Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E)

Jim Christian SM '14 is co-founder and vice president of product for Mountain Hub, an app-based network in which people can upload and share critical real-time information about outdoor conditions.

Using sensors and social networks to make slopes safer

Alumni aim to make outdoor sports safer through gathering data and building a real-time social network.

July 10, 2017

“If you work near someone, you’re more likely to have substantive conversations more frequently,” says doctoral student Matthew Claudel.

Proximity boosts collaboration on MIT campus

Study: Being near colleagues helps cross-disciplinary research on papers and patents.

July 9, 2017

The Marble Center for Cancer Nanomedicine’s faculty is made up of Koch Institute members who are committed to fighting cancer with nanomedicine through research, education, and collaboration. Top row (l-r) Sangeeta Bhatia, director; Daniel Anderson; and Angela Belcher. Bottom row: Paula Hammond; Darrell Irvine; and Robert Langer.

Converging on cancer at the nanoscale

Marking its first anniversary, the Koch Institute’s Marble Center for Cancer Nanomedicine goes full steam ahead.

July 7, 2017

Play Labs announces first class of VR/AR/playful startups and demo session

First accelerator program on the MIT campus will showcase 12 startups across a mix of gaming, virtual reality, esports, and augmented reality technologies.

June 27, 2017

“Machine, Platform, Crowd: Harnessing Our Digital Future,” by Andrew McAfee (top) and Erik Brynjolfsson, published by W.W. Norton.

Q&A: Running a company in an era of “crazy technological progress”

New book by Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson surveys tech’s challenges for business.

June 27, 2017

About30 gear icons in rainbow color assortment. Six of them have graphic of a person.

STEX event showcases innovations in fitness technology and science

Entrepreneurs, researchers, and industry experts build connections at workshop.

June 26, 2017

Anantha Chandrakasan named dean of School of Engineering

Head of Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science will succeed Ian Waitz.

June 23, 2017

mSurvey uses text message-based surveys to gather purchasing behavior of people living in previously hard-to-reach communities in Kenya, the Philippines, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and other locations in Africa and the Caribbean. In return for their feedback, participants receive mobile money.

Illuminating the developing world’s “invisible” consumers

Texting-based surveys capture purchasing and behavior data from people living in remote areas.

June 21, 2017

A lively streetscape extending Broad Canal Way into the Volpe site, with active uses and retail leading pedestrians and bicyclists into the open space.

MIT files rezoning petition for Volpe site

Submittal of mixed-use proposal launches public hearing process.

June 21, 2017

The proximity of the new headquarters of the Advanced Functional Fabrics of America (AFFOA) Institute to MIT's campus will help connect students and faculty to new facilities, including the Fabric Discovery Center that provides end-to-end prototyping from fiber design to system integration of new textile-based products.

Advanced Functional Fabrics of America opens headquarters steps from MIT campus

New AFFOA facility represents a significant MIT investment in advanced manufacturing innovation.

June 19, 2017

Open Water Power’s battery that "drinks" in sea water to operate is safer and cheaper, and provides a tenfold increase in range, over traditional lithium-ion batteries used for unpiloted underwater vehicles. The power system consists of an alloyed aluminum anode, an alloyed cathode, and an alkaline electrolyte positioned between the electrodes. Components are only activated when flooded with wat...

Batteries that “drink” seawater could power long-range underwater vehicles

Startup’s novel aluminum batteries increase the range of UUVs tenfold.

June 15, 2017

At a "pitch and demo" DesignX accelerator event, Department of Urban Studies and Planning student Riddhi Shah, lead for the Kumej project, makes her pitch to the crowd. Kumej is a light, collapsible seat designed to enable underprivileged students in India to carry and create their own comfortable work surface, whether at a construction site where their parents work or in a rural school.

Design innovations for improved life in cities

Venture accelerator DesignX unleashes entrepreneurs’ ideas to transform the built environment.

June 13, 2017

Guest speaker Lisa Su ’90 SM ’91 PhD ’94, the president and CEO of Advanced Micro Devices, urged MIT’s new doctoral graduates to “dream big” and “work hard every day to solve the world’s toughest problems,” in her address at the Institute’s Investiture of Doctoral Hoods on June 8, 2017.

Lisa Su urges doctoral graduates to “dream big” and “change the world”

At hooding ceremony, Advanced Micro Devices CEO says MIT “taught me how to think.”

June 8, 2017

(Left to right): Kit Hickey, chief retail officer; Aman Advani, CEO; and Gihan Amarasiriwardena, chief design officer.

Hacking apparel becomes lucrative business for alumni

Clothing tinkerers innovate fashion with science-based performance dresswear and 3-D knitting.

June 7, 2017

The student-run MIT-China Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (MIT-CHIEF) announced a collaboration with the MIT Hong Kong Innovation Node to launch a new program, Co-founder’s Journey.

MIT-CHIEF launches Co-founder’s Journey

New on-site program will connect MIT startup teams with advanced manufacturing resources in China’s Pearl River Delta area.

June 6, 2017

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