An automated system developed by MIT researchers designs and 3-D prints complex robotic parts called actuators that are optimized according to an enormous number of specifications.
Automated System Generates Robotic Parts for Novel Tasks
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As fishermen deep in the Louisiana bayou, Kindra Arnesen and her family have faced their share of life-altering challenges in recent years.
Rice Device Channels Heat into Light
The ever-more-humble carbon nanotube may be just the device to make solar panels – and anything else that loses energy through heat – far more efficient.
Sound Mind: Detecting Depression Through Voice
AI algorithms can now more accurately detect depressed mood using the sound of your voice, according to new research by University of Alberta computing scientists.
NASA Finds an Asymmetric Tropical Storm Barry
Infrared imagery from NASA’s Aqua satellite shows that Tropical Storm Barry doesn’t look like a typical strong tropical cyclone.
Hear Them Roar: How Humans and Chickadees Understand Each Other
Is there something universal about the sounds we make that allows vocal learners—like songbirds—to figure out how we’re feeling?
