Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E)

D-Lab Scale-Ups Fellowship applications open

Applications due April 9 for a 12-month program that provides $20,000 to develop sustainable social ventures

March 24, 2014

This illustration depicts phages infecting a target bacteria and generating light-emitting proteins as reporters for bacterial contamination.

Brighter future for bacteria detection

An advanced assay quickly illuminates bacteria for more rapid, accurate detection.

March 20, 2014

MechE alumna Danielle Zurovcik’s WiCare named finalist for Hult Prize

Winner will be announced in September

March 18, 2014

Massive open entrepreneurship

New MITx MOOC brings the expertise of the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship to the Web.

March 18, 2014

Panel participants (left to right): Donald Sadoway, Alexander Slocum, IHS Chairman Dan Yergin, Angela Belcher, MITEI Associate Director Lou Carranza, Robert Armstrong, Vladimir Bulovic, and CERA Co-Founder Jamey Rosenfield

MIT researchers describe 'energy game changers' at CERAWeek2014

MIT Energy Initiative Director Robert Armstrong leads panel, among other IHS CERAWeek sessions featuring MIT faculty and researchers.

March 14, 2014

Associate Dean for Innovation Fiona Murray gives the opening remarks at the MIT REAP dinner.

Gala dinner celebrates 'innovation diplomacy' at MIT

MIT hosts Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program (REAP) participants and marks MIT’s global role in innovation.

March 10, 2014

Shown here are XL Hybrids' electric powertrain components (in brown) that attach to traditional gas and oil powertrains. These components include the traction motor (nearest the front), the drive motor (on the side), and the lithium-ion battery (at the rear).

Driving down fuel usage

MIT spinout XL Hybrids fits gas-guzzlers with electric powertrains, cutting gas consumption.

March 10, 2014

GlucoWise is the winner of major Portuguese venture competition

Building Global Innovators 4th Edition promoted by ISCTE-IUL, MIT Portugal and Deshpande Center for Technical Innovation and the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship.

March 3, 2014

Rest Devices' Mimo kimono (shown here) has sensors embedded on the two green fabric stripes, resembling a vine with leaves, that track respiration. Attached at the end of the “vines” is a mount for a plastic module, resembling a turtle (not pictured), that captures the respiration data, as well as sleeping position, activity level, and body temperature.

Building nursery 2.0

With a sensor-based onesie that tracks a baby’s health, MIT spinout Rest Devices is bringing innovation to baby monitoring.

February 27, 2014

Rise of the compliant machines

MIT spinout Meka Robotics, recently acquired by Google, creates ‘sociable’ humanoids that could help advance human-robot interaction.

February 20, 2014

Shown here is a Fresh Life Toilet, which comes with necessary equipment for Fresh Life Operators to run their businesses.

The surprising value of waste

MIT spinout Sanergy is impacting the entire ‘sanitation value chain’ — from franchised toilets to waste collection and conversion — in Nairobi’s Mukuru slum.

February 14, 2014

A large crowd of Start6 students and students from across MIT came to hear Drew Houston discuss startup culture and know-how on Jan. 27.

Drew Houston and Bob Langer encourage Start6 students at completion of IAP workshop

February 12, 2014

Growing a business, from the lab

MIT researcher Shuguang Zhang’s nanofiber-scaffold technology became the foundation for a biotech company.

February 3, 2014

Marrying tissue engineering with systems biology

Linda Griffith combines in vitro models with deep molecular analysis to accelerate drug discovery.

January 31, 2014

3-D scanning, with your smartphone

Startup Viztu Technologies developed commercial software that generated 3-D models from 2-D photos, before selling to a tech giant.