New PBS KIDS ScratchJr app launches
Developed in collaboration with the MIT Media Lab and Tufts University, the PBS KIDS ScratchJr app helps children ages 5-8 learn coding concepts.
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Defense Secretary Carter visits MIT for innovation discussion
Dialogue with defense secretary focuses on bolstering leading-edge manufacturing.
Making 3-D imaging 1,000 times better
Algorithms exploiting light’s polarization boost resolution of commercial depth sensors 1,000-fold.
Biomedical imaging at one-thousandth the cost
Mathematical modeling enables $100 depth sensor to approximate the measurements of a $100,000 piece of lab equipment.
Smarter lenses
Newly launched mobile eye-test device could lead to prescription virtual-reality screens.
MIT’s response to earthquake in Nepal
MIT supports recovery and learning following earthquake in Nepal.
Enhancing movement with computational models
PhD student David Hill maps human locomotion in detail to improve rehabilitative and assistive robotics.
A future fueled by design
Speakers at MIT Media Lab's inaugural Knotty Objects summit discuss the purpose of design.
Strandbeests stalk the MIT Media Lab
Celebrated artist Theo Jansen and his kinetic "Animaris Ordis" delight in a visit to MIT.
Printing transparent glass in 3-D
New system is the first to create strong, solid glass structures from computerized designs.
MIT hosts discussion on scaling STEM education
President Reif and Congressman Joe Kennedy III lead an afternoon of discussions on how to bring quality STEM education to all.
The sound of (new) music
MIT composer Tod Machover debuts multiple new works at prestigious Lucerne Festival.