Personalized heart models for surgical planning
System can convert MRI scans into 3D-printed, physical models in a few hours.
Customizing 3-D printing
Design tool lets novices do in minutes what would take experts in computer-aided design hours.
Capturing cell growth in 3-D
Spinout’s microfluidics device better models how cancer and other cells interact in the body.
Patents forecast technological change
New method uses patent data to estimate a technology’s future rate of improvement.
New horizons for self-assembling materials
3-D-printable materials deform to change surface area, enabling curvature rather than rigid folding.
Extreme materials and ubiquitous electronics
Tomás Palacios explores the application of novel materials in next-generation electronics to save energy and expand possibilities.
Unlocking the potential of simulation software
Novel software by Akselos drastically increases speed, ease of 3-D engineering simulations.
Vision-correcting displays
Technology could lead to e-readers, smartphones, and displays that let users dispense with glasses.
Bake your own robot
New algorithms and electronic components could enable printable robots that self-assemble when heated.
Illuminating neuron activity in 3-D
New technique allows scientists to monitor the entire nervous system of a small worm.
Glasses-free 3-D projector
New design could also make conventional 2-D video higher in resolution and contrast.
New sensor detects contaminants in water in real time
Professor Harold Hemond co-invents groundbreaking device with 3-D mapping capabilities.
Objective reality: 3-D printing gains traction at MIT
MIT Libraries are offering an IAP session (already full) and a brown-bag lunch talk on 3-D printing — technology MIT helped develop years ago that is now entering the mainstream.
As the world turns: Learning about plate tectonics through on-screen interactions
Created by OEIT's ARTEMiS group, the Plate Tectonics interactive visualization challenges students to interpret a 3-D globe of tectonic data, providing animations of the opening and closing of ocean basins and the splitting of Pangaea.