Wearable device reveals consumer emotions
Startup’s stress sensor tracks users’ unconscious responses to products and experiences.
Why do some neighborhoods improve?
Density of highly educated residents, rather than income or housing costs, predicts revitalization.
Lucas Mason-Brown named 2017 Echoing Green Fellow
MIT graduate student in mathematics honored for using equations to boost racial equality.
Illuminating the developing world’s “invisible” consumers
Texting-based surveys capture purchasing and behavior data from people living in remote areas.
MIT President Reif attends White House technology meeting
Conference convened by the White House Office of American Innovation includes leading corporate CEOs and other technology leaders.
Shrinking data for surgical training
Technique that reduces video files to one-tenth their initial size enables speedy analysis of laparoscopic procedures.
Academics without borders
Senseable City Lab visualizes 20 years of data to show how students, faculty, and scholars join MIT from all over the world.
Building to better weather the storm
New dashboard developed by the MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub helps builders calculate the breakeven cost of hazard mitigation in hurricane-prone areas.
LIDS Smart Urban Infrastructures Workshop highlights emerging research
Speakers from academia, industry, and government discuss the evolution of smart urban systems.
David Hesslink: Taking his passion to the major leagues
Winningest pitcher in MIT history and baseball analytics ace will join Seattle Mariners’ operations office after graduation.
MIT $100K winner’s optical chips perform AI computations at light speed
A flushless toilet that shrinks waste and a device that detects leaky pipes also won top prizes.
WannaCry ransomware has limited impact at MIT
Information Systems and Technology staff is working with community members to secure devices against the Microsoft Windows-targeting system.
Illuminating uncertainty
Youssef Marzouk aims to improve predictions of everything from underground pollution to daily weather.
Statistics and Data Science Center holds inaugural conference
SDSCon 2017 gathers community and showcases research projects that apply data science to major systems and issues.