A fabric that “hears” your heartbeat

Inspired by the human ear, a new acoustic fabric converts audible sounds into electrical signals.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
March 16, 2022 ~8 min

Q&A: Climate Grand Challenges finalists on building equity and fairness into climate solutions

Faculty leaders discuss the opportunities and obstacles in developing, scaling, and implementing their work rapidly.

MIT News Office • mit
March 4, 2022 ~9 min


MIT experts test technical research for a hypothetical central bank digital currency

Collaboration with Federal Reserve Bank of Boston yields progress in understanding how a digital currency might be developed in the future.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 3, 2022 ~9 min

Life Sciences Supermind Report outlines proposed solutions to re-imagine the global health ecosystem

Collective intelligence methodology identifies key findings to accelerate the pace of innovation and build health resilience.

MIT Center for Collective Intelligence | MIT Media Lab • mit
Jan. 24, 2022 ~6 min

“Hey, Alexa! Are you trustworthy?”

The more social behaviors a voice-user interface exhibits, the more likely people are to trust it, engage with it, and consider it to be competent.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
Jan. 14, 2022 ~8 min

Speeding up directed evolution of molecules in the lab

Using a new robotic platform, researchers can simultaneously track hundreds of microbial populations as they evolve new proteins or other molecules.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Dec. 30, 2021 ~8 min

Characters for good, created by artificial intelligence

Researchers encourage positive use cases of AI-generated characters for education and well-being.

Becky Ham | MIT Media Lab • mit
Dec. 16, 2021 ~7 min

New fibers can make breath-regulating garments

“Robotic” textiles could help performers and athletes train their breathing, and potentially help patients recovering from postsurgery breathing changes.

David L. Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
Oct. 15, 2021 ~8 min


A robot that finds lost items

This robotic arm fuses data from a camera and antenna to locate and retrieve items, even if they are buried under a pile.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
Oct. 5, 2021 ~8 min

Blockchain technology could provide secure communications for robot teams

The transaction-based communications system ensures robot teams achieve their goal even if some robots are hacked.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
Oct. 5, 2021 ~7 min

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