Selling chip makers on optical computing
In the prototype optical chip shown here, the circles in the top two rows are "ring resonators" that can filter out light of different wavelengths.
By designing chips that can be built using existing fabrication processes, MIT researchers show that computing with light isn’t so far fetched.
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videos
- Muriel Médard.
- Professor Médard on what it's like at MIT's Research Laboratory of Electronics.
- iQuISE.
- MIT's new Interdisciplinary Quantum Information Science and Engineering (iQuISE) program is a pioneering doctoral program focused on providing the fir...
- Tiny, autonomous helicopter without GPS.
- At MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, the Robust Robotics Group works on devices meant to behave autonomously in new envir...
- Mechanical wishes.
- Self-described as a cross between a mechanical engineer and a choreographer, Arthur Ganson creates contraptions composed of a range of materials from ...
- A labelmaker for the blind.
- Karina Pikhart '09 and classmates designed a machine to make braille labels.
- Extreme Materials.
- Assistant professor in MIT's Department of Materials Science and Engineering Michael Demkowicz designs materials meant to withstand high temperature, ...
- Stickybot in action.
- Stickybot, a robot whose feet are modeled on those of the gecko, can climb smooth surfaces.
- Robotic dog.
- The robot, 'LittleDog,' is built by Boston Dynamics and operates in a motion-capture environment with 'known' terrain.
- Braille labelmaker demonstration.
- Karina Pikhart, BS '09, demonstrates the 6-dot braille labelmaker.
- Green Wheel.
- The Green Wheel is a self-contained wheel with engine and battery that can assist someone pedaling a bike.
featured stories
ET: Check your voicemail
New message beamed to the stars commemorates Earth’s first attempt to reach out to intelligent aliens
Feeling the way
Robotic device developed in MIT’s Touch Lab can help visually impaired people navigate around a virtual model of a real building.
MISTI 2.0 selects first winners
Three projects from engineering, one from humanities, arts, and social sciences receive funding.
engineering links
School of Engineering
- Home page of MIT's School of Engineering
OCW and Engineering
- See what is available in the engineering departments through MIT's OpenCourseWare
Transportation@MIT
- Transportation @ MIT is a coordinated effort to address one of civilization’s most pressing challenges: the environmental impact of the world’s ever-increasing demand for transportation.
Lemelson-MIT program
- The Lemelson-MIT Program recognizes outstanding inventors, encourages sustainable new solutions to real-world problems, and enables and inspires young people to pursue creative lives and careers through invention.
