Monitoring muscles to improve athletic training
Humon’s wearable “Hex” device gives athletes real-time data on muscle oxygen levels to guide workouts.
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Researchers quickly harvest 2-D materials, bringing them closer to commercialization
Efficient method for making single-atom-thick, wafer-scale materials opens up opportunities in flexible electronics.
Study opens route to flexible electronics made from exotic materials
Cost-effective method produces semiconducting films from materials that outperform silicon.
Movement-enhancing exoskeletons may impair decision making
In lab experiments, soldiers wearing exoskeletons designed to improve physical performance reacted more slowly to visual cues.
J-WAFS awards grants for commercialization of food and water technologies
Solutions grants will aid commercialization of novel MIT technologies to test water safety and improve agricultural productivity.
3Q: Muriel Médard on the world-altering rise of 5G
“The reason 5G is so different is that what exactly it will look like is still up in the air. Everyone agrees the phrase is a bit of a catch-all.”
New partnership between MIT-Germany and the Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
MIT-Germany expands student internship and Global Teaching Labs opportunities, and establishes the MIT-FAU Seed Fund for faculty.
Inventing future fabrics
Advanced Functional Fabrics of America workshop challenges pioneering MIT and FIT students to conceive new ideas.
Featured video: If the spacesuit fits
PhD student Richard Fineman is using wearable sensors to understand coordination and walking — and next-generation spacesuit design.
Smart office enables a personalized workplace atmosphere
Project out of the MIT Media Lab uses biosensors and machine learning to optimize the sensory experience in individual work environments.
Novel transmitter protects wireless data from hackers
Device uses ultrafast “frequency hopping” and data encryption to protect signals from being intercepted and jammed.
MIT linQ welcomes IDEA² Global teams for 2018
Seven-month program includes 14 international groups, who are convening at the Institute to develop new biomedical technologies.
China Venture Workshop announces first cohort
Ten teams will collaborate with local partners, pilot solutions to urban challenges.
IDEAS Global Challenge rewards inventions with social impact
At annual event, 10 teams split $92,500 in prize money for designing innovations that improve lives worldwide.