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"Steer of Memories"
Over the 3-day Steer Roast/East Side Festival, East side alumni and students were invited to attach photos, letters, and other tributes to friends, celebrations. traditions, etc... that are no longer around.
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⭐ ATHLETE OF THE WEEK ⭐
Nate Toth has been named the AVCA Division III National Player of the Week! Toth was also named the UVC Tournament MVP after the Engineers claimed the program's first UVC Title. #RollTech
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Watch: Developed by researchers from the Tangible Media group (@tangiblemediagroup ) and colleagues from Politecnico di Bari in Italy (@politecnicodibari ), electrofluidic fiber muscles mimic the way that natural muscle fibers bundle, and could enable compact, silent robotic and prosthetic systems.
“We believe electrofluidic fiber muscles can become a powerful new building block for untethered robots, wearables, and assistive technologies,” says Media Lab graduate student Ozgun Kilic Afsar, lead author of the paper published in Science Robotics (@sciencemagazine ).
Authors: Ozgun Kilic Afsar (@ozgunkilic ), Gabriele Pupillo (@pupillogabriele ), Gennaro Vitucci, Wedyan Babatain (@wedyan14 ), Hiroshi Ishii (@ishii_mit ), and Vito Cacucciolo (@vito_cacu )
The vibration of an atom is nature’s steadiest timekeeper; today’s atomic clocks underpin GPS, communications, and electronics worldwide. “But we and other scientists are constantly refining and chasing even more perfect time,” Vladan Vuletić says.
Engineers have designed a wristband that lets wearers control a robotic hand with their own movements. By moving their hands and fingers, users can direct a robot to play piano or shoot a basketball, or manipulate objects in a virtual environment.
Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT News
Every year, MIT releases undergraduate admissions decisions on Pi Day, March 14, in the spirit of the mathematical constant. Decisions for the Class of 2030 will be released on 3/14 at 1:59 p.m. EDT in the year '26, which follows the sequence of digits in pi. Located at the Charles River Esplanade in Boston across from the Institute, this plaque next to a park bench features the first 100-plus digits of pi. Can you spot tomorrow’s date and decision release time? Happy pre Pi Day, everyone!
Through a collaboration between MIT and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, researchers are creating playable replicas of historical musical instruments. “We want to understand the people who made these instruments through both the materials that they’re made of, but also the sound that they have,” senior postdoc Benjamin Sabatini says.
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