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.
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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.
Startup aims to democratize synthetic biology
Alumna’s mini-lab kits include all necessary tools and materials for anyone to start engineering microbes.
Computer system transcribes words users “speak silently”
Electrodes on the face and jaw pick up otherwise undetectable neuromuscular signals triggered by internal verbalizations.
Engineers turn plastic insulator into heat conductor
Technique could prevent overheating of laptops, mobile phones, and other electronics.
Paper-folding art inspires better bandages
Cutting kirigami-style slits in stretchy films could make for bandages, heat pads, and wearable electronics that adhere to flexible surfaces.
Students build assistive technologies at MIT’s annual ATHack
Citizens with disabilities from Greater Boston and students gathered to build prototypes of personalized assistive devices.
A new era in fusion research at MIT
MIT Energy Initiative founding member Eni announces support for key research through MIT Laboratory for Innovation in Fusion Technologies.
Just what the doctor ordered
Class brings together MIT students and clinicians from local hospitals to design medical devices that address real-world health needs.
How to turn clinicians into makers
Providing training and resources, MakerHealth helps nurses and doctors hack medical equipment to improve patient care.
Students launch products that help users harness their superpowers
In final presentation for mechanical engineering class, students unveil new products based on superhero theme.
MIT Lincoln Laboratory earns six R&D 100 Awards for 2017
Technologies named among the year's most significant innovations address health care, radar performance, aircraft collision avoidance, and 24-hour wide-area surveillance.