MIT ‘cheetah’ robot rivals running animals in efficiency
Robot’s custom-designed electric motors are powerful and efficient.
Radical Innovation course resonates with Italian industry professionals
Sanjay Sarma urges Italian companies to capitalize on the country's innovative heritage to launch skunkworks efforts.
Daniel Weitzner receives IAPP Privacy Leadership Award
Lauded for work and leadership in the development of Internet public policy
MIT student inventor Nikolai Begg receives Lemelson-MIT student prize
$30,000 Lemelson-MIT collegiate student prizes awarded to inventive students at three leading universities
How to predict the progress of technology
MIT researcher finds Moore’s Law and Wright’s Law best predict how technology improves.
Cutting through the fog
New surface coating for glass could eliminate image distortion caused by condensation and also prevent frost buildup.
MIT researchers develop solar-to-fuel roadmap for crystalline silicon
New analysis points the way to optimizing efficiency of an integrated system for harvesting sunlight to make storable fuel.
Leveson and ESD Student Society honored with Martore Awards
Award recognizes outstanding contributions to an ESD academic program in the areas of education and program development.
How numbers can reveal hidden truths about sports
MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference brings professionals and statistics-savvy fans together to study the games people play.
Livengood awarded inaugural Daniel and Eva Roos Engineering Systems Dissertation Prize
New award recognizes outstanding dissertation in the ESD PhD program.
Former banking executive reflects on launch and rise of the ATM
John Reed talks about the challenges and opportunities of working with a complex sociotechnical system.
Sterilizing with the sun
Solar concentrating system could replace fuel-powered or electric devices in remote villages.
Demaine named Presburger Award recipient
Professor Erik Demaine was cited for his contributions to computational geometry and data structures.
Paul Juodawlkis elevated to Fellow of the Optical Society
Recognized for innovations in optics and photonics
Teaching robots lateral thinking
New algorithms could help household robots work around their physical shortcomings.