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Thermoelectric bracelet that helps people maintain a comfortable body temperature takes home $10,000 from MIT’s annual materials-science design competition.

October 17, 2013

iReflect, developed by graduate students Elizabeth Rapoport and Ahmed Al-Obeidi, won first prize in the this year's MADMEC competition. The technology automatically deploys a set of internal blinds in a window to prevent a room from overheating on hot summer days.

Everybody’s a winner

Automatic window-shading invention tops a strong field of entries in materials competition.

October 7, 2011

Nick Orf PhD ’09 demonstrates a prototype Thermeleon roof tile, using a heat gun to warm part of it. The heated area turns from black to white.

Energy savings in black and white

MIT students develop concept for color-changing roof tiles that absorb heat in winter, reflect it in summer.

October 8, 2009

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Making and Designing Materials Engineering Contest (MADMEC)

‘Cool’ invention wins first place at MADMEC

Everybody’s a winner

Energy savings in black and white