Multiview 3-D photography made simple A new technique enables the conversion of an ordinary camera into a light-field camera capable of recording high-resolution, multiperspective images. June 19, 2013 Read full story →
Diversifying your online world In a new book, MIT’s Ethan Zuckerman asserts that we need to overcome the Internet’s sorting tendencies and create tools to make ourselves ‘digital cosmopolitans.’ June 18, 2013 Read full story →
Automated ‘coach’ could help with social interactions New software system from MIT could help people improve their conversational and interview skills. June 14, 2013 Read full story →
President Ollanta Humala of Peru visits MIT Visit establishes intent to explore collaborations in education and research. June 13, 2013 Read full story →
Why innovation thrives in cities Double a city’s population and its economic productivity goes up 130 percent. MIT researchers think they know why. June 4, 2013 Read full story →
Angela Belcher wins $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize MIT professor honored for her innovations that take cues, and materials, from nature to tackle key societal issues. June 4, 2013 Read full story →
Local fifth graders explore mathematics with MIT graduate students MITxplore, a free after-school math program, transforms math into an adventure. May 28, 2013 Read full story →
U.S. Ambassador Allan J. Katz visits MIT Ambassador to Portugal led a Business Development Road Show that included a stop at the MIT Media Lab. May 20, 2013 Read full story →
3dim wins MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition Annual business-plan contest awards $257,000 in total. May 16, 2013 Read full story →
MIT Global Founders’ Skills Accelerator announces 2013 student teams Startup accelerator includes eight MIT student teams as well as teams from six international universities. May 16, 2013 Read full story →
British Prime Minister David Cameron visits MIT Personable robots, advanced prosthetics and entrepreneurship figure prominently in campus visit. May 14, 2013 Read full story →
Kids coding in the cloud MIT Media Lab launches new generation of Scratch online community. May 14, 2013 Read full story →
IDEAS awards offer a ‘launching point’ for ventures Social entrepreneurs take home thousands of dollars from the IDEAS Global Challenge to help launch startups, develop inventions. May 3, 2013 Read full story →
High probability of success MIT alumnus and entrepreneur Ben Vigoda took his probability-processing technology to market with help from the Institute. May 1, 2013 Read full story →