Helping companies optimize their websites and mobile apps MIT alumni-founded Amplitude offers tools to help companies respond to the ways users interact with their digital products. August 24, 2021 Read full story →
Making machines that make robots, and robots that make themselves PhD student Martin Nisser wants to democratize hardware by making it easier to build and customize. August 20, 2021 Read full story →
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 Read full story →
Inflatable robotic hand gives amputees real-time tactile control Prosthetic enables a wide range of daily activities, such as zipping a suitcase, shaking hands, and petting a cat. August 16, 2021 Read full story →
Searching for multiplicity, in computer science and daily life PhD student Rodrigo Ochigame designs alternative search engines and seeks to disrupt cultural assumptions in their teaching and research. August 15, 2021 Read full story →
Why boiling droplets can race across hot oily surfaces The commonplace phenomenon, now quantified for the first time, could be harnessed for many useful applications. August 12, 2021 Read full story →
System trains drones to fly around obstacles at high speeds New algorithm could enable fast, nimble drones for time-critical operations such as search and rescue. August 10, 2021 Read full story →
Reimagining an iconic design class Faculty and staff of 2.007 reworked the mechanical engineering class and its famous final robot competition so students could participate remotely. August 6, 2021 Read full story →
Amy Watterson: Model engineer The Plasma Science and Fusion Center mechanical engineer embraces her role in modeling fusion magnets and in promoting engineering to young women. August 2, 2021 Read full story →
Advancing industry convergence through technology and innovation The 2021 School of Engineering Accenture Fellows are bolstering research and igniting ideas to help transform global business. July 30, 2021 Read full story →
Life in space: Preparing for an increasingly tangible reality The Space Exploration Initiative supports research across and beyond MIT in two microgravity flights this spring. July 28, 2021 Read full story →
Contact-aware robot design A novel method to represent robotic manipulators helps optimize complex and organic shapes for future machines. July 19, 2021 Read full story →
Getting dressed with help from robots A human-aware motion planning algorithm addresses the safety gap in collaboration between robots and humans. July 14, 2021 Read full story →
Sertac Karaman named director of the Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems Associate professor of aeronautics and astronautics will head MIT’s longest continuously-running lab. July 12, 2021 Read full story →
The tenured engineers of 2021 Eight faculty members have been granted tenure in five departments across the MIT School of Engineering. July 9, 2021 Read full story →