Device made from flexible, inexpensive materials could power large-area electronics, wearables, medical devices, and more.
January 28, 2019ClimaCell uses wireless signals to track and forecast the weather in every 500-meter patch of the Earth’s surface.
December 14, 2018Electronic pill can relay diagnostic information or release drugs in response to smartphone commands.
December 13, 2018Simple, scalable wireless system uses the RFID tags on billions of products to sense contamination.
November 14, 2018System that automatically identifies people moving around indoors could enable self-adjusting homes.
October 17, 2018In a novel system developed by MIT researchers, underwater sonar signals cause vibrations that can be decoded by an airborne receiver.
August 22, 2018CSAIL wireless system suggests future where doctors could implant sensors to track tumors or even dispense drugs.
August 20, 2018“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, 2018Design can “learn” to identify plugged-in appliances, distinguish dangerous electrical spikes from benign ones.
June 15, 2018Wireless smart-home system from the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory could monitor diseases and help the elderly “age in place.”
June 12, 2018Device uses ultrafast “frequency hopping” and data encryption to protect signals from being intercepted and jammed.
June 11, 2018New technology could enable remote control of drug delivery, sensing, and other medical applications.
June 4, 2018Katabi receives prestigious honor and $250,000 cash prize for her contributions to wireless systems.
April 4, 2018By measuring this emerging vital sign, CSAIL system could help monitor and diagnose health issues like cognitive decline and cardiac disease.
May 1, 2017Small sensors or drug delivery devices could reside in the GI tract indefinitely.
April 27, 2017In more than 20 years working on wireless sensors and radio frequency identification (RFID), Richard Fletcher has produced several startups and over a dozen patents.
April 26, 2017New technique could protect robot teams’ communication networks from malicious hackers.
March 16, 2017New chip would thwart the counterfeiting that plagues the market for wired device chargers.
February 9, 2017Adib is directing a new research group at the Media Lab, aiming to uncover, analyze, and engineer natural and human-made networks.
January 27, 2017A look at 16 of the coolest things that happened at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory in 2016.
December 16, 2016