Startup aims to democratize synthetic biology
Alumna’s mini-lab kits include all necessary tools and materials for anyone to start engineering microbes.
Students build assistive technologies at MIT’s annual ATHack
Citizens with disabilities from Greater Boston and students gathered to build prototypes of personalized assistive devices.
Garden of ideas
With a new multimedia website, landscape architecture professor Anne Whiston Spirn makes a secret garden public and explores how ideas create form.
Human factors engineering class tackles design for aging
MIT students learn human-centered design skills in a course offered during the 2018 Independent Activities Period.
MIT rates No. 1 in 12 subjects in 2018 QS World University Rankings
MIT ranked within top 5 in 19 out of 48 subject areas.
Custom carpentry with help from robots
CSAIL’s robotic system minimizes dangerous sawing, helps users customize furniture.
New connector helps faculty, student startups launch in China
The new connector helps faculty, students, and alumni launch startups in China.
Robotic interiors
Smart furniture transforms spaces in tiny apartments into bedrooms, work spaces, or closets.
Microfluidics from LEGO bricks
MIT engineers make microfluidics modular using the popular interlocking blocks.
Changing the color of 3-D printed objects
CSAIL system uses custom ink and ultraviolet light to repeatedly change an object's color.
Turning any room into an operating room
With a product called SurgiBox, grad student Sally Miller hopes to make safe, clean surgery possible anywhere.
A manifesto for designing cities
MIT professor’s new book calls for a more pluralistic, democratic vision of the city.
How to turn clinicians into makers
Providing training and resources, MakerHealth helps nurses and doctors hack medical equipment to improve patient care.
Using ancient knowledge to create contemporary architecture
Ghost stories and digital technologies meet in the work of Rome Prize winner Brandon Clifford.