MIT Media Lab | Magnetic Implants for Muscle Tracking @MITMediaLab | Uploaded October 2022 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
Nearly all movement in the animal kingdom is driven by muscles, but can we more accurately measure how our muscles move during natural activity? Researchers at MIT Media Lab have validated that a strategy for tracking muscle movement can do that — track muscle motion outside the lab environment with through the use of implanted magnetic beads. These particular magnetic beads are also biocompatible, necessary for applying this technology toward improved control over prostheses and exoskeletons.
Scripted, screen written, and directed by Cameron Taylor
Produced by Cameron Taylor and Jimmy Day
Este video también está disponible en español: youtu.be/YIoGx18mvfM
More information at: https://www.media.mit.edu/projects/magnetomicrometry/
Nearly all movement in the animal kingdom is driven by muscles, but can we more accurately measure how our muscles move during natural activity? Researchers at MIT Media Lab have validated that a strategy for tracking muscle movement can do that — track muscle motion outside the lab environment with through the use of implanted magnetic beads. These particular magnetic beads are also biocompatible, necessary for applying this technology toward improved control over prostheses and exoskeletons.
Scripted, screen written, and directed by Cameron Taylor
Produced by Cameron Taylor and Jimmy Day
Este video también está disponible en español: youtu.be/YIoGx18mvfM
More information at: https://www.media.mit.edu/projects/magnetomicrometry/
![[Bike] Swarm](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wUl-CHJ6DK0/hqdefault.jpg "[Bike] Swarm
As bikes navigate city streets after dark, they are often equipped with lights. The lights make the bikes visible to cars or other bikers, and the hazards of traffic less dangerous.
Imagine that as solitary bikes come together, their lights begin to pulsate at the same cadence. The bikers may not know each other, or may only be passing each other briefly, but for the moments they are together, their lights synchronize. The effect is a visually united presence, as groups of bikes illuminate themselves with a gently pulsing, collective light source.
We built this light system. We designed a synchronization protocol and algorithm, as well as physical prototypes that we fabricated and tested on our local city streets.
Our system is designed for deployment in a city, yet draws inspiration from nature.
More information at: https://www.media.mit.edu/projects/bike-swarm/overview/
Note: Video has no spoken audio. Music plays throughout.")
