Lemelson-MIT announces National Collegiate Student Prize Competition winners
$50,000 awarded to undergraduate and graduate student inventors
$50,000 awarded to undergraduate and graduate student inventors
New technique developed at MIT produces highly selective filter materials, could lead to more efficient desalination.
MIT spinout Meka Robotics, recently acquired by Google, creates ‘sociable’ humanoids that could help advance human-robot interaction.
Computing luminaries celebrate the work of MIT adjunct professor and Turing Award winner Butler Lampson, one of the fathers of the modern PC.
The program expands its commitment to inspire the next generation of inventors with Junior Varsity InvenTeam Initiative.
Amy Smith and students at MIT’s D-Lab create products for, and with, communities in the developing world.
Project provides a systematic way of exploring the vast realm of unfamiliar materials.
Alumni startup Atlas Devices commercializes motorized rope-climbing technology for military use.
Final 2.009 presentations provide new ideas for athletes, patients, hobbyists, and even horses.
MIT’s Susan Murcott expands ceramic-filter production to three continents, bringing jobs and curbing disease.
Fleet of self-driving cars could solve the “first-and last-mile" problem.
A collaborative space at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, called the Beaver Works Center, will create new opportunities in project-based learning.
New system could provide detailed images — even of soft tissue — from a lightweight, portable device.
MIT project melds personal style and technique with computerized control systems.
InvenTeam grants awarded to students at 15 high schools nationwide to help bring their innovative ideas to life.