Invention

Alumni team tops Collegiate Inventors Competition

Mechanical engineering alumni of 2.009 (Product Engineering Processes) win with Rhino, a product that makes brick repointing faster, safer, and more accurate.

December 7, 2018

Jack Turner Entrepreneurship Award established to support electronics research

Generous $1 million gift recognizes the collaborations of the Research Laboratory of Electronics and the Technology Licensing Office to develop MIT intellectual property.

November 27, 2018

MIT engineers fly first-ever plane with no moving parts

The silent, lightweight aircraft doesn’t depend on fossil fuels.

November 21, 2018

Detecting dengue, Zika, and chikangunya within minutes

MIT spinoff is changing the way mosquito-borne illnesses are diagnosed and aims to influence how public health officials react to disease outbreaks.

November 21, 2018

Study opens route to ultra-low-power microchips

Innovative approach to controlling magnetism could lead to next-generation memory and logic devices.

November 12, 2018

High school teams receive Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam grants for invention projects

Fifteen student teams nationwide have been awarded up to $10,000 in grants to address local problems.

October 26, 2018

Prior Art Archive aims to improve patent process

New MIT-hosted database is open to both examiners and the wider public, and seeks to reduce the number of wrongly-issued patents.

October 10, 2018

One man’s flying car dream is taking off, thanks to MIT

Felipe Varon uses knowledge gained from MIT Professional Education to improve his invention; hopes cars might service areas with low access to food and supplies.

September 26, 2018

Luis von Ahn awarded $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize

Inventor of CAPTCHA/reCAPTCHA and Duolingo recognized for commitment to invention, education, and mentorship.

September 12, 2018

High school students learn to build big ideas

Visiting students learn what it takes to be an engineer — and a bit more about themselves — at the Edgerton Center’s annual Engineering Design Workshop.

August 13, 2018

3Q: Muriel Médard on the world-altering rise of 5G

“The reason 5G is so different is that what exactly it will look like is still up in the air. Everyone agrees the phrase is a bit of a catch-all.”

August 10, 2018

Krithika Ramchander and Andrea Beck awarded J-WAFS fellowships for water solutions

Graduate students receive J-WAFS fellowships to support research focused on improving water access for rural as well as urban communities.

August 9, 2018

“Artificial blubber” protects divers in frigid water

MIT engineers develop a way to triple the survival time for swimmers in wetsuits.

June 19, 2018

Robert Langer named 2018 US Science Envoy

Institute Professor chosen to help forge connections and identify opportunities for sustained international cooperation.

June 18, 2018

Three MIT graduate students awarded 2018 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for Invention

Award honors top collegiate inventors in the United States.

May 31, 2018

J-WAFS awards over $1.3 million in fourth round of seed grant funding

Eleven principal investigators from six MIT departments will receive grants totaling over $1.3 million, overhead free, for research on food and water challenges.

May 25, 2018