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Adam Zewe @aczewe

Nerdy science writer, Boston transplant, and fan of good food, great friends, and impeccable grammar.

Joined June 2009
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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12 Dec 2022
Engineers have developed flexible, ultralight solar cells that can turn any surface into a power source. These durable devices, which are much thinner than a human hair, are glued to a strong, lightweight fabric, making them easy to install on a surface. mitsha.re/aeHL50M0VHg
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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7 Dec 2022
A new method lets users search a remote database without revealing the information they are seeking to the server. “This work is really about giving users back some control over their own data,” says Alexandra Henzinger. mitsha.re/lBme50LXtPF
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Adam Zewe retweeted
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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1 Nov 2022
A new machine-learning model simulates how a listener would hear a sound from any point in a room. “I think this work opens up an exciting research direction on better utilizing sound to model the world,” Yilun Du says. mitsha.re/LHHL50LqJAf
Two figures show floorplan of the same apartment. A red dot is in the bottom right corner of apartment. The figure on the right includes furniture and room details; the left figure shows how loud the sound emitter is in every room. Close to the red dot the area is yellow, and further away it is blue.

ALT Two figures show floorplan of the same apartment. A red dot is in the bottom right corner of apartment. The figure on the right includes furniture and room details; the left figure shows how loud the sound emitter is in every room. Close to the red dot the area is yellow, and further away it is blue.

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Adam Zewe retweeted
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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2 Oct 2022
MIT engineers build a battery-free, wireless underwater camera: The device could help scientists explore unknown regions of the ocean, track pollution, or monitor the effects of climate change. mitsha.re/S8hL50KUwA8
A prototype camera, with 2 bulbous lenses, a circuit board, wires and white cylinder, sits on a dock with the Charles River and Boston skyline in blurred background.

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Adam Zewe retweeted
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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19 Sep 2022
Federated learning is a collaborative method for training a machine-learning model that keeps sensitive user data private. Hundreds or thousands of users each train their own model using their own data on their own device. mitsha.re/1vwM50KI3RV
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Adam Zewe retweeted
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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12 Aug 2022
Researchers from MIT and elsewhere developed a machine-learning model that can answer university-level mathematics problems in a few seconds at a human level. mitsha.re/4uwP50KbAiI
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Adam Zewe retweeted
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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8 Aug 2022
Researchers discover major roadblock in alleviating network congestion: Algorithms designed to ensure multiple users share a network fairly can’t prevent some users from hogging all the bandwidth. mitsha.re/3jEt50KeQKX
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Adam Zewe retweeted
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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4 Aug 2022
New algorithm aces university math course questions: Researchers use machine learning to automatically solve, explain, and generate university-level math problems at a human level. mitsha.re/4uwP50KbAiI
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Adam Zewe retweeted
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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27 Jul 2022
“Additive manufacturing can make a big difference in the future of space hardware,” says Luis Fernando Velásquez-García, whose team has 3D printed sensors for satellites. Such sensors could help scientists predict the weather or study climate change. mitsha.re/Nxve50K5qlB
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MIT Jameel Clinic for AI & Health@AIHealthMIT
25 Jul 2022
"Explanations make people, both experts & nonexperts, overconfident in the ability or the advice of a specific recommendation system.” — #JameelClinic PI @MarzyehGhassemi tells @aczewe for MIT News news.mit.edu/2022/explained-…

Explained: How to tell if artificial intelligence is working the way we want it to

Deep-learning models have become very powerful, but that has come at the expense of transparency. As these models are used more widely, a new area of research has risen that focuses on creating and...

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Adam Zewe retweeted
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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14 Jul 2022
Smart textiles sense how their users are moving: Researchers develop a comfortable, form-fitting fabric that recognizes its wearer’s activities, like walking, running, and jumping. mitsha.re/ijhA50JQqux
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Adam Zewe retweeted
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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30 Jun 2022
LIDS researchers are helping to make features used in machine-learning models more understandable for end users. “Out in the real world,” Alexandra Zytek says, “there is still a lot of confusion stemming from the features, not from the model itself.” mitsha.re/tXh450JLvsE
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Adam Zewe retweeted
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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29 Jun 2022
A new robotic system uses radio frequency signals, computer vision, and complex reasoning to efficiently find items hidden under a pile. Its algorithms locate more hidden items than other sophisticated robotic systems, and in half the time. mitsha.re/lPIN50JKzGZ
Fadel Adib, director of the Signal Kinetics group in the MIT Media Lab, and research assistants Tara Boroushaki, Nazish Naeem, and Laura Dodds are standing by a table with various objects on it. Tara Boroushaki is resting her arms on a robotic arm.

ALT Fadel Adib, director of the Signal Kinetics group in the MIT Media Lab, and research assistants Tara Boroushaki, Nazish Naeem, and Laura Dodds are standing by a table with various objects on it. Tara Boroushaki is resting her arms on a robotic arm.

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Adam Zewe retweeted
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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24 Jun 2022
Researchers have created a technique that boosts the speeds of programs that run in the Unix shell, a ubiquitous programming environment created 50 years ago, by parallelizing the programs. mitsha.re/tlwG50Jsumm
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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21 Jun 2022
Inspired by fireflies, EECS researchers have created insect-scale robots that can emit light when they fly, which enables motion tracking and communication. “It only takes about 3 percent more energy to shine out light,” Kevin Chen says. mitsha.re/QxBy50JCCZf
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Adam Zewe retweeted
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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16 Jun 2022
Stronger security for smart devices: Researchers demonstrate two security methods that efficiently protect analog-to-digital converters from powerful attacks that aim to steal user data. mitsha.re/ZNIe50Jza5v
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Adam Zewe retweeted
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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16 Jun 2022
An interdisciplinary team of researchers from MIT and elsewhere is striving to create screen-reader-friendly data visualizations that offer a similarly rich experience. mitsha.re/W27M50Jp64a
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Adam Zewe retweeted
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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15 Jun 2022
Charting a safe course through a highly uncertain environment: A new technique can safely guide an autonomous robot without knowledge of its environmental conditions or the size, shape, or location of obstacles it might encounter. mitsha.re/Ik0y50JgzI2
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Adam Zewe retweeted
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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3 Jun 2022
Making data visualization more accessible for blind and low-vision individuals: Researchers have created prototypes that enable screen-reader users to quickly and easily navigate through multiple levels of information in an online chart. mitsha.re/W27M50Jp64a
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Adam Zewe retweeted
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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17 May 2022
No one likes sitting at a red light, or wasting fuel and producing emissions while idling. What if motorists could pace themselves to arrive when the light is green? A LIDS team’s new machine-learning approach could keep traffic flowing smoothly. mitsha.re/OZTC50J9Xg0
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