In Profile: Alex Slocum
Teaching and tinkering, and teaching how to tinker, are the driving forces for longtime MIT mechanical engineer
How to turn blueprints green
Open-source program developed at MIT allows architects and engineers to optimize a building’s energy systems early in the design process
With $25 million grant, NSF funds center to investigate the creation of biological machines
Headquartered at MIT, the new initiative aims to dramatically advance research in complex biological systems and engage underrepresented minority groups
New wheelchair gets its first real-world test
Grad student’s device aims to meet the needs of millions of people in the developing world.
Reporter’s Notebook: Emergency measures
For drowning surfers, fallen bicyclists and injured mountaineers, students in MIT’s 2.009 class devise products that could save lives.
Two from MIT win Marshall Scholarships
Seniors Tanya Goldhaber and Vinayak Muralidhar will pursue graduate studies in Britain beginning next year.
Feeling the way
Robotic device developed in MIT’s Touch Lab can help visually impaired people navigate around a virtual model of a real building.
Energy researchers find Obama an eager student
In the President's visit to MIT labs he showed keen interest, quick understanding and warm appreciation, say his hosts
Tish Scolnik ’10 selected as one of Glamour Magazine’s Top 10 College Women
The October issue of Glamour Magazine has named 2009 Truman Scholar Tish Scolnik as one of their Top 10 College Women, recognizing her work on mobility issues for the disabled.
Deshpande Center's latest funding cycle supports goal of 'idea to impact'
Since 2002, the Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation has funded more than 80 projects with over $9 M in grants. The center supports a wide range of emerging technologies including biotechnology, biomedical devices, information technology, new materials, tiny tech, and energy innovations. Eighteen projects have spun out of the center as independent startups, having collectively raised over $150 million in outside financing from investors.
Fuel cells get a boost
Creating tiny steps to electrode surfaces can double the efficiency of the emissions-free electricity sources, MIT researchers find.
Quantum computing may actually be useful
A quantum algorithm that solves systems of linear equations could point in a promising new direction.
