Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E)

The late MIT professor Claude E. Shannon, known as the father of digital communications and information theory, invented mind-bogglingly clever devices and contraptions.

Shannon collection shows wit and whimsy

MIT Museum receives collection of toys and contraptions created by the 'father of information theory'

May 30, 2007

First Step Coral team members hold SunPower solar panels to make "MIT" sign at sunset in Sagay, Philippines. Left to right: Martin Lorilla '09, Illac Diaz (MIT SPURS Fellow), Emzo de los Santos '09, Francis Lorilla (MIT Dad) and Gerardo Jose la O' (MIT graduate student).

Wind, sun and tides power Biorock, rehab for recovering coral reefs

May 8, 2007

Eureka! Lemelson-MIT and Museum of Science host celebration of inventors and inventions

May 1, 2007

EcoExpo displays MIT's sustainability initiative, April 25

April 19, 2007

MIT Sloan M.B.A. students Jose Almirall, left, and Tom Duterme created mbabuzz.com to reduce anxiety among business school applicants.

Free site gives the 'buzz' on business school application

April 17, 2007

Researchers at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST) have developed a device that allows them to control the distance between cells. The cells are placed on combs, which can be fully separated (top), slightly separated (middle) or locked together with combs in contact (bottom).

HST device draws cells close--but not too close--together

April 4, 2007

Swager, of chemistry, wins $500K Lemelson-MIT Prize

April 2, 2007

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Robotic brace aids stroke recovery

Worn on the arm, NeuroRobotic device is lightweight, portable

March 20, 2007

Seven research teams win Deshpande grants

March 14, 2007

Senior Andrew Lee welcomes sophomore Dan Rogers to a presentation on carbon nanotube capacitors.

Student-run Energy 2.0 focuses on cleantech innovation, investment

March 13, 2007

Solar power, clean energy inspire Norwegian entrepreneur

March 7, 2007

New DUE office will support innovation

February 14, 2007

MIT graduate student Nathan Ball, who invented a device for rapidly scaling large heights, is this year's winner of the $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize.

Lemelson winner designs for public safety

February 14, 2007

Graduate student Manu Prakash (left) and Professor Neil Gershenfeld discuss new applications for their microfluidic chips, which can carry on-chip process control information.

Flow of tiny bubbles mimics computer circuitry

Work could boost capabilities of 'labs on a chip'

February 8, 2007

Postdoc Peter Rakich worked with MIT colleagues to develp a novel way to add the power and speed of light waves to traditional electronics.

MIT 'optics on a chip' may revolutionize telecom, computing

Research integrates photonic circuitry on a silicon chip

February 6, 2007

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