Rise of the compliant machines
MIT spinout Meka Robotics, recently acquired by Google, creates ‘sociable’ humanoids that could help advance human-robot interaction.
MIT professor ‘made much of our world possible’
Computing luminaries celebrate the work of MIT adjunct professor and Turing Award winner Butler Lampson, one of the fathers of the modern PC.
Lemelson-MIT introduces new high school invention program
The program expands its commitment to inspire the next generation of inventors with Junior Varsity InvenTeam Initiative.
International development through dialogue, design, and dissemination
Amy Smith and students at MIT’s D-Lab create products for, and with, communities in the developing world.
Materials database proves its mettle with new discoveries
Project provides a systematic way of exploring the vast realm of unfamiliar materials.
Climbing the ‘power ascension’ market
Alumni startup Atlas Devices commercializes motorized rope-climbing technology for military use.
Engineering students demonstrate product prototypes
Final 2.009 presentations provide new ideas for athletes, patients, hobbyists, and even horses.
In the World: A long haul to bring clean water to developing nations
MIT’s Susan Murcott expands ceramic-filter production to three continents, bringing jobs and curbing disease.
SMART Driverless golf cart provides a glimpse into a future of autonomous vehicles
Fleet of self-driving cars could solve the “first-and last-mile" problem.
Where the ‘beaver works’
A collaborative space at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, called the Beaver Works Center, will create new opportunities in project-based learning.
A leap forward in X-ray technology
New system could provide detailed images — even of soft tissue — from a lightweight, portable device.
‘Wise chisels’: Art, craftsmanship, and power tools
MIT project melds personal style and technique with computerized control systems.
High school students receive Lemelson-MIT Program invention grants
InvenTeam grants awarded to students at 15 high schools nationwide to help bring their innovative ideas to life.
Innovation in renewable-energy technologies is booming
New study shows that research investments and growing markets have fueled a huge rise in new patents.
New kind of microscope uses neutrons
Device could open up new areas of research on materials and biological samples at tiny scales.