The Voxel Lab gives students a space to build entirely new devices for making sound or to hack existing technology in unexpected ways. “Every small change that we make to an instrument dramatically transforms how that instrument might be used,” says Ian Hattwick.
Morningside Academy of Design Fellow AJ Perez ’13, MNG ’14, PhD ’23 is exploring the use of recycled plastic to create housing for people in need.
In his poem “America Will Be,” Joshua Bennett pays tribute to his father, who lived through the violence of the Jim Crow era yet “somehow still believes in this grand blood-stained / experiment still votes still prays that his children might / make a life unlike any he has ever seen.”
MIT engineers have synthesized a superabsorbent material that can soak up a record amount of moisture from the air, even in desert-like conditions.
A former competitive swimmer, graduate student Jerry Lu works to optimize the performance of elite athletes and their sports organizations. By developing his analytical skills at MIT Sloan, he hopes to help build up smaller sports that aren’t as well-funded as the major league operations.
Via @mit_cheme on Instagram: “Thank you to everyone who came out for our Pride picnic celebration. Happy Pride!!”
“Used correctly, maps can be irreplaceable tools for democracy,” says Carlo Ratti. His book “Atlas of the Senseable City” shows how digital technologies can chart pollution, traffic, pedestrian flow, and more – offering information to people who want to govern communities well.