Microsensors without microfabrication
By building a six-dimensional motion sensor from a tiny metal bead in a tiny hole, MIT researchers introduce a new class of microdevice.
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TV outside the box
Using ordinary cell phones, a Media Lab system would let television programs spill off the TV screen and into the living room.
The past, present and future of MIT’s iPhone app
Andrew Yu and David Foucher, who oversaw the app’s development, discuss how it came about and what to expect in future versions.
In Profile: Missy Cummings
Former U.S. Naval fighter pilot aims to improve how humans and computers interact.
Charting a course toward cleaner cars
MIT team recommends strategy for reducing automotive fuel use, emissions
Web sites that can take a punch
By preventing web applications from deviating from their normal behavior, a new MIT system can keep them online even during a cyberattack.
An open, collaborative space
New Media Lab building is designed to foster collaboration, sharing, communication and experimentation.
Revolutionizing medicine, one chip at a time
Low-power computer chips allow engineers to design wearable and implantable devices to monitor patients.
3 Questions: Hunt Allcott on behavioral economics and the energy crisis
Can understanding human irrationality help solve our energy problems? An MIT researcher explains
A more democratic Internet
At a forum on campus this week, the FCC discussed how its new broadband plan will help citizens engage in democratic deliberation.
Banking on mobile money
A cellphone-based cash transfer system has changed the way Kenyans handle their finances. But what does it mean for Kenya's economy — and the developing world?
Sketch-interpreting software
A new system that lets people enter data into a tablet computer simply by drawing diagrams on the screen could lead to interactive whiteboards.
Rethinking networking
MIT researchers helped develop a theory that promised much more efficient data networks; then they were the first to put it into practice.