Research Laboratory of Electronics

A new system from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory works by analyzing light at the edge of walls, which is impacted by the reflections of objects around the corner from the camera.

An algorithm for your blind spot

Using smartphone cameras, system for seeing around corners could help with self-driving cars and search-and-rescue.

October 9, 2017

This series of photographs shows the chemical reaction that occurs during the charging of a lithium oxygen battery using lithium iodide as an additive.

Researchers clarify mystery about proposed battery material

Study explains conflicting results from other experiments, may lead to batteries with more energy per pound.

August 15, 2017

A new technique boosts the power output of tiny, chip-mounted terahertz lasers by 88 percent.

Tiny terahertz laser could be used for imaging, chemical detection

New design boosts the power output of the best-performing chip-scale terahertz laser by 80 percent.

August 8, 2017

MIT researchers have designed new methods for paring down neural networks so that they’ll run more efficiently on handheld devices.

Bringing neural networks to cellphones

Method for modeling neural networks’ power consumption could help make the systems portable.

July 18, 2017

MIT student Neerja Aggarwal directed "Einstein's Dreams" on stage in the spring of 2017.

Featured video: Bringing “Einstein’s Dreams” to life

An MIT student in engineering and theater arts melds her dual passions to bring physics to the stage.

June 20, 2017

“We engineer new functions into cells. We try to give them new abilities,” PhD student Fahim Farzadfard says. “Basically, we’re making molecular tools. We try to understand cells inner-workings and engineer them using these tools.”

Endowing cells with new abilities

PhD student Fahim Farzadfard engineers cells to record “memories” of past events.

June 20, 2017

The proximity of the new headquarters of the Advanced Functional Fabrics of America (AFFOA) Institute to MIT's campus will help connect students and faculty to new facilities, including the Fabric Discovery Center that provides end-to-end prototyping from fiber design to system integration of new textile-based products.

Advanced Functional Fabrics of America opens headquarters steps from MIT campus

New AFFOA facility represents a significant MIT investment in advanced manufacturing innovation.

June 19, 2017

Marty Ellis, of Inman Mills in South Carolina, checks a machine manufacturing fabric developed through AFFOA.

AFFOA launches state-of-the-art facility for prototyping advanced fabrics

New center for development of high-tech fibers and fabrics opens headquarters, unveils two products ready for commercialization.

June 19, 2017

A micrograph of the MIT researchers’ new device, with a visualization of electrical-energy measurements and a schematic of the device layout superimposed on it.

Toward optical quantum computing

Prototype device enables photon-photon interactions at room temperature.

June 16, 2017

A team of researchers from MIT, Harvard University, and Sandia National Laboratories reports a new technique for creating targeted defects in diamond materials, which is simpler and more precise than its predecessors and could benefit diamond-based quantum computing devices.

Toward mass-producible quantum computers

Process for positioning quantum bits in diamond optical circuits could work at large scales.

May 26, 2017

MIT engineers have devised a new way to analyze biologics as they are being produced. After proteins enter a nanofilter array device, they are directed to one side of the wall. This narrow line of proteins then encounters a series of slanted filters with tiny pores, designed so that smaller proteins will fit through them easily, while larger proteins will move along the diagonal for some distance ...

Speeding up quality control for biologics

Nanofluidic device enables rapid testing of protein drugs produced by living cells.

May 22, 2017

(Left to right): Postdoc Kyusang Lee, Professor Jeehwan Kim (sitting), and graduate students Samuel Cruz and Yunjo Kim.

Not stuck on silicon

Engineers use graphene as a “copy machine” to produce cheaper semiconductor wafers.

April 19, 2017

Polina Anikeeva, the Class of 1942 Associate Professor in Materials Science and Engineering at MIT, is training for her third Boston Marathon. She has participated in others around the country, including at Disney World in Orlando. She ran that marathon as Tinkerbell.

The sanity of the long-distance runner

Associate Professor Polina Anikeeva, in preparing for the Boston Marathon, shares her love of running.

April 13, 2017

Researchers have developed a rubber-like fiber, shown here, that can flex and stretch while simultaneously delivering both optical impulses, for optoelectronic stimulation, and electrical connections, for stimulation and monitoring.

Stretching the boundaries of neural implants

Rubbery, multifunctional fibers could be used to study spinal cord neurons and potentially restore function.

March 31, 2017

William Oliver appointed Lincoln Laboratory Fellow and associate director of MIT Research Laboratory of Electronics

March 2, 2017

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