Topic
Manufacturing
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Design tool reveals a product’s many possible performance tradeoffs
Users can quickly visualize designs that optimize multiple parameters at once.
August 15, 2018 -
Introducing the latest in textiles: Soft hardware
Researchers incorporate optoelectronic diodes into fibers and weave them into washable fabrics.
August 8, 2018 -
On-chip optical filter processes wide range of light wavelengths
Silicon-based system offers smaller, cheaper alternative to other “broadband” filters; could improve a variety of photonic devices.
August 1, 2018 -
Let it rain! New coatings make natural fabrics waterproof
MIT-developed process could offer nontoxic alternative to environmentally harmful chemicals.
June 29, 2018 -
New system recovers fresh water from power plants
Technology captures water evaporating from cooling towers; prototype to be installed on MIT’s Central Utility Plant.
June 8, 2018 -
A graphene roll-out
Scalable manufacturing process spools out strips of graphene for use in ultrathin membranes.
April 17, 2018 -
AFFOA and VMS launch Advanced Fabrics Entrepreneurship Program
Year-long program will give early-stage entrepreneurs a leg up in the functional fabrics industry.
April 13, 2018 -
Photonic communication comes to computer chips
Startup’s optoelectronic chips could reduce energy usage by up to 50 percent in data centers while increasing computing speeds.
April 5, 2018 -
Smart manufacturing program boosts productivity in factories
MIT Smart Manufacturing Leadership Program provides education, hands-on experience to leaders at manufacturing giant.
March 7, 2018 -
Automating materials design
With new approach, researchers specify desired properties of a material, and a computer system generates a structure accordingly.
February 2, 2018 -
Integrating the promise of photonics
AIM Photonics Academy winter session draws over 60 participants from industry and academia.
January 29, 2018 -
Changing the color of 3-D printed objects
CSAIL system uses custom ink and ultraviolet light to repeatedly change an object's color.
January 29, 2018 -
Donald Rosenfield, a longtime leader of MIT Leaders for Global Operations, dies at 70
An MIT graduate, Rosenfield is remembered for his passion for manufacturing and commitment to his students.
January 18, 2018 -
MIT launches MITx MicroMasters in Principles of Manufacturing
New program offers alternative learning pathway to mastering fundamental skills needed for global manufacturing excellence and competitiveness.
January 9, 2018 -
Drug manufacturing that’s out of this world
Continuous-flow chemistry device used for drug production could find use in long-duration space missions.
January 5, 2018 -
State grant will support advanced fiber and fabric research at Lincoln Lab
The award will enable the expansion of the Laboratory’s Defense Fabric Discovery Center.
January 2, 2018 -
Can computers help us synthesize new materials?
Machine-learning system finds patterns in materials “recipes,” even when training data is lacking.
December 21, 2017 -
Advancing integrated photonics at Lincoln Laboratory
State award is funding a new germanium deposition reactor for building the next generation of photonic integrated circuits.
December 20, 2017 -
A new way to mix oil and water
Condensation-based method developed at MIT could create stable nanoscale emulsions.
November 8, 2017 -
Artificial intelligence aids materials fabrication
System could pore through millions of research papers to extract “recipes” for producing materials.
November 5, 2017