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The MIT MakerWorks team currently comprises 35 passionate graduate students, called mentors, who staff and administer the shop. The space has almost 600 total users, all of whom have attended Maker Mondays, a required introductory session that trains newcomers on policies and basic tools.

A makerspace for students, by students

Initiated and led by students, MIT MakerWorks fosters making with strong engineering focus.

June 22, 2016

Building better trust between humans and machines

MIT-SUTD researchers are creating improved interfaces to help machines and humans work together to complete tasks.

June 21, 2016

Deploying the Buoy Stone in front of the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge

Scene at MIT: A megalith in the Charles

June 21, 2016

A student participates in the MIT maker community.

Featured video: Making makers at MIT

In celebration of the White House's Week of Making, a look at the vibrant makerspace ecosystem around the Institute.

June 20, 2016

“It’s very inspiring to see how these [hair-like] structures occur in nature and how they can achieve different functions,” says Jifei Ou, a graduate student in media arts and sciences at MIT. “We’re just trying to think how can we fully utilize the potential of 3-D printing, and create new functional materials whose properties are easily tunable and controllable.” Pictured is an examp...

Need hair? Press “print”

With fur, brushes, and bristles, Media Lab’s technique opens new frontier in 3-D printing.

June 16, 2016

Irrigated plains of the Punjab province in Pakistan, viewed from a Mughal tower in Sheikhpura District

A smart water grid for the Indus Basin

Architect and MIT Professor James Wescoat promotes institutional capacity building to manage a critical resource.

June 16, 2016

As an undergraduate at MIT, Ned Burnell began thinking about the entire process of making products, and all of the decisions that lead to designing products in a particular way. This is what motivated him to pursue mechanical engineering.

Using engineering savvy to improve product designs

From windmills to software, graduate student Ned Burnell creates better tools.

June 8, 2016

The Venice Architecture Biennale, held every two years at the sprawling Arsenale (above) and Giardini grounds on the city’s eastern tip, opens this weekend. This year’s focus on architecture’s ability to address global challenges — including numerous installations and projects from MIT faculty, students, and alumni — may indicate a paradigm shift for architecture, participants say.

MIT at the Venice Biennale

On a global stage, MIT helps steer architecture toward solving worldwide challenges.

May 27, 2016

The City of Cambridge has approved MIT’s Kendall Square Initiative, which includes the development of six new buildings as well as a variety of new open spaces and retail venues. The decision marks the end of a six-year regulatory process that featured hundreds of public hearings and community meetings, and the work of several Institute task forces and committees.

A new era set to begin in Kendall Square

New buildings, open space, and restaurants, plus research and commercial space, to bring all-day activity to the innovation hub.

May 17, 2016

"The Strait of Hormuz Grand Chessboard," from "After Oil" by Design Earth

Two from MIT win Architectural League of New York honors

Awards recognize achievements by young architects and designers.

May 12, 2016

Since 2013, John Hart (standing, center) has been teaching the MIT graduate course 2.S998 (Additive Manufacturing), which explores the fundamentals of 3-D printing.

3-D Printing 101

As MIT course challenges students to reinvent 3-D printing, professor aims to share approach with others.

May 11, 2016

Instructors modeled the competition’s obstacle course after major landmarks from the American Revolution, including replicas of Boston’s North Church, Concord’s Old North Bridge, and the “H.M.S. Beaver.”

2.007 robots battle it out, revolutionary-style

Motors smoking, robot reenacted Paul Revere’s ride to win competition.

May 6, 2016

J. Meejin Yoon receives 2016 ACADIA Teaching Award of Excellence

Award recognizes Yoon's academic leadership and professional practice.

May 5, 2016

Students have fun developing new toys in the MIT undergraduate class 2.00B (Toy Product Design).

Intriguing toy prototypes to be revealed at 2.00B PLAYsentations

Students will give PLAYsentations, open to the public, on Tuesday, May 10.

May 5, 2016

QualiT, an app launched as part of a collaboration between MIT and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), allows riders of the Silver Line to rate their bus trips.

Crowdsourcing the Silver Line commute

New app from MIT researchers gathers rider feedback to improve Boston bus service.

May 3, 2016

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