Media Lab to bring more digital tools into newsrooms with $1.2 million Knight Foundation grant
The Future of News initiative aims to bridge the gap between journalism, technology, and civic engagement.
'This is not a ball' spotlights MIT collaboration
New documentary by visiting artist Vik Muniz features MIT alumni and researchers.
Affordable precision printing for pros
MIT spinout Formlabs brings high-resolution, low-cost 3-D printing to makers, engineers and designers.
President of Turkey visits MIT
Abdullah Gul views research projects, meets with faculty, students, and administration
Illuminating neuron activity in 3-D
New technique allows scientists to monitor the entire nervous system of a small worm.
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.