm developed at MIT can separate signals into their individual frequencies using a minimal number of samples.

Teaching Computers to See–by Learning to See Like Computers
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Teaching Computers to See–by Learning to See Like Computers

By translating images into the language spoken by object-recognition systems, then translating them back, researchers hope to explain the recognition systems'...

Artificial-Intelligence Research Revives Its Old Ambitions
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Artificial-Intelligence Research Revives Its Old Ambitions

The birth of artificial-intelligence research as an autonomous discipline is generally thought to have been the monthlong Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial...

High Potential
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High Potential

In 2006, when Tomás Palacios completed his PhD in electrical and computer engineering at the University of California at Santa Barbara, he was torn between taking...

MIT Alums Recount Their Martian Experiences
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MIT Alums Recount Their Martian Experiences

Since NASA's Curiosity rover made its extraordinary Aug. 6 touchdown on Mars, it has been roving the Martian landscape, returning startling images.

New Chip Captures Power from Multiple Ambient Sources
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New Chip Captures Power from Multiple Ambient Sources

Researchers at MIT working on battery-free monitoring systems have developing a chip that harvests power from light, heat, and vibrations — which could ultimately...

Mit, Intel ­nveil New Initiatives Addressing 'big Data'
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Mit, Intel ­nveil New Initiatives Addressing 'big Data'

MIT has been selected from among 55 institutions that submitted 157 proposals to host a new Intel research center that will concentrate on what's come to be called...

Getting to the Root of Genetics
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Getting to the Root of Genetics

For Manolis Kellis, a deep interest in biology arose partly from an immersion in multiple languages.
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