Smart textiles sense how their users are moving

Researchers develop a comfortable, form-fitting fabric that recognizes its wearer’s activities, like walking, running, and jumping.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
July 7, 2022 ~8 min

Researchers release open-source photorealistic simulator for autonomous driving

MIT scientists unveil the first open-source simulation engine capable of constructing realistic environments for deployable training and testing of autonomous vehicles.

Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL • mit
June 21, 2022 ~8 min


Quantum sensor can detect electromagnetic signals of any frequency

MIT engineers expand the capabilities of these ultrasensitive nanoscale detectors, with potential uses for quantum computing and biological sensing.

David L. Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
June 21, 2022 ~6 min

Engineers build LEGO-like artificial intelligence chip

The new design is stackable and reconfigurable, for swapping out and building on existing sensors and neural network processors.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
June 13, 2022 ~7 min

Cracking the case of Arctic sea ice breakup

A distributed sensor network may help researchers identify the physical processes contributing to diminishing sea ice in the planet’s fastest-warming region.

Ariana Tantillo | MIT Lincoln Laboratory • mit
June 1, 2022 ~16 min

MIT engineers boost signals from fluorescent sensors

The advance allows the particles to be placed deeper within biological tissue, which could aid with cancer diagnosis or monitoring.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
May 30, 2022 ~6 min

A helping hand for robotic manipulator design

With modular components and an easy-to-use 3D interface, this interactive design pipeline enables anyone to create their own customized robotic hand.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
May 25, 2022 ~8 min

MIT J-WAFS announces 2022 seed grant recipients

The grants total over $1 million in support of research that addresses issues in the water and food sectors.

Carolyn Blais | Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Security Lab • mit
May 20, 2022 ~10 min


Ultrathin fuel cell uses the body’s own sugar to generate electricity

Engineers have developed a glucose power source that could fuel miniature implants and sensors.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
May 12, 2022 ~8 min

A flexible way to grab items with feeling

MIT engineers Edward Adelson and Sandra Liu duo develop a robotic gripper with rich sensory capabilities.

Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL • mit
April 15, 2022 ~7 min

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