Is This New Design a Major Step Toward Portable AI Devices?
When it comes to processing power, the human brain just can’t be beat. Packed within the squishy, football-sized organ are somewhere around 100 billion neurons….
Computer Science
Ultra-Thin ‘Atomristors’ Pave the Way for More Powerful Computing
Engineers worldwide have been developing alternative ways to provide greater memory storage capacity on even smaller computer chips. Previous research into two-dimensional atomic sheets for…
Researchers Create Frequency Comb to Encrypt Data and Protect Cryptocurrencies
Data travels through thousands of miles of fiber optic cables underneath the world’s oceans–via pulses of light. And according to experts, the data in these…
Machine Learning Helps Predict the Geothermal Heat Flux in Greenland
A paper appearing in Geophysical Research Letters uses machine learning to craft an improved model for understanding geothermal heat flux — heat emanating from the…
Supercomputers Help Tailor Cancer Treatments to Individual Patients
Attempts to eradicate cancer are often compared to a “moonshot” — the successful effort that sent the first astronauts to the moon. But imagine if,…
New Computational Method Improves Resolution of Time-of-Flight Depth Sensors 1,000-Fold
For the past 10 years, the Camera Culture group at MIT’s Media Lab has been developing innovative imaging systems — from a camera that can…
MIT Develops a New Machine-Learning System for Analyzing Materials
Last month, three MIT materials scientists and their colleagues published a paper describing a new artificial-intelligence system that can pore through scientific papers and extract…
New Platform Analyzes Big Data to Answer Plain-Language Queries in Minutes
Companies often employ number-crunching data scientists to gather insights such as which customers want certain services or where to open new stores and stock products….
New Computer Systems Seek to Replicate Human Intelligence
Josh Tenenbaum, a professor of brain and cognitive sciences at MIT, directs research on the development of intelligence at the Center for Brains, Minds, and…
Teaching Artificial Intelligence Humor
We have a long history of yelling at our machines — cars that break down, televisions broadcasting our failing teams. But now, our machines understand us. And…
New Technique Illuminates the Inner Workings of AI Systems
Neural networks, which learn to perform computational tasks by analyzing huge sets of training data, have been responsible for the most impressive recent advances in…
SEAS Engineers Work Towards Hacker-Proof Computing
Every few days, the news brings us stories of massive data breaches, resulting in the theft of massive amounts of money, or the release of…
Engineers 3D Print Programmed Cells Into Living Devices
Engineers from MIT have developed a 3D printing technique that uses a new kind of ink made from genetically programmed living cells. The cells are…
TrueNorth Computer Chip Emulates Human Cognition
Imagine working in an office where, once you’ve finished one task, you had to wait until everyone in all the other cubicles completed the tasks…
High-Quality ‘Magnetoelectric’ Material Shows Promise as Memory for Electronics
Smartphones and computers wouldn’t be nearly as useful without room for lots of apps, music and videos. Devices tend to store that information in two…
JPL Develops A.I. Piloted Drones for Race Against Human Pilot
JPL engineers put together a drone race to find which is faster – a drone operated by a human or one operated by artificial intelligence….
MetaCherchant Software Reveals New Causes of Antibiotic Resistance
Scientists from ITMO University and Center of Physical and Chemical Medicine developed an algorithm capable of tracking the spread of antibiotic resistance genes in gut…
Engineers Develop Flexible and Stretchable Photonic Devices
Engineers at MIT have developed a new material that can be repeatedly stretched and flexed without losing its optical properties. Researchers at MIT and several…