Hacking for good
Alumni's software uses hacking tricks to catch vulnerabilities on websites before they're exploited.
How to hide like an octopus
Researchers create materials that reproduce cephalopods’ ability to quickly change colors and textures.
Protecting infrastructure with smarter CPS
Saurabh Amin builds resiliency in essential infrastructure networks for transportation, energy, and water distribution.
Will tomorrow’s robots move like snakes?
Made completely of rubber, CSAIL team's robotic arm can slither through “pipes.”
Reducing traffic congestion, remotely
Reducing traffic congestion with wireless systemSystem that would wirelessly route drivers around congested roadways wins best-paper award.
Bound for robotic glory
New algorithm enables MIT cheetah robot to run and jump, untethered, across grass.
New master's track established integrating design and management
Matthew S. Kressy named to lead, develop, and teach new track.
Icing ALS: MIT family reshapes research models
Professor John Heywood SM ’62, PhD ’65 and his two sons, Jamie ‘91 and Ben ’93, have used MIT thinking — in particular, systems dynamics and manufacturing management — to transform research models after losing a family member to ALS.
CSAIL’s Nick Roy helms Google’s delivery-drone project
Autonomy expert led MIT-heavy team in developing “self-flying planes”
Making drones more customizable
Airware’s operating system makes drones simple to build and modify for multiple applications.
Visual thinking for engineers
Associate professor Maria Yang studies the importance of early-stage design.
Continuing the legacy: Assistive technologies at MIT
MIT students learn new technologies while making meaningful contributions to people with disabilities.