Computer science and technology

Visualization of bicycle paths for the November 2009 U.N. Climate Change Conference to be held in Copenhagen

MIT research bringing 'smart bikes' to Denmark

Project aims to match sustainability, interactivity

October 10, 2008

The CarTel web portal, showing a trip taken by one driver and accompanying data.

CarTel personalizes commutes by using WiFi to network cars

On-board sensors aim to reduce drive times, detect engine woes

October 8, 2008

From left are NAE members Subra Suresh, MIT dean of engineering; Irwin Jacobs '57 M.S., '59 Sc.D.; and professors Robert Armstrong and Arvind. Armstrong and Arvind were elected members in 2008.

National Academy of Engineering welcomes two from MIT

October 6, 2008

Nicholas Roy, left, assistant professor of aeronautics and astronautics, and Seth Teller, professor of computer science and engineering, stand next to the robotic wheelchair they co-designed, which can be navigated by vocal command.

Robot wheelchair finds its own way

MIT invention responds to user's spoken commands

September 19, 2008

Watch and learn: Time teaches us how to recognize visual objects

MIT work could help develop better computer vision systems

September 11, 2008

The colorful patterns formed by the response of superconducting 'artificial atoms' to a new probe called amplitude spectroscopy serve as an identifying fingerprint for a given atom.

MIT probe could aid quantum computing

Spectroscopy, with amplitude

September 3, 2008

A screen shot of weather and flight information for Newark, NJ, as compiled by the computer tool developed at MIT that could cut weather-related airline delays.

MIT tool aims to cut airline delays

September 3, 2008

MIT class project gets a gold star from Google

'Locale' will let Android cell phones adjust to surroundings

August 29, 2008

A sign indicating a hurricane evacuation route near Boca Raton, Florida.

Saving lives through smarter hurricane evacuations

MIT student's software seen aiding emergency officials' decision-making

August 28, 2008

MIT Lincoln LaboratoryÂ software aims to thwart cyber hackers

August 27, 2008

MIT associate professor Josh Tenenbaum and his former student, Charles Kemp, have developed a computer algorithm that can select the best type of structure to fit a set of data. Such structures, shown here, include linear order, rings and clusters.

MIT model helps computers sort data more like humans

August 25, 2008

MIT zeroes in on Alzheimer's structures

Work could lead to new drugs for the common disease

August 21, 2008

Traditional flat screen displays (bottom left) present 2-D images. 3-D and 4-D displays have been proposed making use of lenslet arrays to shape a fixed outgoing light field for horizontal or bidirectional parallax (top left).

MIT developing super-realistic image system

'6-D' pictures can look just like the real thing

August 7, 2008

MIT's venerable Millstone Hill Radar antenna is getting an upgrade, which will allow it to continue its work cataloging objects circling Earth and monitoring satellite and spacecraft launches.

Sputnik-era antenna gets 21st century upgrade

August 7, 2008

MIT awarded $3M for training program in quantum information science

Grant to create interdisciplinary study program

August 4, 2008

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