Secure, user-controlled data
Cryptographic system would allow users to decide which applications access which aspects of their data.
Wristband detects and alerts for seizures, monitors stress
Wearable tracks increased skin conductance that signals stress, helps identify dangerous seizures.
Media-sharing app for early education catches on nationwide
Teachers can record a child’s learning experiences and securely share them with parents.
Smarter driving, using your phone
App that rates drivers’ behavior yields promising safety results on the road.
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.
What are your apps hiding?
Half of the communication connections established by the top 500 Android apps have no effect on user experience.
An app for safer roads
Censio’s data analytics on driving behavior helps users improve safety and lower insurance rates.
Empowering students in Sri Lanka to form mobile-app startups
MIT Global Startup Labs program leads to student-founded startups 4Axis Solutions and PayMedia.
Finding 911 callers instantly
Mobile app automatically sends a caller’s location and medical data to dispatch centers.
Alumnus’s throwable tactical camera gets commercial release
Softball-sized camera can be tossed into unseen areas, sends panoramic images back to a smartphone.
D-Lab and Tata Center team wins $100K Vodafone award for mobile stethoscope
Rich Fletcher and Daniel Chamberlain will use their winnings to field-test a low-cost mobile device to diagnose pulmonary disease in rural India.
New business app designed to reduce food waste
MIT Sloan MBA students found Spoiler Alert app to match surplus food inventory with those in need.
Empowerment through mobile technology and co-design
MIT students improve the quality of life, safety, and independence of The Boston Home residents with InstaAid mobile application.
Learn a language while you text
Graduate student's “WaitChatter” app teaches vocabulary during moments in between text and instant-message replies.
Artbot engineers the discovery of art
New mobile app designed by MIT graduate students provides serendipitous connections to the Boston-area art scene.