Boyden named inaugural recipient of IET’s Harvey Engineering Research Prize
Honored for his pioneering research contributions to the field of optogenetics, in which neurons are genetically modified to respond to light.
Media Lab
Trillion-frame-per-second video
By using optical equipment in a totally unexpected way, MIT researchers have created an imaging system that makes light look slow.
Searching for balloons in a social network
The key to mobilizing large numbers of people is incentives, study finds.
September news flashes from SA+P
Updates on faculty, students and alumni from the School of Architecture + Planning
Take control of your phone’s sensors
A Media Lab group that has done groundbreaking work using cellphones to gauge human social interactions releases its technology to the public.
Resnick awarded McGraw Prize in Education
Media Lab professor is one of three honored for work in digital education.
In Profile: Ramesh Raskar
After doing groundbreaking work in computational photography, the Media Lab researcher has trained his sights on inventing ‘brand new disciplines.’
New books from the School of Architecture + Planning
Addressing the environment, cities, architecture, angry people and ‘Creative Magic’
Chilean president visits MIT
Sebastián Piñera views demonstrations at the Media Lab, addresses local Chilean students.
Printing off the paper
MIT research continues to push the boundaries of the burgeoning technology of 3-D printing.
A conversation with Joichi Ito
New Media Lab director touches on his work, his hobbies, and what he's learned from swimming with sharks.
New Artificial Intelligence Hall of Fame inducts four MIT professors
IEEE Computer Society magazine honors AI pioneers in inaugural Hall of Fame.