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A new self-powered sensor harvests energy from its environment without any batteries or special wiring. “This is ambient power — energy that I don’t have to make a specific, soldered connection to get. And that makes this sensor very easy to install,” says Steven Leeb.
Tim the Beaver was adopted as MIT’s mascot 110 years ago, on Jan. 17, 1914. Known for its engineering and mechanical skills, the beaver was suggested by a group of alumni as MIT’s mascot to then-president Richard Maclaurin.
Keeril Makan describes a new music facility, now under construction on MIT’s campus, that features rehearsal and performance spaces, a recording studio, classrooms, and music technology laboratories.
Robert Stoner spoke with GBH’s “Boston Public Radio” on the climate crisis and solutions being developed at MIT. “You have to be [optimistic],” he said. “I do feel there are technological pathways that we can go down and get there.”
Pedro Reynolds-Cuéllar, a doctoral candidate in media arts and sciences and a MAD Design Fellow, researches how technology and tradition intersect in rural spaces, particularly in Colombia.
The Good Jobs Institute helps companies support frontline employees while also boosting revenue. The key to the strategy is “you invest in people, and you make choices that make their work more productive and enable higher contributions,” founder Zeynep Ton says.
The Old North Church and its bells are historic fixtures of Boston’s North End. Cast in 1744, the bells are said to be the oldest in North America, and they are still rung by hand thanks to the dedicated MIT Guild of Bellringers.