Seeing the human pulse
An algorithm that can accurately gauge heart rate by measuring tiny head movements in video data could ultimately help diagnose cardiac disease.
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Cheap, color, holographic video
A practical new approach to holographic video could also enable 2-D displays with higher resolution and lower power consumption.
Video: MIT's Student Loan Art Program
This popular annual program allows students and student groups to borrow original works of art for their private rooms and communal spaces.
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.
Surprising turns in magnetic thin films could lead to better data storage
MIT researchers discover efficient control of magnetism in chiral ferromagnets.
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.’
Making alternative fuels cheaper
Chemical engineers’ new synthesis could make biofuel more appealing for mass production.
Holding the salt
MIT graduate student David Cohen-Tanugi works to improve water filtration, desalination.
Shankar Raman wins Levitan Prize in the Humanities
The $25,000 award supports innovative scholarship
Automated ‘coach’ could help with social interactions
New software system from MIT could help people improve their conversational and interview skills.
Can you feel me now?
New array measures vibrations across the skin, may help engineers design optimal, wearable tactile displays.
President Ollanta Humala of Peru visits MIT
Visit establishes intent to explore collaborations in education and research.
That ’70s show
In a new book, journalist and MIT fellow Christian Caryl recounts the epoch-shaping political, religious and economic upheavals launched in the year 1979.
3 Questions: Fiona Murray on female entrepreneurship
MIT professor discusses her research on the challenges facing women entrepreneurs, as well as possible solutions.