Tackling poverty, one person at a time
MIT senior and Rhodes Scholar Sarah Tress aims to use engineering to reduce hardships in developing countries.
Student group helps blind boater sail independently
Four seniors in the Principles and Practices of Assistive Technology program designed an audible device to help an MIT employee navigate on the water.
Movement-enhancing exoskeletons may impair decision making
In lab experiments, soldiers wearing exoskeletons designed to improve physical performance reacted more slowly to visual cues.
High school students learn to build big ideas
Visiting students learn what it takes to be an engineer — and a bit more about themselves — at the Edgerton Center’s annual Engineering Design Workshop.
Attention new moms: A way to make more milk with less pain
Alumna-founded LiLu promises to make life as a new mom easier by making breast pumping more comfortable and more productive.
Low-cost prosthetic foot mimics natural walking
New design can be tuned to an individual’s body weight and size.
Surgical technique improves sensation, control of prosthetic limb
New study describes first human implementation of novel approach to limb amputation.
Computer system transcribes words users “speak silently”
Electrodes on the face and jaw pick up otherwise undetectable neuromuscular signals triggered by internal verbalizations.
Students build assistive technologies at MIT’s annual ATHack
Citizens with disabilities from Greater Boston and students gathered to build prototypes of personalized assistive devices.
Presentation practice: Hurricanes to prosthetics
Students hone their communication skills by presenting their research projects at the 4th annual Mechanical Engineering Research Exhibition.
Featured video: A self-driving wheelchair
Autonomous wheelchair developed by researchers at MIT and in Singapore promises improved independence for the disabled.
MIT students hack assistive technology solutions for local clients
At the 2017 Assistive Technologies Hackathon hosted at Beaver Works, students created helpful devices for Greater Boston residents with disabilities.
Wearable system helps visually impaired users navigate
Device provides information from a 3-D camera, via vibrating motors and a Braille interface.
Featured video: Being the change
MIT students explore their interests in social change through the Priscilla King Gray Public Service Center.
Ernesto Blanco, mechanical design professor and inventor of the stair-climbing wheelchair, dies at 94
Longtime professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering patented over a dozen inventions and inspired generations of engineers.