Understanding and treating disease Mechanical engineering researchers are developing new and innovative ways to improve health care. February 2, 2018 Read full story →
3Q: Daron Acemoglu on technology and the future of work "We need to look to the past in the face of modern innovations in machine learning, robotics, artificial intelligence, big data, and beyond," says the economist. February 1, 2018 Read full story →
Robotic interiors Smart furniture transforms spaces in tiny apartments into bedrooms, work spaces, or closets. January 31, 2018 Read full story →
Prototypes for the new space age The Media Lab Space Exploration Initiative shares results and next steps from its first zero gravity research mission. January 26, 2018 Read full story →
Play Labs accelerator announces second annual open call for submissions Digital currency and blockchain technology added to this year’s list of “playful tech” eligible startups. January 24, 2018 Read full story →
Programmable droplets Using electric fields to manipulate droplets on a surface could enable high-volume, low-cost biology experiments. January 19, 2018 Read full story →
Innovation, meet organization Economist John Van Reenen studies the creation and use of technology, from the R&D lab to the workplace. January 8, 2018 Read full story →
Advancing integrated photonics at Lincoln Laboratory State award is funding a new germanium deposition reactor for building the next generation of photonic integrated circuits. December 20, 2017 Read full story →
3Q: Institute Professor John Deutch on maintaining US leadership in technological innovation Putting limits on foreign students or technical publications would be counterproductive, write Deutch and Condoleezza Rice. December 15, 2017 Read full story →
Unlocking marine mysteries with artificial intelligence Students put their AI software for underwater vehicles to the test on the Charles River. December 14, 2017 Read full story →
Computer systems predict objects’ responses to physical forces Results may help explain how humans do the same thing. December 13, 2017 Read full story →
Calculating the cost of tech-fueled discrimination Math graduate student’s Data for Black Lives conference provides numbers behind the technologies that enable exclusion. December 13, 2017 Read full story →
Using ancient knowledge to create contemporary architecture Ghost stories and digital technologies meet in the work of Rome Prize winner Brandon Clifford. December 12, 2017 Read full story →
Four from MIT named 2017 Association for Computing Machinery Fellows Professors Goldwasser, Lozano-Perez, Micali, and Sipser honored for "providing key knowledge" to computing. December 11, 2017 Read full story →