Cheap, color, holographic video
A practical new approach to holographic video could also enable 2-D displays with higher resolution and lower power consumption.
Media Lab
Diversifying your online world
In a new book, MIT’s Ethan Zuckerman asserts that we need to overcome the Internet’s sorting tendencies and create tools to make ourselves ‘digital cosmopolitans.’
Automated ‘coach’ could help with social interactions
New software system from MIT could help people improve their conversational and interview skills.
President Ollanta Humala of Peru visits MIT
Visit establishes intent to explore collaborations in education and research.
Why innovation thrives in cities
Double a city’s population and its economic productivity goes up 130 percent. MIT researchers think they know why.
U.S. Ambassador Allan J. Katz visits MIT
Ambassador to Portugal led a Business Development Road Show that included a stop at the MIT Media Lab.
Four MIT researchers attend White House announcement of brain initiative
Obama invites Boyden, Brown, Desimone and Seung to launch of new federal initiative.
Boyden to share prestigious brain prize
Ed Boyden honored for his work on optogenetics; will share 1 million Euro prize with five other researchers.
MIT hosts American Junior Academy of Science delegates
The Institution provides day’s worth of activities for more than 200 conference attendees.
Precisely engineering 3-D brain tissues
New design technique could enable personalized medicine, studies of brain wiring.
The robotic equivalent of a Swiss army knife
Reconfigurable robot a step toward something that can become almost anything.
New books on the shelf from SA+P
Recent publishing news from School of Architecture + Planning faculty and alumni