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 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/bio-portugal-0723.html Researchers and students from the MIT Portugal Program hope a new biotechnology they developed will help treat patients with medical complications from abnormal protein breakdown. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/bio-portugal-0723.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/i-shoe-0716.html Your grandmother might have little in common with an astronaut, but both could benefit from a new device an MIT graduate student is designing to test balancing ability. Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/i-shoe-0716.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/idds-adv-0710.html About 60 people from 20 nations will descend on the MIT campus next week to begin an intensive month-long process of creating technological solutions for the needs of people in the world's developing nations. Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/idds-adv-0710.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/lemelson-500k-0625.html For Joseph M. DeSimone, the interface between disparate fields and concepts offers the best opportunity for innovation. For his pioneering inventions, entrepreneurship and mentorship, DeSimone has been awarded the $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize. Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/lemelson-500k-0625.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/eureka-adv-0624.html EurekaFest at MIT, a multi-day celebration of the power of invention and inventors, will kick off on Thursday, June 26. Organized by the Lemelson-MIT Program, the festival features a series of exciting events in Cambridge and Boston. Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/eureka-adv-0624.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/langer-millennium-0611.html MIT Institute Professor Robert Langer has won the Millennium Technology Prize, the world's largest award for technology innovation, for his development of biomaterials for controlled drug release and tissue regeneration. Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/langer-millennium-0611.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/zaragoza-tt0611.html An MIT-designed building featuring water walls that can be programmed to display patterns and images is being unveiled this week at the opening of the Zaragoza World Expo in Spain. Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/zaragoza-tt0611.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/itw-tibet-tt0604.html When two students visited Tibet two years ago, they kept hearing from villagers that a solar cooker that was both lightweight and strong would make a big difference to their lives. So a team of students from MIT and Tibet ended up producing exactly that. Wed, 4 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/itw-tibet-tt0604.html