Kirigami-inspired technique manipulates light at the nanoscale
Folding and cutting thin metal films could enable microchip-based 3-D optical devices.
Folding and cutting thin metal films could enable microchip-based 3-D optical devices.
Water-starved areas could find new sources by desalinating water that’s much less salty than seawater.
Improved design may be used for exploring disaster zones and other dangerous or inaccessible environments.
Spyce, a robot-assisted restaurant located in Boston, was invented to respond to a common MIT student desire: good, low-cost food.
MIT-developed process could offer nontoxic alternative to environmentally harmful chemicals.
Retired Rear Admiral Chuck Goddard OCE ’85, SM ’85 is leading a bid to design the US Navy’s next class of guided-missile frigates.
New design can be tuned to an individual’s body weight and size.
Expert in high-efficiency energy and water systems will succeed Gang Chen as MechE department head.
CITE and D-Lab study finds evaporative cooling devices show promise for helping small-scale farmers, market vendors, and families store and preserve vegetables.
Two centers located in Shenzhen, China, and Cambridge, Massachusetts, will facilitate collaborative research opportunities.
Design can “learn” to identify plugged-in appliances, distinguish dangerous electrical spikes from benign ones.
Platform may enable continuous, low-cost, reliable devices that detect chemicals in the environment.
New printing technique could be used to develop remotely controlled biomedical devices.
PhD candidate and Amazon Robotics Challenge winner Maria Bauza helps to improve how robots interact with the world.
“Therepi” device attaches directly to damaged heart, enabling delivery of medicine from a port under a patient’s skin to augment cardiac function.