Endowing cells with new abilities
PhD student Fahim Farzadfard engineers cells to record “memories” of past events.
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Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Toward optical quantum computing
Prototype device enables photon-photon interactions at room temperature.
Shrinking data for surgical training
Technique that reduces video files to one-tenth their initial size enables speedy analysis of laparoscopic procedures.
After MIT, new officers will serve their country
Following their MIT studies, graduates in MIT’s Reserve Officer Training Corps set off on new challenges in the U.S. military.
MIT pilots full-credit online residential course
Campus students report more flexibility, reduced stress in taking an online version of a popular MIT course.
Online courses paved the way to MIT graduation
Amol Bhave’s path to MIT began with watching OpenCourseWare lectures from his home in India. Before he was admitted to MIT, he had created his own MITx course.
Giving robots a sense of touch
GelSight technology lets robots gauge objects’ hardness and manipulate small tools.
Wearable system helps visually impaired users navigate
Device provides information from a 3-D camera, via vibrating motors and a Braille interface.
Toward mass-producible quantum computers
Process for positioning quantum bits in diamond optical circuits could work at large scales.
Armando Solar-Lezama: Academic success despite an inauspicious start
Initially turned down by nearly every college he applied to, the computer scientist cleared his own path to MIT.
Zika virus likely circulated in Americas long before its detection
Analysis of largest collection of Zika genomes to date reveals trajectory and evolution of the virus.
Using Bitcoin to prevent identity theft
System piggybacks on the digital currency’s security protocols to thwart hijacked servers.
Speeding up quality control for biologics
Nanofluidic device enables rapid testing of protein drugs produced by living cells.
New funding enables work on Internet policy and cybersecurity for key infrastructure
Work made possible by grants from the Internet Policy Research Initiative.