A living, breathing textile aims to enhance athletic performance
Researchers in the Media Lab's bioLogic group have created a new form of performance fabric that combines biomaterials research with textile design.
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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.
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.
New initiatives accelerate learning research and its applications
Gabrieli, Belcher, Sarma leading new efforts to understand learning, improve it at all levels of education.
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.
Empowering innovation
Panel highlighting female innovators from a range of fields aims to encourage student entrepreneurs.
Watch your tone
Voice-analytics software helps customer-service reps build better rapport with customers.
MIT partners with Johnson & Johnson to promote women's STEM education
Collaboration will expand the reach and quality of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education for undergraduate women.
Detecting consumer decisions within messy data
Software analyzes online chatter to predict health care consumers’ behavior.
Scaling up synthetic-biology innovation
MIT professor’s startup makes synthesizing genes many times more cost effective.
Clean energy connections and innovation
At C3E Symposium, industry-leading women share transformative research on policies, technologies, and diversity in energy sector.
New PBS KIDS ScratchJr app launches
Developed in collaboration with the MIT Media Lab and Tufts University, the PBS KIDS ScratchJr app helps children ages 5-8 learn coding concepts.