Technology and society

Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering Rahul Sarpeshkar, left, and Soumyajit Mandal display their RF (radio frequency) cochlea, a low-power, ultra-broadband radio chip. The chip, held by Mandal, is attached to an antenna, held by Sarpeshkar. The diagram on the computer monitor shows the wiring layout of the chip.

Drawing inspiration from nature to build a better radio

New radio chip mimics human ear, could enable universal radio

June 3, 2009

Natasha Schull, assistant professor in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society.

Going for broke

Professor says Vegas gambling machines designed to get people to 'play to extinction'

May 20, 2009

An aerial shot of part of the Plataforma LogÃstica de Zaragoza (PLAZA), the largest logistics park in Europe, which was designed through a partnership with MIT. TheÂ Zaragoza Logistics Center, aÂ new research institute established through the partnership with MIT, is also based in the middle of the logistics park.Â

A renaissance in logistics for economic growth

May 19, 2009

MIT materials scientist Christopher Schuh stands next to a truck bumper coated with a new nickel-tungsten alloy that could replace chrome plating.

Finishing touches: New alloys offer alternative to chrome

May 19, 2009

Innovator Selanikio Wins $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainability

April 28, 2009

Pedro Torres-Carrasquillo is working on techniques for machine-based identification of dialects in a spoken language.

Dialect Detectives

System that distinguishes among variants in spoken languages could enhance automated machine translation

April 16, 2009

Q&A with Joseph Coughlin on AGNES and the AgeLab

April 14, 2009

This stimulator was used in a study to show that how humans feel the world can actually change how they see it --Â and vice versa. The device consists of a centimeter-square array composed of 60 pins to deliver precisely controlled vibrations to the fingertips.

How you feel the world impacts how you see it

Motion illusions reveal new insights into perception

April 9, 2009

MIT spinoff gets Detroit contract

Chrysler selects A123Systems batteries for new line of electric and hybrid cars

April 8, 2009

Hiroshi Ishii with one of his early projects, bottles that play music when their stoppers are removed.

Ishii makes the virtual tangible

A 'hands-on' approach to computers

April 6, 2009

Q&A with Richard Hynes on stem cell funding

March 18, 2009

Chandrakasan honored for semiconductor work

March 12, 2009

Re-engineered battery material could lead to rapid recharging of many devices

Beltway for electrical energy solves long-standing problem

March 11, 2009

Lifting the ban

March 10, 2009

Hologram seminar probes past and future of 3-D imaging