Controlling RNA in living cells
Modular, programmable proteins can be used to track or manipulate gene expression.
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Media Arts and Sciences (Media Lab)
President Serzh A. Sargsyan of Armenia visits MIT
Tour includes meeting with MIT President L. Rafael Reif, visit to Media Lab.
Reflection-removing camera
Device uses depth sensor and signal processing to capture clear images through windows.
Plotting the complex path of products
Startup’s software maps out convoluted supply chains for companies and consumers
Wristband detects and alerts for seizures, monitors stress
Wearable tracks increased skin conductance that signals stress, helps identify dangerous seizures.
Imaging with an “optical brush”
New imaging system uses an open-ended bundle of optical fibers — no lenses, protective housing needed.
Watch your tone
Voice-analytics software helps customer-service reps build better rapport with customers.
Scaling up synthetic-biology innovation
MIT professor’s startup makes synthesizing genes many times more cost effective.
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.
Edward Boyden wins 2016 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences
MIT physicists share prize in fundamental physics; Larry Guth and Liang Fu win New Horizons Prizes.
Smarter lenses
Newly launched mobile eye-test device could lead to prescription virtual-reality screens.
A future fueled by design
Speakers at MIT Media Lab's inaugural Knotty Objects summit discuss the purpose of design.
3 Questions: Economies as computers, products as information
New book argues that economic development is a special case of the growth of information.