Less-wasteful laser-cutting
Fabricaide, developed at MIT CSAIL, provides live design feedback to help users reduce leftover material.
Koichi Masubuchi, professor emeritus of ocean engineering, dies at 92
Masubuchi, a leading expert on welding science and fabrication technology, also started the Japanese Language School.
3 Questions: Neil Gershenfeld and the spread of Fab Labs
Ten years after launching Fab Lab, the project’s founder describes the program’s research, global impact.
MIT Libraries explore 17th-century postal archive in "Signed, Sealed, and Undelivered"
2,600 recently rediscovered early modern letters to be analyzed in groundbreaking international digital humanities project.
The art and science of mapmaking with wood
Graduate student Phillip Daniel turns maps into laser-cut works of art.
Making change
PhD student Dina El-Zanfaly studies learning through making — with one eye on her native Egypt.
Rethinking architecture
Mark Goulthorpe teaches and practices new design and construction logics for the next generation of high-performance buildings.
MIT’s Mobile Fab Lab participates in White House Maker Faire
Obama tours MIT-developed trailer containing digital fabrication, design, and manufacturing tools.
Affordable precision printing for pros
MIT spinout Formlabs brings high-resolution, low-cost 3-D printing to makers, engineers and designers.
Through a glass, clearly
MIT researchers find a way to make glass that’s anti-fogging, self-cleaning and free of glare.
