Electrical engineering and electronics
An Internet 100 times as fast
June 28, 2010
A new network design that avoids the need to convert optical signals into electrical ones could boost capacity while reducing power consumption.
More is less
June 2, 2010
Complex computer models can involve thousands of variables. But paradoxically, adding more variables can sometimes make them easier to work with.
Gesture-based computing on the cheap
May 20, 2010
With a single piece of inexpensive hardware — a multicolored glove — MIT researchers are making Minority Report-style interfaces more accessible.
Exposing collagen's double life
May 14, 2010
Discovery that the rigid structural protein can switch to a floppy shape could lead to new treatments for heart disease.
When good enough is better
May 13, 2010
By exploiting a simple but counterintuitive trick, a new system finds sections of computer programs where accuracy can be traded for speed.
Seeing the forest for the trees
May 7, 2010
Object recognition systems that break images into ever smaller parts should be much more efficient and may shed light on how the brain works.
EECS Masterworks 2010: A sweet serving of wits, work and wonder
May 4, 2010
Also labeled: Computer science and technology, Students
Sheila Widnall named to Toyota North American Quality Advisory Panel
April 29, 2010
Institute Professor will advise Japanese carmaker as it seeks to address quality and safety issues.
Six from MIT elected to AAAS
April 19, 2010
Toward more efficient wireless power delivery
April 13, 2010
Latest research shows that efficiency improves when multiple devices are charged at once.
In Profile: Missy Cummings
April 5, 2010
Former U.S. Naval fighter pilot aims to improve how humans and computers interact.
Two seniors, one graduate student win $250,000 Hertz Fellowships
March 30, 2010
No-strings-attached awards last up to five years
A system that’s worth its salt
March 23, 2010
New approach to water desalination could lead to small, portable units that could be sent to disaster sites or remote locations.
Web sites that can take a punch
March 17, 2010
By preventing web applications from deviating from their normal behavior, a new MIT system can keep them online even during a cyberattack.
Revolutionizing medicine, one chip at a time
March 9, 2010
Low-power computer chips allow engineers to design wearable and implantable devices to monitor patients.
Explained: Linear and nonlinear systems
February 26, 2010
Much scientific research across a range of disciplines tries to find linear approximations of nonlinear behaviors. But what does that mean?
Cell-inspired electronics
February 25, 2010
By mimicking cells, MIT researcher designs electronic circuits for ultra-low-power and biomedical applications.
A new way to build membranes for fuel cells
February 17, 2010
Layer-by-layer assembly system could lead to improved fuel cells, batteries and solar panels
Power from motion and vibrations
February 16, 2010
Forget about batteries. The ability to harness electricity from tiny vibrations could power a new generation of electronic devices.
Self-powered sensors
February 11, 2010
Harvesting electricity from small temperature differences could enable a new generation of electronic devices that don’t need batteries
Nonlinear thinker
January 29, 2010
With techniques for translating complicated equations into ‘sums of squares,’ Pablo Parrilo helps make sense of previously insoluble problems.
Jack Wozencraft, information theorist at MIT, 1925-2009
January 21, 2010
Jack Wozencraft, considered one of the pioneers of coding theory in the nascent field of information theory, died peacefully August 31, 2009.
Picture-driven computing
January 20, 2010
New research could enable computer programming based on screen shots, not just code
Three professors win top national early-career honors
January 15, 2010
Presidential awards to Buehler, Dawson and Sheffield were presented this week at a White House ceremony
Straining forward
January 6, 2010
Nanowires made of ‘strained silicon’ — silicon whose atoms have been pried slightly apart — show how to keep increases in computer power coming.
Putting the squeeze on data
December 21, 2009
In work that could make it easier to handle huge data sets, MIT researchers improve data compression's fidelity without sacrificing speed
‘Micro-ants’: Tiny conveyor belts for the 21st century
December 15, 2009
A new method of moving tiny particles using magnetic polymer beads and magnetic fields could find uses in microchips and in medicine
Five from MIT named 2010 IEEE Fellows
December 14, 2009
Three EECS faculty members, Hu, Rus and Sudan, and two research staff members of the MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Reynolds and Stokes, are elevated to Fellow status of the IEEE effective Jan. 1
Computing with a wave of the hand
December 11, 2009
A new Media Lab system turns LCD displays into giant cameras that provide gestural control of objects on-screen. And that’s just for starters.
A social network that ballooned
December 11, 2009
An MIT team’s savvy use of social media to locate weather balloons as part of a $40,000 DARPA contest may shed light on how to mobilize resources during emergencies.
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