Graduate student Andrew Barry has created software that allows a self-piloting drone to dodge obstacles at 30 miles per hour, reports Robert Ferris for CNBC. “The software, which is open source and available for free online, runs 20 times faster than existing navigational software,” reports Ferris.
Alyssa Newcomb reports for ABC News on a system developed by graduate student Andrew Barry that allows drones to avoid obstacles. Newcomb explains that the system, "operates at 120 frames per second and is able to extract depth information at a speed of 8.3 milliseconds per frame."
MIT researchers “demonstrated that a drone can zip through a maze of trees at 30 miles per hour swerving past obstacles in its way. The craft was able to do this using a stereo-vision algorithm that rapidly detects and avoids objects immediately in front of the craft,” reports Nidhi Subbaraman for BetaBoston.
MIT researchers have developed a drone that can recognize obstacles while flying at speeds of 30 miles per hour, writes Mary Beth Griggs for Popular Science. The drone creates a map of the world, “identifying obstacles, and mapping a path around them.”
MIT graduate Christine Marcus and Senior Lecturer Bill Aulet speak with Ian Wylie of the Financial Times about entrepreneurship education. Marcus explains that while taking courses at MIT Sloan, she realized that “entrepreneurship is a part of my soul and a very exciting way to impact the world.”
Prof. Tomasz Mrowka, head of the Department of Mathematics, speaks with U.S. News & World Report’s Delece Smith-Barrow about options for graduate students participating in MIT’s mathematics program. "We span the gamut of what happens in mathematics," says Mrowka.
Fortune reporter Claire Zillman writes that MIT is starting an “‘inverted admissions’ program in which students who excel in a series of free online courses—and a subsequent examination—will have better chances of being accepted into the school’s full master’s program.”
“That makes MIT’s approach seem pretty noble: finally, a more affordable way to get the same high-caliber degree, no matter your academic record, so long as you can prove your mettle,’” writes Christian Science Monitor reporter Molly Jackson of MIT’s new path to a master’s degree.
Drew Bent writes for The Tech about MIT’s new pilot program, through which students will be selected to enter the Supply Chain Management master’s program based on their performance in online courses. “The hybrid model allows for both types of learning to take place while also letting more students receive an MIT education,” writes Bent.
AP reporter Collin Binkley writes about MIT’s “MicroMaster’s” credential and the new path to an MIT master’s degree in Supply Chain Management. "Anyone who wants to be here now has a shot to be here," explains MIT President L. Rafael Reif.
Wall Street Journal reporter Loretta Chao writes that MIT will begin offering a “MicroMaster’s” credential and a new admissions path into MIT’s Supply Chain Management master’s program. Chao writes that the announcement, “comes as many companies say they are having greater difficulty finding people with the right skills to manage increasingly complex global and technology-driven supply chains.”
WBUR’s Fred Thys reports that MIT will introduce a new credential for online learning, as well as a new pathway for the pursuit of an MIT professional master’s degree in Supply Chain Management. “Imagine a graduate program that includes talented students who might never have been admitted to MIT in the old system, but who have now a new pathway to success today,” says President L. Rafael Reif.
President Reif speaks with Washington Post reporter Nick Anderson about MIT’s new “MicroMaster” credential. “Students are going to work hard to get one semester of graduate level courses online,” explains President Reif, “and they have to get something to reward them for that hard work.”
A new MIT pilot program offers opportunities for students to earn a “MicroMaster’s” credential and enter a professional master’s degree program at MIT, according to Reuters. The program “will allow candidates to take a semester of courses at its master's degree program in supply chain management for free online and then have an opportunity to apply to its full program in supply chain management.”
In an interview with Jeffrey Young of The Chronicle of Higher Education, President L. Rafael Reif speaks about the opportunities provided by the new pathway for the pursuit of an MIT professional master's degree. "We will find people who never thought they would be able to apply," says President L. Rafael Reif.