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The MIT Horizon learning platform contains bite-sized articles, videos, and podcasts on emerging technologies, with early topics including additive manufacturing, artificial intelligence, blockchain technology, and robotics.

MIT launches digital content library for workforce learning on emerging technologies

New learning platform contains bite-sized articles, videos, and podcasts designed to keep workers apprised of the latest developments in AI, robotics, and more.

October 8, 2019

Humatics co-founder and CEO David Mindell at Humatics headquarters in Waltham, MA.

An interdisciplinary approach to accelerating human-machine collaboration

Professor’s startup brings millimeter-scale location tracking to factories, ports, and other industrial environments.

October 2, 2019

A lattice structure, originally printed flat, has morphed into the outline of a human face after changing in response to the surrounding temperature. Perspective view (left), top view (middle), and side view (right) of transformed lattice, approximately 160mm tall.

This flat structure morphs into shape of a human face when temperature changes

New structural design could lead to self-deploying tents or adaptive robotic fins.

September 30, 2019

HubWeek 2019 celebrates five years of connecting MIT, Boston, and the world

Greater Boston’s annual festival of ideas finds new avenues for celebrating and connecting innovators.

September 27, 2019

MIT PhD candidates Katie Hahm (left) and Nithin Reddy (right) hiked Skyline Trail in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, this summer with a friend, Steven Viola. They both spent the summer interning at Amazon Robotics through the MechE Alliance's I2P Program and traveled to Amazon headquarters in Seattle.

An immersive experience in industry

Through the MechE Alliance’s Industry Immersion Program, graduate students get hands-on experience working on projects across a range of industries.

September 19, 2019

PJ Hernandez (left) and Jackson Gray (right) build circuits in the lab of Professor James Kirtley (background) as part of their summer energy UROP. One of the problems they worked on together was how to develop an improved cell voltage balancer, a device used to extend the life of batteries by working to ensure that cells remain evenly charged as the battery cycles.

Collaboration adds an extra dimension to undergraduate research

Students on UROP teams agree that teamwork speeds up the research.

September 18, 2019

"Whether they select advanced reactors or fusion reactors, utilities, policy, or advocacy, our students could move the industry beyond the 1960s,” says MIT Professor Michael Short. “They could give new meaning and substance to the department’s motto, ‘science, systems and society.’”

Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering spreads its wings

New 22-ENG undergraduate degree provides expansive vision of nuclear studies and nuclear careers.

September 13, 2019

This year's Demo Day for the MIT delta v summer accelerator gave entrepreneurs a chance to celebrate the progress they've made so far.

Demo Day celebrates student entrepreneurship

MIT’s delta v accelerator concludes with presentations from participants and encouragement for all students.

September 10, 2019

Depiction of a soft robotic device known as a dynamic soft reservoir (DSR)

Soft robotics breakthrough manages immune response for implanted devices

Discovery could enable longer-lasting and better-functioning devices — including pacemakers, breast implants, biosensors, and drug delivery devices.

September 4, 2019

MIT’s Task Force on the Work of the Future has released a report that punctures some conventional wisdom and builds a nuanced picture of the evolution of technology and jobs.

MIT report examines how to make technology work for society

Task force calls for bold public and private action to harness technology for shared prosperity.

September 4, 2019

Media Advisory — MIT Briefing: Bold action needed to make technology work for society

Remarks, panel discussion on new MIT report on the work of the future will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 10 at National Press Club.

September 3, 2019

MIT’s fleet of robotic boats has been updated with new capabilities to “shapeshift,” by autonomously disconnecting and reassembling into different configurations to form various floating platforms in the canals of Amsterdam. In experiments in a pool, the boats rearranged themselves from a connected straight line into an “L” (shown here) and other shapes.

MIT’s fleet of autonomous boats can now shapeshift

New capabilities allow “roboats” to change configurations to form pop-up bridges, stages, and other structures.

August 29, 2019

MIT engineers have developed robotic thread (in black) that can be steered magnetically and is small enough to work through narrow spaces such as the vasculature of the human brain. The researchers envision the technology may be used in the future to clear blockages in patients with stroke and aneurysms.

Robotic thread is designed to slip through the brain’s blood vessels

Magnetically controlled device could deliver clot-reducing therapies in response to stroke or other brain blockages.

August 28, 2019

MIT researchers have 3-D printed ultrathin ceramic films that convert energy from one form into another for flexible electronics and biosensors. Here, they’ve printed the piezoelectric films into a pattern spelling out “MIT.”

Ultrathin 3-D-printed films convert energy of one form into another

Low-cost “piezoelectric” films produce voltage, could be used for flexible electronic components and more.

August 28, 2019

Exterior view of the new home of The Engine

The Engine expands, responding to rapid growth of “tough tech”

New location will support growing innovation ecosystem; serve as hub for the region.

August 27, 2019

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