How wireless “X-ray vision” could power virtual reality, smart homes, and Hollywood
By seeing silhouettes through a wall, CSAIL device could help with motion capture, fall prevention and even your heating bill.
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A basis for all cryptography
A tool that would provide a secure foundation for any cryptographic system may be close at hand.
Faster optimization
New general-purpose optimization algorithm promises order-of-magnitude speedups on some problems.
Making banking effective for the poor
In India, PhD student Natalia Rigol aims to tap into community knowledge to vet loan and grant applicants.
John E. Fernandez named new leader of MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative
Institute-wide initiative aims to address environmental issues at all scales, from campuswide to worldwide.
Automating big-data analysis
System that replaces human intuition with algorithms outperforms 615 of 906 human teams.
Neighborhood of innovation
HUBweek events showcase the scientific and technological advances at MIT and around Kendall Square.
MIT Portugal PhD student awarded Fulbright Research Grant
With grant, Henrique Pombeiro will study how to improve energy efficiency in buildings.
Climate change contest selects grand prize winner
Solar panel system wins $10,000 prize for technology that makes energy and water more accessible in the developing world.
Predicting change in the Alzheimer’s brain
Combining MRI and other data helps machine-learning systems predict effects of neurodegenerative disease.
More-flexible machine learning
Giving machine-learning systems “partial credit” during training improves image classification.
Soft robotic hand can pick up and identify a wide array of objects
Team from Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab develops silicone rubber gripper and advanced object-identification algorithms.
MIT’s Public Service Center renamed to honor Priscilla King Gray
Co-founder of the PSC and wife of former MIT President Paul Gray has continued to guide the center’s work.
MIT Climate CoLab announces 32 winning climate strategies
Winning ideas for solutions to climate change were crowdsourced by more than 50,000 members of the public.