A team of MIT researchers have developed a printable origami robot that folds itself up from a flat sheet of plastic when heated and measures about a centimeter from front to back. (Learn more: http://mitne.ws/1HwBZro) Weighing only a third of a gram, the robot can swim, climb an incline, traverse rough terrain, and carry a load twice its weight. Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT Additional footage: Shuhei Miyashita Music sampled from “Master” by Blue Dot Sessions http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blu… https://creativecommons.org/licenses/… Guest AuthorAll Guest Author Posts are submitted or additional content Wave Chronicle has added to the website. To be a Guest Author please visit our "Post Your Article" page.More Posts - Website

In a leap for robotic development, the MIT researchers who built a robotic cheetah have now trained it to see and jump over hurdles as it runs — making this the first four-legged robot to run and jump over obstacles autonomously. (Learn more: http://bit.ly/1JYy1bD) Watch the MIT cheetah run autonomously outside: http://youtu.be/XMKQbqnXXhQ Video: Haewon Park, Patrick Wensing and Sangbae Kim Guest AuthorAll Guest Author Posts are submitted or additional content Wave Chronicle has added to the website. To be a Guest Author please visit our "Post Your Article" page.More Posts - Website

The MIT Costume Shop is where creativity flourishes at the Institute. Courses in both costume design and figure drawing are only a couple of the examples of what is offered. The Costume Shop also designs, constructs and assists in all theater art productions on campus often creating all the costumes in house.  This video shows how students can take a simple medium like paper and transform them into incredible, and functional garments.  Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT Music sampled from “Keep the Car Running” by Alex Fitch http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ale… http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b… Guest AuthorAll Guest Author Posts are submitted or additional content Wave Chronicle has added to the website. To be a Guest Author please…

MIT.nano will be a 200,000-square-foot research facility for nanoscale research constructed at the very heart of the MIT campus. (Learn more about MIT.nano: http://bit.ly/1mZ8CUV) The building will house state-of-the-art cleanroom, imaging, and prototyping facilities supporting research with nanoscale materials and processes — in fields including energy, health, life sciences, quantum sciences, electronics, and manufacturing. Guest AuthorAll Guest Author Posts are submitted or additional content Wave Chronicle has added to the website. To be a Guest Author please visit our "Post Your Article" page.More Posts - Website

Observe@MIT is a series of astronomical observation sessions led by astronomer and planetary science lecturer Amanda Bosh. Members of the MIT community are encouraged to come and observe the sky above and learn about space and what there is to see on that particular day or night. Everyone is welcome to participate by looking through one of the telescopes and having a conversation with peers and astronomy enthusiasts alike up on the roof of building 37, on MIT’s campus in Cambridge, MA. To be alerted when there is an Observe session, join their mailing list: http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listin… Special thanks to the Alumni Class Funds for their contribution to Observe@MIT. Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT…

A team of engineers from MIT, Penn State University, and Carnegie Mellon University is developing a novel way to isolate rare circulating tumor cells using sound waves to separate them from blood cells. (Learn more: http://bit.ly/19Z5eoq) Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT Additional imagery courtesy of the researchers Music: Sampled from “Music for Manatees” by Kevin MacLeod http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b… Guest AuthorAll Guest Author Posts are submitted or additional content Wave Chronicle has added to the website. To be a Guest Author please visit our "Post Your Article" page.More Posts - Website

In a new study from MIT, researchers show how analyzing people’s keystrokes as they type can reveal a great deal of information about the state of their motor function. (Learn more: http://bit.ly/1Inaj5u) Using the researchers’ algorithm for analyzing keystroke patterns could lead to the diagnosis of diseases that impair motor function, such as Parkinson’s disease, much earlier than is now possible.  Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT Music sampled from “Air Hockey Season” by Chris Zabriskie http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chr… http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b… Guest AuthorAll Guest Author Posts are submitted or additional content Wave Chronicle has added to the website. To be a Guest Author please visit our "Post Your Article" page.More Posts - Website

MIT researchers have devised a new way to make complex liquid mixtures, known as emulsions, that could have many applications in drug delivery, sensing, cleaning up pollutants, and performing chemical reactions. (Learn more about these complex emulsions:http://bit.ly/1akhMHC) Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT Additional imagery courtesy of Lauren Zarzar/Vishnu Sresht/Nature Music sampled from “Treppe 3” by Rod Hamilton http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rod… http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b… Guest AuthorAll Guest Author Posts are submitted or additional content Wave Chronicle has added to the website. To be a Guest Author please visit our "Post Your Article" page.More Posts - Website

Scientists at MIT and Harvard University have identified two optical structures within the blue-rayed limpet’s shell that give its blue-striped appearance. Such natural optical structures may serve as a design guid for engineering color-selective, controllable, transparent displays. (Learn more: http://bit.ly/181DKNV) Video produced and edited by Melanie Gonick Additional footage and imagery courtesy of the researchers Music sampled from “Hallon” by Christian Bjoerklund http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chr… http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b… Guest AuthorAll Guest Author Posts are submitted or additional content Wave Chronicle has added to the website. To be a Guest Author please visit our "Post Your Article" page.More Posts - Website