MIT Scaling Development Ventures conference set for April 1
More than 40 speakers from MIT and around the world will be featured in plenary and breakout sessions in this fourth-annual conference on innovation in poverty alleviation.
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Celebrating 15 years of innovating for the greater good
MIT IDEAS Global Challenge has helped launch 128 student-led projects around the world.
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
Architecture symposium March 30 and 31: Exploring the campus then, now, next
Event welcomes more than 20 speakers over four sessions on designing places for inventing the future.
Innovating for billions
Emerging Worlds, a Media Lab and Tata Center initiative, seeks to catalyze change on a massive scale.
Wristband detects and alerts for seizures, monitors stress
Wearable tracks increased skin conductance that signals stress, helps identify dangerous seizures.
Sepsis-curing device wins new health care prize
Device that filters blood to prevent organ failure wins MIT Sloan Healthcare Innovations Prize.
MIT Media Lab and MIT Press launch Journal of Design and Science
Journal will offer a new, open-access alternative for academic publishing.
Israel and MIT: Celebrating eight years of growth at the Institute
The MIT-Israel Program supports new collaborations between faculty and research scientists at MIT and their counterparts in Israel.
Philosopher Agustín Rayo named associate dean of MIT-SHASS
MIT's "mathy philosopher" makes mind-blowing ideas accessible.
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.
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.