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Volta Labs: Improving workflows for genetic applications

Udayan Umapathi SM ’17 and Will Langford SM ’14, PhD ’19 are co-founders of a Media Lab spinoff building a full-stack platform to enable automation for genomics and genetic engineering.

October 14, 2021

A digital photo collage shows white delivery van driving on a road, and in the blurred background are icons showing a delivery route.

A dispatch and routing platform to improve deliveries

Wise Systems has grown from an MIT class project to a company helping multinationals improve last-mile logistics.

October 13, 2021

Blockchain technology could provide secure communications for robot teams

The transaction-based communications system ensures robot teams achieve their goal even if some robots are hacked.

October 5, 2021

A robot that finds lost items

This robotic arm fuses data from a camera and antenna to locate and retrieve items, even if they are buried under a pile.

October 5, 2021

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New bionics center established at MIT with $24 million gift

Interdisciplinary research center funded by philanthropist Lisa Yang aims to mitigate disability through technologies that marry human physiology with electromechanics.

September 23, 2021

Bringing precision to musculoskeletal health

Figur8, founded by MIT alumna Nan-Wei Gong SM ’09, PhD ’13, offers a wearable sensor system to improve the diagnosis and treatment of muscle injuries.

September 21, 2021

Engineers create 3D-printed objects that sense how a user is interacting with them

Advance incorporates sensing directly into an object’s material, with applications for assistive technology and “intelligent” furniture.

September 14, 2021

Image of a world map showing geographic features highlights sources of raw materials dots connected with lines with arrows in them

End-to-end supply chain transparency

Leonardo Bonanni MA ’03, SM ’05, PhD ’10 is founder and CEO of Sourcemap, an MIT Media Lab spinoff helping multinationals gain unprecedented insights into their supply chains.

September 13, 2021

3 Questions: Jean-Jacques Degroof SM ’93, PhD ’02 on how MIT became an entrepreneurial powerhouse

The Institute wasn’t always prolific in entrepreneurship, according to the venture investor.

September 10, 2021

MIT welcomes nine MLK Visiting Professors and Scholars for 2021-22

Record number of honorees will engage in the life of the Institute through teaching, research, and other interactions with the MIT community.

September 8, 2021

The laws of physics and the physics of law

Obiageli Nwodoh ’21 repurposed her STEM skills to pave a pre-law path at MIT and pursue social justice.

September 2, 2021

Blue-tinted photo of a construction worker walking on site with capture device on helmet

360-degree transparency for construction sites made simple

Jeevan Kalanithi SM ’07 is CEO of OpenSpace, a company founded by three Media Lab graduates using computer vision to benefit the construction industry.

August 31, 2021

Transformative truth-telling at the MIT Open Documentary Lab

The lab’s artists and technology scholars are exploring representation and reality — and shaping the future of storytelling.

August 31, 2021

Laurence Young, professor emeritus of astronautics and renowned expert in bioastronautics, dies at 85

Pioneer in the science of humans in space remembered for far-reaching impact on his field and the people closest to him.

August 23, 2021

Magnets could offer better control of prosthetic limbs

System uses tiny magnetic beads to rapidly measure the position of muscles and relay that information to a bionic prosthesis.

August 18, 2021

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