How ride-sharing can improve traffic, save money, and help the environment
Study shows carpooling apps could reduce congestion by a factor of three while still serving the same number of people.
Data-driven diabetes management
Smart insulin-pen cap lets patients and doctors track dosage data to better manage treatment.
Algorithm connects students to the most interesting person they’ve never met
Tuka Al-Hanai and Mohammad Ghassemi have connected over 500 MIT students for more than 1,000 lunch meetings.
Rewarding Boston’s safest driver
Mayor Martin Walsh announces a competition aimed at improving Boston driving with an app developed by an MIT spinout.
Collaborating with community colleges to innovate educational technology
Inspired by aerospace engineering, MIT Fly-by-Wire project enables customized teaching and learning experiences.
Students' web app seeks to simplify, modernize voter registration
A solution for millennials by millennials, votemate takes the frustration out of registering to vote.
When to get your head out of the game
Wearable sensor for athletes detects potential head injuries, gathers data on hard hits.
Girls Who Build Cameras workshop sparks future engineers
High school girls learn to construct cameras and program image filters at Lincoln Laboratory event.
Is your meal really gluten free?
Portable sensor detects trace amounts of gluten in food at restaurants.
Mapping coal’s decline and renewables' rise
CoalMap online tool shows what policy regulations and technological advancements can do for the cost-competitiveness of solar and wind energy.
Helping others in daily doses
Senior Donald Little uses computer science to improve people’s everyday lives.
Lung cancer “breathalyzer” wins $100K Entrepreneurship Competition
Team’s smartphone-connected device can detect lung cancer early from a single breath.
Crowdsourcing the Silver Line commute
New app from MIT researchers gathers rider feedback to improve Boston bus service.
Voice-controlled calorie counter
Spoken-language app makes meal logging easier, could aid weight loss.
Mobius App released to empower MIT maker community
Novel app will remove barriers to student making at MIT, impact universities around the world.