New concept turns battery technology upside-down
Pump-free design for flow battery could offer advantages in cost and simplicity.
Hot new solar cell
System converts solar heat into usable light, increasing device’s overall efficiency.
MIT, Lockheed Martin launch long-term research collaboration
Initial focus will be on transformative technologies, autonomy, and robotics.
Making it real
Two new programs, MakerBucks and MakerLodge, for MIT freshmen will provide training, funds, and community for makers.
3-D Printing 101
As MIT course challenges students to reinvent 3-D printing, professor aims to share approach with others.
2.007 robots battle it out, revolutionary-style
Motors smoking, robot reenacted Paul Revere’s ride to win competition.
Intriguing toy prototypes to be revealed at 2.00B PLAYsentations
Students will give PLAYsentations, open to the public, on Tuesday, May 10.
MIT Energy Initiative awards nine seed fund grants for early-stage energy research
Winning teams will use grants to advance research in areas including fuel cells, solar-powered desalination, and impacts of electric vehicle charging on the power grid.
Self-driving cars, meet rubber duckies
“Duckietown” class at Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab teaches autonomy, aims to become global research platform.
Fast-tracking medical device development
Brian Anthony teams researchers and physicians with industry to accelerate advances in patient care.
Koichi Masubuchi, professor emeritus of ocean engineering, dies at 92
Masubuchi, a leading expert on welding science and fabrication technology, also started the Japanese Language School.
Collegiate inventors awarded 2016 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize
Students recognized for inventive solutions to challenges in health care, transportation, consumer devices, food, and agriculture.