A system that’s worth its salt
New approach to water desalination could lead to small, portable units that could be sent to disaster sites or remote locations.
Akamai Technologies' Paul Sagan on leading through adversity
Presented by MIT Sloan School of Management Dean's Innovative Leader Series
Revolutionizing medicine, one chip at a time
Low-power computer chips allow engineers to design wearable and implantable devices to monitor patients.
MIT student inventor honored for transformative work in genomics and linguistics
$30,000 Lemelson-
MIT prizes awarded to inventive students nationwide; four leading institutes celebrate 2010 winners
Cell-inspired electronics
By mimicking cells, MIT researcher designs electronic circuits for ultra-low-power and biomedical applications.
New wheelchair gets its first real-world test
Grad student’s device aims to meet the needs of millions of people in the developing world.
Power from motion and vibrations
Forget about batteries. The ability to harness electricity from tiny vibrations could power a new generation of electronic devices.
Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation offering Fall 2010 grants
Call for proposals due April 20, 2010
Self-powered sensors
Harvesting electricity from small temperature differences could enable a new generation of electronic devices that don’t need batteries
New video series shines spotlight on the growing role of information and experimentation technologies in driving innovation
Highlights research of Brynjolfsson, Schrage into IT-driven innovation
Levitating magnet brings space physics to fusion
Tests on a machine that mimics a planet’s magnetic field show that it may offer an ‘alternative path’ to taming nuclear fusion for power generation.
New ‘nanoburrs’ could help fight heart disease
Targeted nanoparticles can home in on damaged vascular tissue and may be used to deliver drugs that help clear arteries
Graduate student’s business storms the cinema lighting industry
Nuclear Science and Engineering graduate student Michael Short is quickly becoming a leader in the cinema lighting industry with his business, the LEDStorm On-Camera Light, which he designed and built in the MIT Hobby Shop.