Miniscule device could help preserve the battery life of tiny sensors
Researchers demonstrate a low-power “wake-up” receiver one-tenth the size of other devices.
3D-printed revolving devices can sense how they are moving
A new system enables makers to incorporate sensors into gears and other rotational mechanisms with just one pass in a 3D printer.
Resilient bug-sized robots keep flying even after wing damage
New repair techniques enable microscale robots to recover flight performance after suffering severe damage to the artificial muscles that power their wings.
Learning to compute through art
“Introduction to Physical Computing for Artists” at the MIT Student Art Association teaches students to use circuits, wiring, motors, sensors, and displays by developing their own kinetic artworks.
QuARC 2023 explores the leading edge in quantum information and science
The second annual student-industry conference was held in-person for the first time.
Augmented reality headset enables users to see hidden objects
The device could help workers locate objects for fulfilling e-commerce orders or identify parts for assembling products.
Student-led conference charts the future of micro- and nanoscale research, reinforces scientific community
19th Microsystems Annual Research Conference reveals the next era of microsystems technologies, along with skiing and a dance party.
A new chip for decoding data transmissions demonstrates record-breaking energy efficiency
The chip, which can decipher any encoded signal, could enable lower-cost devices that perform better while requiring less hardware.
New chip for mobile devices knocks out unwanted signals
The receiver chip efficiently blocks signal interference that slows device performance and drains batteries.
A new way for quantum computing systems to keep their cool
A wireless technique enables a super-cold quantum computer to send and receive data without generating too much error-causing heat.
Engineers invent vertical, full-color microscopic LEDs
Stacking light-emitting diodes instead of placing them side by side could enable fully immersive virtual reality displays and higher-resolution digital screens.
Study: Superconductivity switches on and off in “magic-angle” graphene
A quick electric pulse completely flips the material’s electronic properties, opening a route to ultrafast, brain-inspired, superconducting electronics.
MIT engineers grow “perfect” atom-thin materials on industrial silicon wafers
Their technique could allow chip manufacturers to produce next-generation transistors based on materials other than silicon.
Strengthening electron-triggered light emission
A new method can produce a hundredfold increase in light emissions from a type of electron-photon coupling, which is key to electron microscopes and other technologies.
Pablo Jarillo-Herrero delivers 2022 Dresselhaus Lecture on the magic of moiré quantum matter
The MIT professor discussed a new nanoengineered platform to investigate strongly correlated and topological physics.