Seeing materials with AI + EV charging + Indigenous incubator + Tim the BeaVR

The MIT Mobility Forum considers whether startups can provide the infrastructure for electric vehicles, or if more automakers must step in.

Professor of chemistry and 2022 MacArthur Fellow Danna Freedman opens a door “into a real field that has real potential.”

Over the course of four days, Indigenous delegates collaborated on immersive technology with MIT community members.

Assistant Professor César Terrer and recent visiting student Stephen Bell describe how agricultural lands that are no longer productive could play an important role in carbon sequestration.

MIT researchers developed a robotic gripper that’s able to grasp objects using reflexes. “The Robo-Gripper has proximity and contact sensors which allows it to react to surfaces near objects to better grab them. The technology may allow these machines to be used in homes or other unique, unstructured environments.”

Eleven fellows have been selected for the 2023-2024 MIT Morningside Academy for Design (MIT MAD) program. The fellowship program is aimed at helping designers have a “real-world impact in fields such as sustainability, architecture, health, and social justice.”