Via @mitedgertoncenter on Instagram: “Students highly enjoyed making their own furry animal ear headbands in this IAP class!”

Senior Anushree Chaudhuri seeks to make the energy transition more just by documenting local responses to renewable energy projects. Addressing resistance can be challenging, but “ignoring it leaves these communities in the dust and widens the urban-rural divide,” she says.

Engineers have devised a technique that enables an AI chatbot to conduct a day-long conversation with a human collaborator without slowing down or crashing — no matter how much text the conversation involves.

A 4D-knit dress uses heat-activated yarn whose fit can be altered in an instant. Skylar Tibbits told Dezeen that “it can be perfectly tailored to the individual while being more sustainable and adaptable to changes in season, style or inventory.”

A small ultrasound sticker, worn on the skin, can monitor the stiffness of organs deep inside the body. The sensor could detect signs of disease such as liver and kidney failure, and the progression of solid tumors.

The winners of this year's MADMEC competition developed biodegradable "temporary tattoos" for T-shirts to make one-wear clothing more sustainable. The “Me-Shirts” team was inspired by MADMEC itself, which ordinarily offers a new T-shirt each year.