Gliding from classroom to market
Treaded hand truck created as class project is now making downstairs deliveries safer.
Is your meal really gluten free?
Portable sensor detects trace amounts of gluten in food at restaurants.
Lemelson-MIT Program appoints Stephanie Couch as executive director
Couch to build upon program’s 20-year success in celebrating invention and inspiring youth to invent.
Researchers find unexpected magnetic effect
Combining two thin-film materials yields surprising room-temperature magnetism.
Making electronics out of coal
Instead of burning up this complex hydrocarbon, let’s make devices from it, says Jeffrey Grossman.
Collegiate inventors awarded 2016 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize
Students recognized for inventive solutions to challenges in health care, transportation, consumer devices, food, and agriculture.
Easier access to patent data
In MIT talk, U.S. Patent Office director Michelle Lee announces new initiatives for public data use.
Sepsis-curing device wins new health care prize
Device that filters blood to prevent organ failure wins MIT Sloan Healthcare Innovations Prize.
Lemelson-MIT Program expands invention education opportunities for middle and high school students
Free invention activity guides available to educators nationwide to bring hands-on learning to the classroom.
Five with MIT ties tapped for Inventors Hall of Fame
MIT professor and four alumni honored for inventing electronic ink, the spanning tree protocol, and Sketchpad, a human-machine graphical communication system.
Four MIT faculty named 2015 fellows of the National Academy of Inventors
Belcher, Bhatia, Brown, and Horvitz recognized for demonstrating a prolific spirit of innovation and invention resulting in a tangible impact on society.
Jay Whitacre wins $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize for invention of a revolutionary battery
First mass-produced, low-cost, eco-friendly battery has the potential to transition the world toward a more sustainable energy future.
“MultiFab” 3-D prints a record 10 materials at once, no assembly required
Printer from Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab uses machine vision and 3-D scanning to self-correct and directly embed components.
