MIT Professional Education launches its first program in Taiwan
Course led by two from the Media Lab focused on improving the livability of cities while dramatically reducing resource consumption.
Imaging with an “optical brush”
New imaging system uses an open-ended bundle of optical fibers — no lenses, protective housing needed.
Joan Jonas in Singapore
First large-scale exhibition in Southeast Asia for pioneering artist and professor emerita
Visible hand
Startup meshes crowdfunding and bond markets to change how cities are built
With Neighborly, Jase Wilson meshes crowdfunding and bond markets to change how cities are built.
Five with MIT ties tapped for Inventors Hall of Fame
MIT professor and four alumni honored for inventing electronic ink, the spanning tree protocol, and Sketchpad, a human-machine graphical communication system.
Realizing your true (solar) potential
Mapping website tells building owners if going solar is worth the cost of installation.
Dispatches from the Paris climate talks
MIT attendees of COP21 share experiences, perspectives on outcomes
3 Questions: Azra Akšamija's multidisciplinary practice in art and architecture
Professor's work explores blurred identities and representations of Islam in the West.
Edward Boyden wins BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
Three neuroscientists share biomedicine prize for development of optogenetics
Marvin Minsky, “father of artificial intelligence,” dies at 88
Professor emeritus was a co-founder of CSAIL and a founding member of the Media Lab.
Watch your tone
Voice-analytics software helps customer-service reps build better rapport with customers.
Missed opportunities
Health problems for children prevent families from moving to higher-income neighborhoods.
Professor Stanford Anderson dies at 81
Noted scholar and founder of the History, Theory and Criticism Program led the Department of Architecture from 1991 to 2004.