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EECS researchers have developed a device that can control light at unprecedented speeds. This spatial light modulator could be used to create super-fast lidar sensors for self-driving cars, or brain scanners capable of generating higher-resolution images.

During a special screening of “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” students expressed pride at seeing MIT portrayed in a film that celebrates racial and gender diversity in STEM. One of the film’s characters is depicted as a student at the Institute.

As a biomedical engineer and a dancer, Research Affiliate Shriya Srinivasan is dedicated to investigating the body’s movements and sensations. Whether in the lab or on stage, “I’m thinking about how we create a sense of feeling,” she says.

Senior Teresa Gao has been named one of the 12 winners of the George J. Mitchell Scholarship’s Class of 2024, and will study augmented and virtual reality at Trinity College Dublin. Gao is the fifth MIT student to be named a Mitchell Scholar.

Researchers at MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms have made progress toward flocks of assembler robots that could build almost anything — including buildings, vehicles, and even bigger robots.