A new machine-learning system may help doctors choose the least risky treatments in urgent situations. When every minute counts, “being aware of how the patient is evolving, and the risk of administering a certain treatment at any given time, is really important,” Taylor Killian says.
At this week’s final presentations of 2.009, MIT’s popular Product Engineering Processes course, products included a curb-climbing wheelchair attachment, seizure-preventing glasses, and a system to assist knee-surgery patients.
A software architect and accomplished magician, Seth Raphael SM ’07 is combining his two loves with Zoom-era magic tricks — “to help spread joy in the pandemic,” he says.
Since 2014, MIT Outing Club members — new and advanced outdoor enthusiasts — have come together for the annual School of Rock, a weekend program teaching and advancing outdoor rock-climbing skills.
Michelle Kornberg ’20 is using her training in mechanical and ocean engineering to make a better world. She was helped on that path by her senior capstone class project, which supported sustainable seafood by helping aquaculture farmers grow oysters.
Meet MIT’s newest astronaut candidates: Marcos Berríos ’06, Christina Birch PhD ’15, and Christopher Williams PhD ’12 are among 10 new candidates selected from around the nation out of more than 12,000 applicants.
Writing in The Hill, four MIT researchers explore how to maximize the impact of the infrastructure spending bill. “New findings have given us the opportunity — and the mandate — to spend more boldly and intelligently than ever before,” they wrote.