How do engineers design underwater robots that can explore the ocean's depths? 🤖
Step inside the MIT towing tank, where @MITMechE and @MITSeaGrant researcher Teagan Sullivan shows us the science of buoyancy — and why getting it right means the difference between floating, sinking, or going anywhere you want.
The key? It's all about volume, weight, and how much water your object can push aside.
🔗 Wonder what else you can learn? Visit the link in our bio!
#OceanExploration #UnderwaterRobots #MarineEngineering #MechanicalEngineering
🏈 What can a ball toss teach us about visual processing and autism?
Tune in to the Beyond Biology podcast to hear MIT Biology Professor Pawan Sinha discuss the science of vision, his research into brain plasticity, and share the inspirational journey behind his nonprofit, Project Prakash.
🎧 Listen to the full episode at the link in our bio!
#VisionResearch #BrainPlasticity #VisionScience #STEM
Do you need to get up to speed on artificial intelligence?
@mitopenlearning now offers a self-paced program called Universal AI, that helps learners go from novice to AI fluency. The first course on the Fundamentals of Programming and Machine Learning is free. Link in our bio!
AI education should be accessible to everyone, because it's going to be useful for everyone.
That's the simple idea behind Universal AI: a self-paced program designed to help you build practical AI skills, starting with the fundamentals and moving into real-world applications.
✔️ Designed by 30+ MIT faculty and experts
✔️ Built around case studies and hands-on exercises
✔️ No coding required
✔️ First course is free
✔️ Includes AskTIM for help along the way
Start where you are. Learn at your own pace. Build skills you can actually use.
🔗 Learn more at the link in bio!
#OnlineEducation #LifelongLearning #AIEducation #AISkills #AIForAll
🦿 What goes into making a prosthetic? And what does the manufacturing process have in common with plastic items in your home?
MIT Mechanical Engineering researcher Autumn Geil shares her design for a prosthetic foot designed for scale and accessibility.
🤔 The secret to making it affordable at scale? Injection molding.
One metal mold → thousands of parts → complex geometry stays cheap.
And here's a fun challenge from Autumn: look for the "parting line" on any plastic object near you. That's where the two mold halves met. Once you see it, you can't unsee it. 👀
Wonder what else you can learn? 🔗 Visit the link in our bio!
#MechanicalEngineering #InjectionMolding #EngineeringInnovation #ProstheticDesign #AccessibilityTech
🌎 An astronaut who watched glaciers shrink from space.
🌿 An AI researcher helping save species we've barely discovered.
🙌 Students ready to lead the next wave of climate action.
The second annual Day of Climate packed the @MITMuseum with learners, educators, families, and big climate innovation ideas — from the view 250 miles up to the algorithms tracking life on Earth.
Led by the pK-12 Initiative at MIT Open Learning, Day of Climate is more than an event — it's a free, adaptable curriculum designed to bring climate education to learners and educators everywhere.
🔗 Read the full event recap and explore the curriculum at the link in our bio!
#ClimateChange #ClimateAction #pk12 #STEM
A 100-year-old technology is helping keep seniors safe at home — without a single camera.
@MITAeroAstro researcher @dominique_regli uses radar and machine learning to:
👀 Detect falls in real time
🌙 Flag unusual nighttime activity
🍳 Recognize daily routines like cooking, eating, sleeping
The secret? Combining machine learning with reasoning-based models that generalize across new spaces.
The result is private and adaptable care technology that helps seniors stay independent longer.
Wonder what else you can learn? Visit learn.mit.edu.
#AgeTech #SeniorSafety #HealthInnovation #MachineLearning
It's 1999. The internet is exploding. And many universities want to cash in. 💰
@MIT 's move? Give it all away. For free.
That one bold idea became MIT OpenCourseWare — and it changed how the world learns. 🌎
Today, millions of people access MIT lectures, materials, and resources without spending a cent. Are you one of them?
🔗 Visit the link in our bio to watch the full documentary of MIT OpenCourseWare's origin and 25-year impact.
#OpenEducation #OnlineLearning #OnlineTeaching #FreeEducation
🦜 What makes bird feathers certain colors?
It's not just for looks. The colors depend on the structure of feathers at the microscopic level, which can lead to amazing blues and iridescent effects.
Lorna J. Gibson, professor emerita of @mitmeche and @mitdsme , shares more about the structural details that determine feather colors in the first Open Seminar on MIT Learn.
🔗 Watch the full seminar at the link in our bio!
#StructuralBiology #MaterialScience #MechanicalEngineering #FYP #Ornithology
⚠️ Warning: this may kill you!
At @MIT , some lessons come with this type of disclaimer.
Watch this instructor safely explode a wire to show how capacitors store and release energy — and why you should absolutely never try to repair a microwave at home.
Want to learn the physics behind moments like this?
Explore courses and learning resources at learn.mit.edu (link in bio).
#PhysicsLesson #LearnPhysics #AroundMIT #ScienceDemo #STEM
You're learning about AI but what does it actually cost? 🤔💡
At a SXSW EDU panel with SubjectToClimate, MIT's Christopher Rabe addressed the climate blind spot in AI education.
AI runs on massive data centers that consume water, electricity, and materials — and those costs aren't shared equally. 🌍
The fix? Teach AI and climate together — not as competing subjects, but as one conversation.
🔗 Read more at the link in our bio!
#AIEducation #ClimateChange #AICosts #ClimateAwareness
Did you know you can study the subjects MIT is ranked #1 in the world for? 👀
MIT earned top marks in 12 subjects this year from @topunis , including:
🧪 Chemistry
🤖 Data Science & AI
💻 Computer Science
📐 Mathematics
🔭 Physics & Astronomy
🔗 Explore online courses in these top-ranked subjects at the link in bio!
#OnlineLearning #LifelongLearning #DataScience #AI #STEM #ComputerScience #AroundMIT
