SENSE.nano awards seed grants in optoelectronics, interactive manufacturing

The mission of SENSE.nano is to foster the development and use of novel sensors, sensing systems, and sensing solutions.

MIT.nano • mit
Feb. 13, 2020 ~4 min

A smart surface for smart devices

External system improves phones’ signal strength 1,000 percent, without requiring extra antennas.

Adam Conner-Simons | CSAIL • mit
Feb. 3, 2020 ~4 min


At halfway point, SuperUROP scholars share their research results

In a lively poster session, more than 100 undergraduates discuss their yearlong research projects on everything from machine learning to political geography.

Kathryn O'Neill | Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science • mit
Jan. 29, 2020 ~9 min

Using computers to view the unseen

A new computational imaging method could change how we view hidden information in scenes.

Rachel Gordon | CSAIL • mit
Dec. 6, 2019 ~7 min

Predicting people's driving personalities

System from MIT CSAIL sizes up drivers as selfish or selfless. Could this help self-driving cars navigate in traffic?

Adam Conner-Simons | Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL • mit
Nov. 18, 2019 ~7 min

Self-transforming robot blocks jump, spin, flip, and identify each other

Developed at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, robots can self-assemble to form various structures with applications including disaster relief.

Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL • mit
Oct. 30, 2019 ~6 min

Open access task force releases final recommendations

Report urges MIT community to openly share the products of its research and teaching.

Brigham Fay | MIT Libraries • mit
Oct. 17, 2019 ~3 min

Using algorithms to build a map of the placenta

New technique stretches out MRI scans of placentas so they can be more accurately analyzed, and shows the potential of MRI for pregnancy monitoring.

Adam Conner-Simons | MIT CSAIL • mit
Oct. 2, 2019 ~6 min


Objects can now change colors like a chameleon

Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory team creates new reprogrammable ink that lets objects change colors using light.

Rachel Gordon | CSAIL • mit
Sept. 10, 2019 ~6 min

Robots that can sort recycling

CSAIL’s "RoCycle" system uses in-hand sensors to detect if an object is paper, metal or plastic.

Adam Conner-Simons | CSAIL • mit
April 16, 2019 ~7 min

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