iPhone, Android, smartphones

FCC head addresses spectrum policy at MITJulius Genachowski credits Wireless@MIT research with helping to move field forward

SA+P news digest goes mobileSchool of Architecture + Planning unveils new app for smartphones and digital tablets

Picture-perfectQuick, efficient chip cleans up common flaws in amateur photographs.

Photo finish: Sloanies team up to create Bounce ImagingLow-cost camera targeted for first responders, military

Speeding algorithms by shrinking dataA new approach to processing ‘big data’ creates succinct representations of huge data sets, so that existing algorithms can handle them efficiently.

MIT's CSAIL launches new center to tackle the future of wireless and mobile technologiesWill address major technical challenges facing wireless field, bring together academia and industry

Too much information?MIT Sloan marketing professor Catherine Tucker analyzes the boundaries of privacy in a connected world.

IS&T announces support for Apple iOS 6Apple has released iOS 6. It's available as a free wireless update on a selection of iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch models.

Sana AudioPulse wins Mobile Health Challenge

MIT iPhone and Android apps provide access to many Libraries' servicesDownload the free MIT Mobile Android or Mobile iPhone app and gain access to many MIT services, including several offered by the Libraries.

Using a phone to fly a dronePilotless planes at MIT controlled via iPhones in Seattle.

Take control of your phone’s sensorsA Media Lab group that has done groundbreaking work using cellphones to gauge human social interactions releases its technology to the public.

Increasing fuel efficiency with a smartphoneA network of dashboard-mounted phones can collect data on traffic lights and tell drivers how to avoid inefficient stopping and starting.

IS&T renews its contract with lynda.comMIT faculty, staff, and students can continue to freely access lynda.com’s catalog of 900-plus courses.

‘Radar for the human eye’Inexpensive hand-held device developed at MIT could detect cataracts even at the earliest stages.

Moving inventions to the marketplaceMIT/Harvard symposium seeks commercial opportunities for emerging technologies.

You can take it with youA new system lets you transfer open applications between a computer and a cellphone simply by pointing the phone’s camera at the computer’s screen.

Better glasses-free 3-DA fundamentally new approach to glasses-free 3-D displays could save power, widen the viewing angle and make 3-D illusions more realistic.

Japan’s supply chain ripple effectsMIT researchers assess how the crisis has affected the flow of goods to and from the island nation.

Constant connectionMIT researchers show how to use portable devices’ built-in motion sensors to improve data rates on wireless networks.

Smart starts with you! Adopt these smart phone security recommendations from IS&TSetting a device PIN or password on your smart phone can greatly decrease the chance of someone getting access to your personal information if your device is lost or stolen.

Let your mobile phone be your guide: A new twist on the MIT Campus TourVisitors with an iPhone or Android device can download the latest version of the MIT Mobile app, which includes links to the MIT150 website as well as a campus tour with a map, text and images.

Institute launches app for Android mobile devicesEchoes functionality of MIT’s mobile site, existing app for iPhones

Systems thinking in the mobile space

IS&T now offers limited support for Android mobile devicesInnovation in the mobile market and a surge of available Android devices have created strong interest in this platform.

In the World: Health care in the palm of a handMIT-led student team develops mobile-device software to help improve health-care accessibility in remote regions.

Supercomputing on a cell phoneFor complex problems whose form can be anticipated but whose particulars can’t, new software can offer approximate solutions in seconds.

The MIT roots of Google’s new softwareGoogle’s App Inventor, which lets people with no previous programming experience build applications for mobile phones, draws on decades of MIT research.