Topic
Media Lab
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Digital Diploma debuts at MIT
Using Bitcoin's blockchain technology, the Institute has become one of the first universities to issue recipient-owned virtual credentials.
October 17, 2017 -
Small European nation becomes a “living lab” for urban innovation researchers
Andorra funds MIT Media Lab technologies that, in turn, help improve the nation’s cities.
October 13, 2017 -
Flexible sensors can detect movement in GI tract
Ingestible devices could diagnose gastrointestinal slowdown or monitor food intake.
October 10, 2017 -
Ten researchers from MIT and Broad receive NIH Director’s Awards
Awards support high-risk, high-impact biomedical research.
October 5, 2017 -
Media Lab team tops Fragile Families Challenge
Human Dynamics research group earns high marks in new scientific collaboration to improve the lives of disadvantaged American children.
October 4, 2017 -
3 Questions: Iyad Rahwan on the “psychological roadblocks” facing self-driving cars
MIT Media Lab professor considers the trust gap between people and autonomous vehicles.
September 11, 2017 -
3Q: Anantha Chandrakasan on new MIT–IBM Watson AI Lab
Lab seeks to expand the boundaries of research on artificial intelligence.
September 7, 2017 -
IBM and MIT to pursue joint research in artificial intelligence, establish new MIT–IBM Watson AI Lab
IBM plans to make a 10-year, $240 million investment in new lab with MIT to advance AI hardware, software, and algorithms.
September 7, 2017 -
Robotic system monitors specific neurons
Success rate is comparable to that of highly trained scientists performing the process manually.
August 30, 2017 -
Danielle Wood joins Media Lab faculty
MIT alumna is establishing a new research group aimed at harnessing space engineering to improve life on Earth.
August 28, 2017 -
Drones relay RFID signals for inventory control
System could save retailers billions lost through faulty inventory records.
August 25, 2017 -
Hacking functional fabrics to aid emergency response
MIT and other innovators design novel solutions for the battlefield, disaster sites, and other dangerous environments.
August 1, 2017 -
SproutsIO aims to power a “Personal Produce” movement
Smart, soil-free microgarden lets users optimize growing conditions while cutting water and resource use.
July 26, 2017 -
Defiance: Disobedience for the good of all
MIT Media Lab summer event explores responsible dissent, embodied in its new Disobedience Award.
July 25, 2017 -
Coaching platform improves health outcomes, lowers medical costs
New app lets patients work alone or with others to prevent, monitor, and reverse chronic disease.
July 21, 2017 -
Microscopy technique could enable more informative biopsies
Expanding tissue samples before imaging offers detailed information about disease.
July 17, 2017 -
Ultra-high-contrast digital sensing
Technique could lead to cameras that can handle light of any intensity, audio that doesn’t skip or pop.
July 14, 2017 -
Wearable device reveals consumer emotions
Startup’s stress sensor tracks users’ unconscious responses to products and experiences.
July 12, 2017 -
Why do some neighborhoods improve?
Density of highly educated residents, rather than income or housing costs, predicts revitalization.
July 6, 2017 -
Researchers use Kinect to scan T. rex skull
System with $150 worth of hardware offers alternative to 3-D scanners that cost 200 times as much.
July 5, 2017