Simple, low-cost E. coli test wins MIT Water Innovation Prize
Nine student teams pitched solutions to global water issues at annual event.
Photonic communication comes to computer chips
Startup’s optoelectronic chips could reduce energy usage by up to 50 percent in data centers while increasing computing speeds.
Measuring the economy with location data
Startup’s platform crunches anonymized smartphone GPS data to understand how people shop, work, and live.
Using technology to combat bias in hiring
Stephanie Lampkin MBA ’13 says unconscious bias creates unfair hiring practices — and she developed an app for that.
The autonomous “selfie drone”
Alumni’s video-capturing drone tracks moving subjects while freely navigating any environment.
Contact lenses that deliver drugs directly to the eye win health care prize
Eight teams pitched novel inventions at MIT Sloan Healthcare Innovations Prize competition.
MIT Energy Conference speakers say transformation can happen fast
New technologies, systems, and business models are rapidly changing the energy landscape, experts attest.
MIT Sandbox’s first acquired startup gives back
Augmented-reality startup Escher Reality, which recently sold to Niantic, gives back to the program that helped it launch.
Giving everyone a window into the human body
Startup’s low-cost, portable scanner generates clinical-quality ultrasounds on a smartphone.
Just what the doctor ordered
Class brings together MIT students and clinicians from local hospitals to design medical devices that address real-world health needs.
MISTI Global Startup Labs celebrates 18 years
Over 200 MIT students have mentored peers in creating tech startups across the world.
Robotic interiors
Smart furniture transforms spaces in tiny apartments into bedrooms, work spaces, or closets.
Startup makes labs smarter
Platform connects individual pieces of lab equipment, compiles data in the cloud for speedier, more accurate research.
Bots that talk more like people
AI platform allows chatbots to draw on robust language database to better navigate human conversation.
Startup aims to make vision care more accessible in developing world
Portable device can generate corrective lens prescriptions in areas with no optometry care.