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Engineers design tiny batteries for powering cell-sized robots

AI and Machine Learning

Arrays of quantum rods could enhance VR devices

Environmental Health

Sensors developed for fitted face masks

Lightweight polymer material stronger than steel developed

Courtesy: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Environmental Health

Nanotube-based sensor can detect COVID-19 proteins

Courtesy: Devora Najjar, MIT

Environmental Health

Engineers develop COVID-19 saliva test

Courtesy: Felice Frankel and MIT News Office

Vision and Discrete Sensors

Face mask prototype can detect COVID-19 infection

Courtesy: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Heated face mask designed to filter and inactivate coronaviruses

Courtesy: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Robots remotely measure patients’ vitals for COVID-19

Unlike N95 masks, the new masks can be easily sterilized and used many times. This image shows photos of the mask (A and B) and the steps needed to clean and reuse the mask. Courtesy: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Engineers design reusable, silicone rubber face mask

Engineers from MIT and Brigham and Women’s Hospital have come up with a new approach to sharing ventilators between patients, which they believe could be used as a last resort to treat Covid-19 patients in acute respiratory distress. Courtesy: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Engineers propose safer method for sharing ventilators during COVID-19 pandemic

Researchers in MIT’s Open Agriculture Initiative grow basil under controlled environmental conditions to study how taste and other features are affected. Courtesy: Melanie Gonick, MIT

AI and Machine Learning

Machine-learning algorithms used to make agriculture taste better