Design

Q&A: Roger Conover on a lifetime in publishing

Longtime executive editor for art and architecture at the MIT Press discusses his experiences in the publishing world.

December 12, 2018

MIT researchers have 3-D printed a novel microfluidic device that simulates cancer treatments on biopsied tumor tissue — and keeps the tissue alive for days — so clinicians can better examine how individual patients will respond to different therapeutics.

To guide cancer therapy, device quickly tests drugs on tumor tissue

Inexpensive 3-D-printed microfluidics device could be used to personalize cancer treatment.

December 12, 2018

At the conclusion of Monday’s final presentations for the mechanical design class 2.009, teaching assistants for the class showered the capacity crowd at Kresge Auditorium with confetti, celebrating successful demonstrations of their inventions by eight teams of students.

Student teams design in the face of danger

With water-rescue devices, injury-preventing knives, and more, students launch products that make the world a little safer.

December 11, 2018

Elizabeth Bianchini ’18 (center) accepts gold in the Undergraduate Category at the Collegiate Inventors Competition last month for Rhino, a product first developed in 2.009 (Product Engineering Processes). Bianchini was joined on stage by Tony Scardino (left), chief financial officer of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and Drew Hirshfeld, commissioner for patents for the U.S. Patent and Tra...

Alumni team tops Collegiate Inventors Competition

Mechanical engineering alumni of 2.009 (Product Engineering Processes) win with Rhino, a product that makes brick repointing faster, safer, and more accurate.

December 7, 2018

In the Therapeutic Technology Design and Development lab, Assistant Professor Ellen Roche uses her background in both mechanical engineering and biomedical engineering to develop novel medical devices.

Blending medicine and mechanical engineering

Assistant Professor Ellen Roche develops revolutionary medical devices through research at the crossroads of medical science and engineering.

December 4, 2018

Associate Professor A. John Hart (right), doctoral student Adam Stevens SM ’15, and their colleagues have designed a 3-D printer that can deposit material 10 times faster than today’s desktop models can. The team has also developed a novel process for 3-D printing using cellulose, a widely available natural polymer.

Accelerating 3-D printing

Researchers have designed a novel printhead that works with unprecedented speed and pioneered ways to melt and extrude renewable materials.

November 29, 2018

The RePaint system reproduces paintings by combining two approaches called color-contoning and halftoning, as well as a deep learning model focused on determining how to stack 10 different inks to recreate the specific shades of color.

Reproducing paintings that make an impression

CSAIL's new RePaint system aims to faithfully recreate your favorite paintings using deep learning and 3-D printing.

November 29, 2018

Artist Ekene Ijeoma sits with “Pan-African AIDS,” a sculpture representing the hyper-visibility of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa and the hidden one in Black America.

Ekene Ijeoma joins MIT Media Lab

The new media arts and sciences faculty member merges social justice with design, architecture, music, performance, and technology.

November 7, 2018

Felipe Varon says he hopes his vehicle can have an impact in developing countries where traffic and congestion are a problem, or where there’s a lack of transportation infrastructure.

One man’s flying car dream is taking off, thanks to MIT

Felipe Varon uses knowledge gained from MIT Professional Education to improve his invention; hopes cars might service areas with low access to food and supplies.

September 26, 2018