Marvin Minsky, “father of artificial intelligence,” dies at 88
Professor emeritus was a co-founder of CSAIL and a founding member of the Media Lab.
Media Lab
Watch your tone
Voice-analytics software helps customer-service reps build better rapport with customers.
25 from MIT named to Forbes 30 Under 30 lists in 2016
Students, researchers, and alumni honored in the 2016 Forbes 30 Under 30 lists showcasing America’s most important young entrepreneurs, thinkers, and leaders.
Detecting consumer decisions within messy data
Software analyzes online chatter to predict health care consumers’ behavior.
Scaling up synthetic-biology innovation
MIT professor’s startup makes synthesizing genes many times more cost effective.
New PBS KIDS ScratchJr app launches
Developed in collaboration with the MIT Media Lab and Tufts University, the PBS KIDS ScratchJr app helps children ages 5-8 learn coding concepts.
Defense Secretary Carter visits MIT for innovation discussion
Dialogue with defense secretary focuses on bolstering leading-edge manufacturing.
Making 3-D imaging 1,000 times better
Algorithms exploiting light’s polarization boost resolution of commercial depth sensors 1,000-fold.
Biomedical imaging at one-thousandth the cost
Mathematical modeling enables $100 depth sensor to approximate the measurements of a $100,000 piece of lab equipment.
Smarter lenses
Newly launched mobile eye-test device could lead to prescription virtual-reality screens.
MIT’s response to earthquake in Nepal
MIT supports recovery and learning following earthquake in Nepal.
