Harmonix innovates music gameplay to create iconic video games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band. Credit: Courtesy of Harmonix, from Rock Band 4 The
View More Iconic Video Games: MIT Spinout Harmonix Keeps Innovating, With Lasting ImpactCategory: Technologies
Breakthrough Proof Clears Path for Quantum AI – Overcoming Threat of “Barren Plateaus”
A novel proof that certain quantum convolutional networks can be guaranteed to be trained clears the way for quantum artificial intelligence to aid in materials…
View More Breakthrough Proof Clears Path for Quantum AI – Overcoming Threat of “Barren Plateaus”Quantum Algorithms Bring Ions to a Standstill – Towards Even More Accurate Optical Atomic Clocks
Mismatched partners are being cooled: A single beryllium ion (red, left) and a single highly charged argon ion (purple, right) are bombarded by lasers from…
View More Quantum Algorithms Bring Ions to a Standstill – Towards Even More Accurate Optical Atomic ClocksFast-Forwarding Quantum Evolution: Physical Features Boost the Efficiency of Quantum Simulations
Two recent papers settle long-standing questions about algorithms on future quantum computers. Recent theoretical breakthroughs have settled two long-standing questions about the viability of simulating…
View More Fast-Forwarding Quantum Evolution: Physical Features Boost the Efficiency of Quantum SimulationsBreakthrough AI Technique Enables Real-Time Rendering of Scenes in 3D From 2D Images
To represent a 3D scene from a 2D image, a light field network encodes the 360-degree light field of the 3D scene into a neural…
View More Breakthrough AI Technique Enables Real-Time Rendering of Scenes in 3D From 2D ImagesNew Artificial Intelligence System Enables Machines That See the World More Like Humans Do
A new “common-sense” approach to computer vision enables artificial intelligence that interprets scenes more accurately than other systems do. Computer vision systems sometimes make inferences…
View More New Artificial Intelligence System Enables Machines That See the World More Like Humans DoUltrathin Solar Cells Get a Boost – “Efficiencies of Perovskites Have Skyrocketed”
Rice University graduate student Wenbin Li prepares a 2D perovskite solar cell for testing in a solar simulator. Rice engineers boosted the efficiency of cells…
View More Ultrathin Solar Cells Get a Boost – “Efficiencies of Perovskites Have Skyrocketed”New Synthetic Biomaterial Can Repair Hearts, Muscles, and Vocal Cords
A rendered image of the vocal cord bioreactor for testing the hydrogels. Credit: Zixin He Scientists from McGill University develop new biomaterial for wound repair.…
View More New Synthetic Biomaterial Can Repair Hearts, Muscles, and Vocal CordsMIT Student Designs Novel Prosthetics and Seeks To Inspire Others To Pursue Engineering
PhD student Lucy Du is a founding member and leader of the MIT MakerWorkshop, which has been much more than a workplace for Du, who…
View More MIT Student Designs Novel Prosthetics and Seeks To Inspire Others To Pursue EngineeringNew Cyber Protections Against Stealthy “Logic Bombs” Targeting 3D Printed Drones, Prostheses and Medical Devices
Cyber attackers could target 3D printed objects in health care, aerospace, and other fields. Cybersecurity researchers at Rutgers University-New Brunswick and the Georgia Institute…
View More New Cyber Protections Against Stealthy “Logic Bombs” Targeting 3D Printed Drones, Prostheses and Medical Devices