Throughout 2023, MIT experienced a number of breakthroughs, key advancements, and noteworthy events, all featuring in the headlines.
At the beginning of the year, President Sally Kornbluth’s inauguration and Mark Rober’s commencement address marked significant moments. Moreover, Professor Moungi Bawendi was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Throughout the year, researchers at MIT made significant…
MIT neuroscientists discovered that sentences that are more complex, either because of unusual grammar or unexpected meaning, generate stronger responses in the brain's key language processing centers. This discovery was made possible with the help of an artificial language network. Conversely, straightforward sentences barely engaged these centers, and nonsensical sequences of words produced minimal responses.…
Researchers at MIT have developed a new technique that gives animators greater control over their designs in animated films and video games. This method uses mathematical functions, known as barycentric coordinates, to define how 2D and 3D forms can bend, stretch and move in space. Animators, therefore, have the option to choose functions that fit…
MIT had an eventful year in 2023, with President Sally Kornbluth's inauguration, Mark Rober's compelling commencement address, and Moungi Bawendi's Nobel Prize in Chemistry win. MIT researchers made significant progress in areas such as exploring the realms of artificial intelligence, creating eco-friendly energy solutions, inventing tools for early cancer detection, and examining the science of…
MIT neuroscientists, aided by an artificial language network, have published a study revealing that complex sentences, both in terms of unusual grammar and unexpected meaning, produce stronger responses in the brain's primary language processing areas. The centers have a less marked response to straightforward and nonsensical sentences.
For instance, when reading unusual sentences like "Buy sell…
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have introduced a technique that could provide artists working on animated movies and video games greater control over their creations. The method employs mathematical functions known as barycentric coordinates, enabling 2D and 3D shapes to move, stretch, and bend in space according to an artist's vision.
The new…
In 2023, MIT had an eventful year filled with numerous achievements, advancements, and major breakthroughs. From the commencement address by YouTuber and ex-NASA engineer Mark Rober and the inauguration of President Sally Kornbluth, to Professor Moungi Bawendi’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry, the year marked significant milestones for the university.
MIT played an influential role in a…
In 2023, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) had an eventful year, making remarkable advances in diverse areas from artificial intelligence to healthcare, climate change, and astrophysics. This included cutting-edge research such as inventing tools for earlier cancer detection and exploring the science behind spreading kindness.
One of the highlights was Professor Moungi Bawendi winning the…
A new study by neuroscientists at MIT has uncovered what kind of sentences are most likely to stimulate the brain's main language processing centers. Utilizing an artificial language network, the researchers discovered that sentences with unusual grammar or unexpected meanings produce stronger responses in these areas; while straightforward sentences or nonsensical word sequences hardly engage…
MIT neuroscientists, using an artificial language network, have learned that more complex sentences, due to either odd grammar or unexpected meanings, trigger stronger responses in the brain's key language processing centers. On the other hand, plain sentences barely stimulate these regions, and nonsense word sequences have little effect on them.
Evelina Fedorenko, an Associate Professor…
Researchers from MIT have developed a technique that provides animation artists greater flexibility and control over their characters. Their approach generates mathematical functions known as barycentric coordinates which define how 2D and 3D shapes can bend, stretch, and move. This change allows artists to choose functions that best suit their vision for their characters, offering…
MIT researchers have introduced a new technique giving animation artists more control over their 2D and 3D characters. The method uses mathematical functions, known as barycentric coordinates, which determine how shapes can move, bend, and stretch in space. This allows artists to shape the movements of an animated character according to their vision.
Traditionally, artists have…