Glasses-free 3-D projector
New design could also make conventional 2-D video higher in resolution and contrast.
Bionic ankle 'emulates nature'
Bionics pioneer Hugh Herr’s prosthetic ankle mimics the power and control of its biological counterpart.
Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa visits MIT
Correa and delegation meet with Provost Martin Schmidt and others.
Lemelson-MIT announces National Collegiate Student Prize Competition winners
$50,000 awarded to undergraduate and graduate student inventors
Orienteering for robots
Algorithm for determining orientation of objects could aid robots in navigation, scene understanding.
Power (of electronics) to the people
Alumna Ayah Bdeir’s fast-growing startup littleBits, which sells connectable electronic modules, is helping people understand and build creatively with electronics.
App Inventor launches second iteration
Since its 2009 creation, more than a million people have registered to use App Inventor, which is now based out of the MIT Media Lab.
Multiview 3-D photography made simple
A new technique enables the conversion of an ordinary camera into a light-field camera capable of recording high-resolution, multiperspective images.
J.J. Abrams: 'It’s like driving in the fog'
Movie and television writer-producer shares his thoughts on how his production company compares with MIT’s Media Lab.
Glasses-free 3-D TV looks nearer
A new method for producing multiple-perspective 3-D images could prove more practical in the short term than holography.
Pioneering filmmaker Richard Leacock, former MIT professor, dies at age 89
Inventive MIT filmmaker helped create cinéma vérité style with path-breaking documentaries
TV outside the box
Using ordinary cell phones, a Media Lab system would let television programs spill off the TV screen and into the living room.
