No more finger pricks + soft robots + aquaculture

By rahmat hidayat

Rabu, 03 Desember 2025

view in browser MIT Daily December 3, 2025 Greetings! Here’s the latest from the MIT community.   Have feedback to share? Email mitdailyeditor@mit.edu. No More Finger Pricks Engineers have shown they can accurately measure blood glucose by shining near-infrared light on the skin. “If we can make a noninvasive glucose monitor with high accuracy, then almost everyone with diabetes will benefit,” says Research Scientist Jeon Woong Kang. Full story via MIT News → Top Headlines New control system teaches soft robots the art of staying safe MIT CSAIL and LIDS researchers developed a mathematically grounded system that lets soft robots deform, adapt, and interact with people and objects, without violating safety limits. Full story via MIT News → MIT Sea Grant students explore the intersection of technology and offshore aquaculture in Norway The AquaCulture Shock program, in collaboration with MIT-Scandinavia MISTI, offers international internships for AI and autonomy in aquaculture. Full story via MIT News → Turning a childhood interest into a career path with MIT Open Learning resources High schooler Hinata Yamahara’s interest in urban planning was nurtured by free MIT resources, including OpenCourseWare. Full story via MIT News → #ThisisMIT Follow @MITPolice on Facebook→ In the Media Harnessing the power of AI to help revolutionize Olympic-level figure skating // Associated Press Alumnus Jerry Lu MF ’24 and his colleagues have developed OOFSkate, an AI-powered app that can analyze a figure skater’s “jump height, rotation speed, airtime and even landing quality.” Lu explains that: “Our vision for the system is to automate the technical calling of the sport. This manifests itself in a combination of using AI-assisted computer vision, but also the knowledge of figure skating, essentially taking out the stuff that should be judged without subjectivity.”  Full story via the Associated Press→ Digit 33 Varsity sports at MIT, including basketball, fencing, and squash Learn more→ This edition of the MIT Daily was brought to you by making movie magic. ❄️ 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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