Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E)

“I hope to save a lot of people a lot of time doing boring, repetitive work by automating programming work as well as decreasing the cost of building secure, reliable systems,” says Associate Professor Adam Chlipala.

Making it easier to program and protect the web

Professor Adam Chlipala builds tools to help programmers more quickly generate optimized, secure code.

July 20, 2019

Summer 2019 MIT and FIT AFFOA Workshop in Advanced Functional Fabrics participants

MIT and Fashion Institute of Technology join forces to create innovative textiles

Advanced functional fabrics workshop, held jointly with AFFOA and industrial partner New Balance, develops concepts for biodegradable footwear, active textiles.

July 17, 2019

A patient receives an ultrasound at MDaaS Global's clinic in Ibadan, Nigeria. MDaaS provides diagnostic services to low-income communities that were previously inaccessible.

World-class diagnostics for low-income communities in sub-Saharan Africa

MDaaS Global works to transform health care in Africa by bringing high-end medical diagnostics to low-income communities.

July 11, 2019

Greentown Labs is the largest clean technology incubator in North America by both square feet and the number of member companies. The open layout of its entrance, shown here, is designed to host events and encourage collaboration.

How Greentown Labs became the epicenter of clean tech

The incubator’s winding journey to success helped its startup community grow closer while addressing environmental challenges.

June 25, 2019

MIT startup Lumii creates ink designs that make images appear three dimensional on packages, labels, IDs, and more.

Creating 3-D images, with regular ink

MIT startup Lumii helps manufacturers replicate the visual effects of holograms on their printed materials.

June 19, 2019

JoAnne Yates and her new book “Engineering Rules: Global Standard Setting Since 1880.”

Engineers set the standards

MIT business historian’s new book chronicles the emergence of global standardization in technology.

June 12, 2019

Left to right: Professor Daniel Hastings, Aeronautics and Astronautics department head; Professor Anantha Chandrakasan, dean of the School of Engineering; Eric Evans, director of Lincoln Laboratory; and Robert Shin, head of the Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance and Tactical Systems Division at Lincoln Laboratory, cut the ribbon at the unveiling of the new Beaver Works space in MIT’s...

Ribbon cutting launches auxiliary Beaver Works space

The 4,000-square-foot addition will facilitate further collaboration between MIT and Lincoln Laboratory researchers.

June 11, 2019

Africa's Talking, which offers developers voice and text functions to add to their solutions, employs around 160 people and is scaling quickly around Africa.

A platform for Africa’s mobile innovators

Africa’s Talking gives entrepreneurs on the continent an easy way to add voice- and text-based functions to their solutions.

June 10, 2019

F1 driver Max Verstappen on the grid at the Formula One Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix 2019

Senior leaders look to Formula One and MIT for learning at high speed

One-day workshops bring executives into the “inner sanctum” of motor sports for innovative insights with real-world applications.

June 10, 2019

First Place 2019 $15K Creative Arts Competition team Teach to Learn, a global music mentorship program, receives their prize from MIT competition organizer Sam Magee (left).

2019 Creative Arts Competition winners combine arts and entrepreneurship

Annual competition encourages art-based entrepreneurship on campus, offering mentorship, support, and cash awards to student teams who present business plans for arts-related initiatives.

June 10, 2019