Design innovations for improved life in cities
Venture accelerator DesignX unleashes entrepreneurs’ ideas to transform the built environment.
QS ranks MIT the world’s No. 1 university for 2017-18
Ranked at the top for the sixth straight year, the Institute also places first in 12 of 46 disciplines.
Researchers engineer shape-shifting noodles
Sheets of gelatin transform into 3-D shapes when dunked in water; could save food shipping costs.
Researchers design moisture-responsive workout suit
Ventilating flaps lined with live cells open and close in response to an athlete’s sweat.
Dean Kamen: “The magic is out there!”
Noted inventors Kamen and Flowers urge students to unleash their imagination on world’s problems.
J-WAFS awards $1.4 million in third round of seed grant funding
Principal investigators will receive grants of up to $200,000 per year for two years, overhead free, for innovative research on food and water challenges.
Making 3-D printing as simple as printing on paper
Startup’s cloud-based system allows for project queuing by multiple users and automated part removal.
3-D printing offers new approach to making buildings
Technology developed at MIT could enable faster, cheaper, more adaptable building construction.
Ernesto Blanco, mechanical design professor and inventor of the stair-climbing wheelchair, dies at 94
Longtime professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering patented over a dozen inventions and inspired generations of engineers.
Engaged neighbors
Scholars at MIT and in Mexico collaborate on projects spanning design, technology, and art.
Media Lab sets sights on space
MIT Media Lab event, Beyond the Cradle, launches a new initiative to explore the final frontier.
Atlas Service Center opens in E17
Housed in a newly designed space, the center brings together an array of services for the MIT community, now in a single location.
The next-generation water cooler
Smart flavored-beverage machines are persuading consumers nationwide to ditch their plastic bottles.
MIT rates No. 1 in 12 subjects in 2017 QS World University Rankings
MIT ranked within the top 5 for 19 of 46 subject areas.
Constraints and viewpoints
The Integrated Design and Management Program blends creativity, analysis, and empathy.