Heavy-lifting robots + Dean of Engineering + bioelectronic implants

By rahmat hidayat

Senin, 08 Desember 2025

view in browser MIT Daily December 8, 2025 Greetings! Here’s the latest from the MIT community.   Have feedback to share? Email mitdailyeditor@mit.edu. Lightening the Load Unloading trucks and shipping containers is grueling work — and a big reason warehouse injury rates far exceed the national average. The alumni-founded Pickle Robot Company developed machines to do the heavy lifting, so workers can solve other supply chain bottlenecks. Full story via MIT News → Top Headlines Paula Hammond named dean of the School of Engineering A chemical engineer who now serves as executive vice provost, Hammond will succeed Anantha Chandrakasan. Full story via MIT News → Helping power-system planners prepare for an unknown future A new modeling tool enables energy-system planners to explore options for developing infrastructure to support decarbonized, reliable, and low-cost power grids. Full story via MIT News → Preventing fibrosis around implants on peripheral nerves A new bioadhesive strategy could enhance a variety of implantable bioelectronic devices, enabling applications such as hypertension mitigation. Full story via MIT News → #ThisisMIT Follow @mitalumni on Instagram→ In the Media Goodbye, finger pricks? Diabetes patients could monitor glucose with lightwaves // Popular Science Researchers at MIT have developed a noninvasive, light-based blood-glucose monitoring system capable of replacing finger pricks and under-the-skin sensors used by patients with diabetes. The approach could “even fit on a device the size of a watch. Each measurement scan takes slightly more than 30 seconds to complete. The device also shows an accuracy comparable to two commercially available, wearable glucose monitors.”  Full story via Popular Science→ Happenings A selection of this week’s community events: — Wednesday, Dec. 10 and Thursday, Dec. 11, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. | MIT Women’s League presents Holiday Maker Fair — Thursday, Dec. 11, 4-6 p.m. | Office of Religious, Spiritual, and Ethical Life, Addir Fellows Interfaith Dialogue, and Radius / The Technology and Culture Forum at MIT present Interfaith Food Festival — Thursday, Dec. 11, 7:30 p.m. | MIT Music and Theater Arts presents An Intimate Evening with the Ghost Hounds — Saturday, Dec. 13, 12 p.m. | MIT Tango Club presents Guillermina Quiroga and Mariano Logiudice: Master Tango Workshops More happenings via MIT Events→ This edition of the MIT Daily was brought to you by a day in the life of an MIT Lacrosse athlete. ⚛️ Thanks for reading, and enjoy your day! —MIT News Forward This Email Subscribe This email was sent to rh3252705.pese@blogger.com because of your affiliation with MIT, or because you signed up for our newsletters. subscribe update preferences unsubscribe view in browser MIT News Office · 77 Massachusetts Avenue · Cambridge, MA 02139 · USA

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