Fiber “barcodes” can make clothing labels that last
Drawing inspiration from butterfly wings, reflective fibers woven into clothing could reshape textile sorting and recycling.
MIT affiliates honored with 2023 Optica awards and medals
Optics and photonics awards go to Professor Marin Soljacic as well as alumni Vanderlei Salvador Bagnato, Turan Erdogan, Harold Metcalf, and Andrew Weiner.
Titanic robots make farming more sustainable
MIT alumnus-founded FarmWise uses autonomous machines to snip weeds while preserving crops, eliminating the need for herbicides.
3 Questions: Daniel Auguste on why “successful entrepreneurs don’t fall from the sky”
The MLK Visiting Professor studies the ways innovators are influenced by their communities.
In visit to MIT, FedEx founder Frederick Smith shares thoughts on innovation
Smith, in discussion with Center for Transportation and Logistics Director Yossi Sheffi, reflects on 50 years in business and building for the future.
Helping companies deploy AI models more responsibly
MIT spinout Verta offers tools to help companies introduce, monitor, and manage machine-learning models safely and at scale.
A new educational program for scientists working on substance use disorder
MIT Open Learning team awarded NIH grant to provide training in biomedical product development, entrepreneurship, and innovation.
3 Questions: Cullen Buie on a new era for cell therapies
The associate professor of MechE reflects on how his company, Kytopen, has grown and shifted focus in developing safer immunotherapies.
Toward new, computationally designed cybersteels
With a grant from the Office of Naval Research, MIT researchers aim to design novel high-performance steels, with potential applications including printed aircraft components and ship hulls.
MIT Solve announces 2023 global challenges and Indigenous Communities Fellowship
More than $1 million in funding available to selected Solver teams and fellows.
Startups led by MIT mechanical engineers offer health care solutions
Companies founded by MechE faculty and alumni solve a variety of health care challenges, from better drug delivery to robotic surgery.
Using robotics to supercharge health care
Vecna Technologies, founded by a pair of MIT alumni, has followed a long and winding path to help people in health care settings.
Learning Beautiful brings MIT’s “mind and hand” ethos to early childhood education
Spun out of a Media Lab project, the startup offers materials that help children explore computer science concepts through hands-on learning.
Startups take root in senior capstone class
Over the years, dozens of student products from Class 2.009 (Product Engineering Processes) have inspired startups.
Strengthening America’s manufacturing base
In a visit to MIT, Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Heidi Shyu talked about the DoD’s role in strengthening U.S. manufacturing.