Next time you cross a crowded plaza, crosswalk, or airport concourse, take note of the pedestrian flow. Are people walking in orderly lanes, single-file, to their respective destinations? Or is it a haphazard tangle of personal trajectories, as…
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Mathematicians uncover the logic behind how people walk in crowds | MIT News
Next time you cross a crowded plaza, crosswalk, or airport concourse, take note of the pedestrian flow. Are people walking in orderly lanes, single-file, to their respective destinations? Or is it a haphazard tangle of…
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RI Ph.D. Wins Three Minute Thesis Competition, Earns Jane Street Fellowship
03/24/2025 Mallory Lindahl
Vivian Shen, Robotics Institute Ph.D. student, emerged as the champion of the Carnegie Mellon University Three Minute Thesis competition (3MT). The internationally recognized competition,…
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SeaPerch: A robot with a mission | MIT News
The SeaPerch underwater robot is a popular educational tool for students in grades 5 to 12. Building and piloting SeaPerch, a remotely operated vehicle (ROV), involves a variety of hand fabrication processes,…
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Sewage Sludge Could Transform Into Food for Animals or Fuel for Cars
A pilot project shows that the noxious wastewater treatment byproduct could be broken down into animal feed and automotive fuel.
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Celebrating the Relationship Between Science and Illustration
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This article is part of series of Nautilus interviews with artists,…
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The Extraordinary, Imperiled Science at the End of the Earth
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In January 2019, my team and I climbed to the top of an Antarctic peak to hunt…
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Climate Change Is Fueling a Mental Health Crisis Among Adolescents
Learn more about how climate change brings dire consequences for the mental health of young adults.
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3D printing approach strings together dynamic objects for you | MIT News
It’s difficult to build devices that replicate the fluid, precise motion of humans, but that might change if we could pull a few (literal) strings.
At least, that’s the idea behind “cable-driven” mechanisms in…
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CMU Researchers Blend Materials at “Hard Textiles” Jam
March 18, 2025 Mallory Lindahl
On Friday, March 7, the Textiles Lab at the Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute, led by Associate Professor Jim McCann hosted a “Hard Textiles” lab jam. The lab jams show the unique…
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