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March 14, 2024
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Infinite Numbers
Collage of images from various locations that display the numbers of pi, "3.14159265358979323846264338327."
For Pi Day this year, we turned numerals seen around campus into an irrationally beautiful collage. Best wishes to everyone for a day filled with pi(e) and random acts of kindness! Thanks as well to all who applied for admission to the undergraduate Class of 2028. Per tradition, decisions will be available at 6:28 p.m. ET (Tau Time).
     
Top Headlines
Eight reasons Pi Day is the best day of the year at MIT
“No pi versus pie pun is left untold — or uneaten.”
Full story via MIT Open Learning→
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For people who speak many languages, there’s something special about their native tongue
An MIT study finds the brains of polyglots expend comparatively little effort when processing their native language.
Full story via MIT News →
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A sprayable gel could make minimally invasive surgeries simpler and safer
Applied during endoscopic procedures, GastroShield could help prevent complications such as bleeding and leakage from weakened gastrointestinal tissues.
Full story via MIT News →
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Master bladesmith Bob Kramer’s lessons from the school of life
In an MIT visit, the endlessly curious Kramer explained how he sampled careers from cook to circus clown before beginning the pursuit of mastery within his craft.
Full story via MIT News →
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#ThisisMIT
Ritu Raman sits in center with a dog on lap inside her office. Her father, left, also has a dog, and her mother sits on right. Text via @‌ritu.raman: The two engineers who raised this engineer finally got to see my office and lab. So proud to bring the Raman Family to the Raman Lab, and such fun to remember the first time we were on this campus together for a college tour in 2007….!
Post via @ritu.raman on Instagram→
In the Media
How human intelligence inspired AI // The Economist 
Professor Daniela Rus, director of CSAIL, discusses the history and future of artificial neural networks and their role in large language models. “The early artificial neuron was a very simple mathematical model,” says Rus. “The computation was discrete and very simple.”
Full story via The Economist→
Why flying is still safe despite high-profile problems // NPR
Professor Arnold Barnett explores airline safety and the risks associated with flying. Barnett found that “from 2018 to 2022, the chances of a passenger being killed on a flight anywhere in the world was 1 in 13.4 million. Between 1968 to 1977, the chance was 1 in 350,000.”  
Full story via NPR→
Watch This
Audrey Chen solders a circuit board at lab table.
In class 2.679 (Electronics for Mechanical Systems II) students design, fabricate, and assemble a printed circuit board, and then incorporate it into a mechanical device that they create. “We imagine it, and we build it,” says Professor Tonio Buonassisi. 
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