http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/topic/innovation.html Innovation and inventions headlines from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology News Office. en-us http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/www/mitlogo-rss.jpg http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/topic/innovation.html 88 31 Thu, 2 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/mobile-0702.html Several startup business ventures spawned by MIT students are using phones to help people, especially in developing nations, to raise their incomes, learn to read, get where they're going and even diagnose their ailments. Thu, 2 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/mobile-0702.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/lemelson-0624.html Professor Chad Mirkin, director of Northwestern University's International Institute for Nanotechnology, has been awarded the 2009 $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize. Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/lemelson-0624.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/stretchable-0615.html A study of stickers peeling from windows could lead to a new way to precisely control the fabrication of stretchable electronics, according to a team of researchers including one at MIT. Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/stretchable-0615.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/bio-electronics-0603.html MIT engineers have built a fast, ultra-broadband, low-power radio chip, modeled on the human inner ear, that could enable wireless devices capable of receiving cell phone, Internet, radio and television signals. Wed, 3 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/bio-electronics-0603.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/2.007-0508.html Each of the 150 students in the 2.007 Design and Manufacturing class had to build one or more robots from a kit of provided parts, and the bots battled it out in a series of elimination matches that concluded Thursday night before a cheering crowd. Fri, 8 May 2009 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/2.007-0508.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/ideas-0505.html At an awards ceremony Monday night for MIT's annual IDEAS contest, eight teams were awarded prizes of up to $7,500 each for their efforts to create business ventures that could address pressing needs in the world's developing countries. Tue, 5 May 2009 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/ideas-0505.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/rle-lees-0416.html The Laboratory for Electromagnetic and Electronic Systems (LEES) will be merged into the Research Laboratory of Electronics (RLE) effective July 1, 2009, as part of a growing emphasis on energy-related research in RLE. Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/rle-lees-0416.html