Natel Energy, founded by siblings Gia Schneider ’99 and Abe Schneider ’02, SM ’03, is deploying hydropower plants with fish-safe turbines and other features designed to mimic natural river conditions.

Via @sloanstudentlife on Instagram: “To see, or not to see: that is the question…and we saw! Last night Nia and a group of students watched a performance of Shakespeare’s, Much Ado About Nothing, while enjoying some ‘snackle’ boxes”

Yoel Fink discussed smart textiles with the Washington Post, which wrote that his team has “created fibers with hundreds of [silicon] microchips to transmit digital signals — essential if clothes are to automatically track things like heart rate or foot swelling.”

Using AI to control digital manufacturing, researchers have trained a machine-learning model to monitor and adjust the 3D printing process to fix errors in real-time. The work could help develop objects with special electrical or chemical properties.

Unified Engineering is a rite of passage for AeroAstro sophomores, putting them on a path toward careers as aeronautical engineers. “It equips the students with fundamental skills,” Zoltán Spakovszky says. “There’s hands-on experience as well.”

To the outside world, MIT can seem mysterious. But the MIT Museum, whose new location is in the heart of Kendall Square, wants to change that. With new exhibitions and new public programs, this fall marks a reset for the 50-year-old institution.