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MIT study says combustion emissions cause ~200,000 premature deaths/year in US; vehicles and power generation top sources

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Source: MIT. Researchers from MIT’s Laboratory for Aviation and the Environment have concluded that ground-level PM 2.5 Steven Barrett, an assistant professor of aeronautics and astronautics at MIT, and colleagues have published their results in the journal Atmospheric Environment. Click to enlarge. —Caiazzo et al.

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Video Friday: Monocycle Robot With Legs

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Notable that Boston Dynamics is now saying that Atlas “gets ready for real work.” Boston Dynamics ] You deserve to be free from endless chores! Starship ] By blending 2D images with foundation models to build 3D feature fields, a new MIT method helps robots understand and manipulate nearby objects with open-ended language prompts.

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This lithium-free battery startup just raised $78M in Series C funding

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Photo: Alsym Energy Boston-based Alsym Energy, which is developing a nonflammable rechargeable battery that’s cobalt and lithium-free, has announced a $78 million funding round. Alsym Energy will use the funds to grow its Boston-based team and expand its prototyping and pilot lines. Get started here. –

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Video Friday: Resilient Bugbots

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Inspired by the hardiness of bumblebees, MIT researchers have developed repair techniques that enable a bug-sized aerial robot to sustain severe damage to the actuators, or artificial muscles, that power its wings—but to still fly effectively. [ MIT ] This robot gripper is called DragonClaw, and do you really need to know anything else?

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Virtual Reality Helps Students Improve Their Math Literacy

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She has first-hand experience in education: She taught math and physics in Boston-area high schools. She also served in executive positions in Boston public schools , New York City public schools , and Success Academy charter schools, also in New York City.

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ARPA-E to award $14.5M to 5 projects to reduce energy use for transportation

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TRANSNET project teams will design and test new network optimization approaches, coupled with novel transportation and mobility simulations, to improve the energy efficiency of personal transportation. Project teams will each design a system model that dynamically simulates an urban transportation network and its energy use.

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Video Friday: Googly Eye

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MIT ] Half a century since the concept of a cyborg was introduced, digital cyborgs, enabled by the spread of wearable robotics, are the focus of much research in recent times. Boston Dynamics ] What can robots actually do.today? Can they help the average person beat a high jumper? Please send us your events for inclusion.