New open-source tool helps to detangle the brain
The software tool NeuroTrALE is designed to quickly and efficiently process large amounts of brain imaging data semi-automatically.
MIT Press releases Direct to Open impact report
Open-access monographs receive significantly more use and citations than non-open counterparts, and are more successful at reaching audiences beyond academia.
The power of App Inventor: Democratizing possibilities for mobile applications
More than a decade since its launch, App Inventor recently hosted its 100 millionth project and registered its 20 millionth user. Now hosted by MIT, the app also supports experimenting with AI.
MIT Press’s Direct to Open opens access to full list of 2024 monographs
Nine open-access books cross 10,000 reads threshold, bringing total for Direct to Open titles to almost 425,000.
Researchers release open-source space debris model
The MIT Orbital Capacity Assessment Tool lets users model the long-term future space environment.
The future of motorcycles could be hydrogen
MIT Electric Vehicle Team builds a unique hydrogen fuel cell–powered electric motorcycle.
Boosting faith in the authenticity of open source software
Speranza system brings hope to users that the package they download is functional software, not malware.
Q&A: Phillip Sharp and Amy Brand on the future of open-access publishing
An MIT-based white paper identifies leading questions in the quest to make open-access publications sustainable.
Improving accessibility of online graphics for blind users
Open-source software by MIT MAD Fellow Jonathan Zong and others in the MIT Visualization Group reveals online graphics’ embedded data in the user’s preferred degree of granularity.
Fast-tracking fusion energy’s arrival with AI and accessibility
MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center will receive DoE support to improve access to fusion data and increase workforce diversity.
MIT Press’s Direct to Open (D2O) opens access to 82 new books in 2023
With support from 322 libraries — a 33 percent increase in participation over its first year — the D2O publishing model will include over 160 scholarly monographs and edited collections by the end of 2023.
A new dataset of Arctic images will spur artificial intelligence research
The dataset, being collected as part of a US Coast Guard science mission, will be released open source to help advance naval mission planning and climate change studies.
Addressing food insecurity in arid regions with an open-source evaporative cooling chamber design
Less expensive than refrigerated cold rooms, this cooling chamber offers accessible cold storage for smallholder farmers.
MIT scientists build a system that can generate AI models for biology research
BioAutoMATED, an open-source, automated machine-learning platform, aims to help democratize artificial intelligence for research labs.
Open-source platform simulates wildlife for soft robotics designers
SoftZoo is a soft robot co-design platform that can test optimal shapes and sizes for robotic performance in different environments.