Smart workout apparel, “Vegetable Assassins,” and inspiration from medieval music
In a popular EECS class, student teams design, program, build, and demonstrate their own cloud-connected, handheld, or wearable embedded systems.
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Engineers 3-D print flexible mesh for ankle and knee braces
Techniques could lead to personalized wearable and implantable devices.
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum honors MIT D-Lab with National Design Award
D-Lab noted for its "work to address the daily challenges of poverty through design."
This robot helps you lift objects — by looking at your biceps
CSAIL system can mirror a user's motions and follow nonverbal commands by monitoring arm muscles.
Amnahir Peña-Alcántara named 2019 Knight-Hennessy Scholar
Fellowship funds graduate education at Stanford University and prepares global leaders.
Wireless movement-tracking system could collect health and behavioral data
In some cases, radio frequency signals may be more useful for caregivers than cameras or other data-collection methods.
Researchers tune material’s color and thermal properties separately
Polymers could be designed to reflect or trap heat, regardless of hue.
Designing vehicles that drive, fly — and swim
Senior and Marshall Scholar Crystal Winston pursues her vision of a world where cars aren’t limited to roads.
Putting data privacy in the hands of users
New platform forces data center servers to only use data in ways that users explicitly approve.
Finding love in the lab
Mechanical engineering alumni and married couple Larissa Nietner and Scott Nill started their relationship — and two companies — as MIT graduate students.
Six MIT researchers elected to the National Academy of Engineering for 2019
Members have made advances in molecular processes, rheology, computer networking, nanocrystalline metals, affective computing, and semiconductor tech.
Converting Wi-Fi signals to electricity with new 2-D materials
Device made from flexible, inexpensive materials could power large-area electronics, wearables, medical devices, and more.
Sound and technology unlock innovation at MIT
Cross-disciplinary projects at MIT probe the technological and aesthetic limits of sound.
Ingestible capsule can be controlled wirelessly
Electronic pill can relay diagnostic information or release drugs in response to smartphone commands.
High school teams receive 2018-19 Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam grants for invention projects
Fifteen student teams nationwide have been awarded up to $10,000 in grants to address local problems.