3 Questions: Neil Gershenfeld and the spread of Fab Labs
Ten years after launching Fab Lab, the project’s founder describes the program’s research, global impact.
Ten years after launching Fab Lab, the project’s founder describes the program’s research, global impact.
Looking back on the year that was: Highlights from the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab in 2015.
Faculty and students grapple with 3-D printing a habitable structure on Mars.
Team from Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab develops silicone rubber gripper and advanced object-identification algorithms.
System can convert MRI scans into 3D-printed, physical models in a few hours.
New system is the first to create strong, solid glass structures from computerized designs.
Design tool lets novices do in minutes what would take experts in computer-aided design hours.
Printer from Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab uses machine vision and 3-D scanning to self-correct and directly embed components.
MIT students launch social enterprises that work with communities to foster financial and environmental sustainability.
Controlled by magnetic fields, tiny robot climbs inclines, swims, and carries loads twice its weight.
MIT research produces soft material with controllable surface textures that can be varied by squeezing.
Stretchable, biocompatible hydrogels with complex patterning could be used in tissue engineering.
Graduate student Steven Keating takes a problem-solving approach to his brain cancer.
Hands-on projects in wearable technology introduce girls to mechanical design and electrical engineering.
More than 100 exhibits celebrate STEAM and the fun of making.