Topic
Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E)
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Detecting emotions with wireless signals
Measuring your heartbeat and breath, CSAIL device can tell if you’re excited, happy, angry, or sad.
September 20, 2016 -
Project Sandcastle
Five MIT engineering students take their startups to San Francisco for a summer of innovation.
September 19, 2016 -
Calculating the financial risks of renewable energy
Financial-modeling software for sustainable-infrastructure projects could boost investment in sector.
September 15, 2016 -
Startups show promise, progress at Demo Day
Capstone event for MIT’s summer accelerator showcases businesses with significant early growth.
September 12, 2016 -
New applications for ultracapacitors
Startup’s energy-storage devices find uses in drilling operations, aerospace applications, electric vehicles.
September 7, 2016 -
The teacher becomes the student
Ten Tunisian professors take part in MIT-Educator’s inaugural program to examine their higher-ed practices.
September 2, 2016 -
Hacking microbes
Startup’s engineered yeast helps clients produce fragrances and flavors more efficiently.
August 25, 2016 -
Solving network congestion
MegaMIMO system from the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab speeds data transfer by coordinating multiple routers at the same time.
August 23, 2016 -
D-Lab appoints Bob Nanes to new position of executive director
Nanes brings to D-Lab 30 years of experience on four continents in technology, innovation, supply chains, and microfinance.
August 18, 2016 -
Taking on gender gaps in health care and technology
Graduate student Alicia Chong Rodriguez uses her engineering skills to empower women.
August 18, 2016 -
Summer in the Sandbox
Students in a new innovation program are using the summer, their new connections, and their funding to move their ideas forward.
August 17, 2016 -
Doubling battery power of consumer electronics
New lithium metal batteries could make smartphones, drones, and electric cars last twice as long.
August 16, 2016 -
J-WAFS Solutions program awards $750,000 in commercialization grants
Four new projects and one renewal receive $150,000 in funding for 2016-2017.
August 12, 2016 -
When to get your head out of the game
Wearable sensor for athletes detects potential head injuries, gathers data on hard hits.
August 11, 2016 -
Building out a global classroom
Students from MIT and Hong Kong collaborate to bring their entrepreneurial ideas to fruition during MIT Kickstart.
August 9, 2016 -
Fighting ALS with mind, hand, and heart
With support from the MIT Sandbox Innovation Fund Program, an MIT spinoff is creating assistive technology for people with ALS.
July 29, 2016 -
Gliding from classroom to market
Treaded hand truck created as class project is now making downstairs deliveries safer.
July 28, 2016 -
D-Lab Scale-Ups awards four fellowships totaling $80,000 to social entrepreneurs
Fellows work on low-cost microgrids, prosthetics made from cane, hands-on STEM education in Ghana, and a rechargeable headlamp for rural Indian farmers.
July 25, 2016 -
Reducing wait times at the doctor’s office
MIT spinout helps health-care providers schedule patients more efficiently.
July 21, 2016 -
Growing season
New professional education program on agriculture, innovation, and the environment attracts global agricultural leaders to MIT.
July 19, 2016