Assistive wearables + modeling ocean waves + community recipes

MIT Weekly May 7, 2022 Greetings! Here’s a roundup of the latest from the MIT community.  Want a daily dose of MIT in your inbox? [Subscribe to the MIT Daily](. Assistive Wearables # Scientists in the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory have created a rapid design and fabrication tool to produce soft pneumatic actuators for integrated sensing. These devices are a critical backbone in applications such as assistive wearables, robotics, and rehabilitative technologies. [Full story via MIT News →]( Top Headlines Why bother with subject-verb agreement? 💬 This aspect of syntax helps us do much more than just build sentences, linguist Shigeru Miyagawa contends. [Full story via MIT News →]( Engineers use artificial intelligence to capture the complexity of breaking waves Their model’s predictions should help researchers improve ocean climate simulations and hone the design of offshore structures. [Full story via MIT News →]( [MIT Heat Island]( Sanjay Sarma to step down as vice president for open learning Following nine years leading MIT’s work on digital learning, the longtime faculty member will focus on teaching, research, writing, and entrepreneurship. [Full story via MIT News →]( [MIT Heat Island]( Search reveals eight new sources of black hole echoes The findings will help scientists trace a black hole’s evolution as it feeds on stellar material. [Full story via MIT News →]( [MIT Heat Island]( A “big, bold idea” for better sanitary pads Saathi, co-founded by Kristin Kagetsu ’12, is pursuing sustainable and responsible manufacturing with its biodegradable, compostable sanitary pads. [Full story via MIT Sloan →]( [MIT Heat Island]( #ThisisMIT #[A student smiles and holds up a moulding in her hand while in a lab. Text: @pappalardolab Lab Apprentice Tolu finishes machining her engine base and prepares it for a resin pour.]( [Follow @pappalardolab on Instagram →]( In the Media MIT engineers created a portable device that zaps seawater to make drinking water // Daily Beast A portable, solar-powered desalination device developed by MIT researchers can create potable drinking water with the push of a button. [Full story via The Daily Beast →]( This experiment could finally show us what hyperspace looks like // Popular Mechanics Researchers from MIT and the University of Waterloo have developed a new approach aimed at significantly increasing the probability of observing the Unruh effect. [Full story via Popular Mechanics →]( Opinion: Innovation doesn’t mean what you think it does // The Boston Globe “If we are going to get serious about solving world challenges, we all need to adopt more open and participatory systems to find, fund, and support innovators, wherever they may be,” writes Alex Amouyel, executive director of MIT Solve. [Full story via The Boston Globe →]( Economics’ diversity problem includes socioeconomic diversity // Marketplace Assistant Professor Anna Stansbury discusses new work examining the lack of socioeconomic diversity in economics. “If we have a discipline [where] two-thirds of the U.S.-born economics profession is made up of people whose parents have graduate degrees, you know, that’s a very selected group that is maybe missing really important perspectives.” [Full story via Marketplace →]( Eat Up! #[Photo of a circular plate filled with tortellini in tomato sauce with basil]( Food is an essential component of the human experience. [Delicious By Design 2022]( a culinary representation of the MIT School of Architecture and Planning community, features more than 50 delicious recipes for you to try and enjoy. Bon appétit - Kainan na - 食福 - Smaklig måltid! [Explore the recipes→]( Digit 1,400 Number of gently used home goods, clothing, toys, and books shared and taken home at MIT’s most recent Choose to Reuse event [Learn more via the Office of Sustainability →]( Wise Words # Wednesday was Star Wars Day! We hope you carry the Force with you this weekend. This edition of the MIT Weekly was brought to you by [masks to go](. 😷 Have feedback to share? Email mitdailyeditor@mit.edu. Thanks for reading, and have a great week! —MIT News Office [Forward This Email]( [Subscribe]( [MIT Logo] Massachusetts Institute of Technology This email was sent to {EMAIL} because of your affiliation with MIT, or because you signed up for our newsletters. [subscribe]( [update preferences]( [unsubscribe]( [view in browser]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Youtube]( [Instagram]( MIT News Office · 77 Massachusetts Avenue · Cambridge, MA 02139 · USA