Crop-mapping drones win MIT $100K
Team developing drones that scan and monitor crop health takes grand prize at 25th annual competition.
Optical-chips team sweeps Clean Energy Prize
Team integrating fiber optics into computer chips takes home both grand prizes at annual contest.
Patents forecast technological change
New method uses patent data to estimate a technology’s future rate of improvement.
MIT students showcase innovative ideas for the betterment of humankind
Students’ innovative IDEAS Global Challenge projects combine entrepreneurship with the passion to help others around the world.
Taking action in Africa
Conference spotlights companies and organizations that are innovating across various sectors.
MIT launches three new cybersecurity initiatives
Complementary programs will address cybersecurity from the perspectives of technology, public policy, and organizational management.
Making the leap from lab to market
MIT Innovation Initiative aims to foster an even more consistent approach to building bridges from research findings to real world impact.
U.S. News ranks graduate programs in engineering, business highly
MIT is home to No. 1 graduate engineering program; Sloan is No. 5 business school.
Six keys to sports analytics
Massive MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference reveals state of growing field.
Inventing “civilization 2.0”
Conference explores how wearables and other technologies are changing how we connect and conduct business.
Novel method projects growth potential of new firms
Detailed study by MIT economists shows which tech businesses tend to thrive.
Study: Industrial clusters fuel economies
New study shows clusters, across fields, help growth, jobs, and innovation.
MIT Forum for Supply Chain releases annual report on U.S. manufacturing
Survey indicates 13.5 percent of manufacturers intend to move some manufacturing activities back to the U.S.
“Moneyball for business”
Startup’s behavioral analytics on employees uncover ways to increase workplace productivity, satisfaction.
Social networking
Sinan Aral studies peer effects and influence, with an eye toward tackling pressing social problems.