MIT engineers design microrobot that flies as fast as a bumblebee
TL;DR MIT researchers built an insect-scale flying robot that matches key flight metrics of real insects by pairing a high-performance…
Jennifer Lewis on 3D-printed soft matter: Octobot to patient-specific tissues
TL;DR At MIT.nano’s 2025 Mildred S. Dresselhaus Lecture, Jennifer Lewis outlined advances in 3D printing soft and living materials, from…
Vine-inspired robotic gripper gently lifts heavy and fragile objects
TL;DR Researchers at MIT and Stanford built a soft, vine-like robotic gripper that grows from pressurized tubes, coils around targets,…
Essential Questions to Ask in Your Next Job Interview — Make the Reverse Interview Count
TL;DR This piece, crossposted from IEEE Spectrum’s careers newsletter and produced in partnership with career development firm Taro, urges candidates…
How Engineering Leaders Should Mentor Teams to Boost Innovation in a Digital Age
TL;DR In an era of fast digital transformation, engineering leaders are expected to go beyond managing projects and deep technical…
Accelerating Radar Cross Section Simulations for Electrically Large Structures
TL;DR A new white paper compares full-wave and approximate electromagnetic techniques and shows that extrapolation, physical optics (PO), and hybrid…
Teams Test Large Quadcopters That Spot and Drop Water on Brushfires
TL;DR Drone teams are demonstrating large quadcopters designed to detect and suppress small brushfires by delivering water payloads. A recent…
How to redeem digital game codes on the Nintendo Switch 2 — step-by-step
TL;DR Nintendo Switch 2 uses the same eShop-based process as the original Switch to redeem 16-character download codes. You can…