Hidden Risk in Supply ChainsThe costliest disruptions don’t necessarily come from the most expensive suppliers
Mon, 12/16/2013 - 16:17
A new MIT study on supply-chain risk shows no correlation between the total amount a manufacturer spends with a supplier and the profit loss it would incur if that supply were suddenly interrupted. This counterintuitive finding defies a basic… A Leap Forward in X-ray TechnologyNew system could provide detailed images from a lightweight, portable device
Mon, 12/09/2013 - 17:16
X-rays transformed medicine a century ago by providing a noninvasive way to detect internal structures in the body. Still, they have limitations: They can’t image the body’s soft tissues, except with the use of contrast-enhancing agents that must… Inexpensive ‘Nano-Camera’ Can Operate at the Speed of LightFor medical imaging, automobile collision-avoidance, and interactive gaming
Mon, 12/02/2013 - 11:18
A $500 “nano-camera” that can operate at the speed of light has been developed by researchers in the MIT Media Lab.
The 3D camera, which was presented last week at Siggraph Asia in Hong Kong, could be used in medical imaging and collision-… Advances in Materials Drive New TechnologiesQuantum dots for lighting and television, specialty fibers for surgery
Tue, 11/05/2013 - 09:54
Advances in materials are driving the proliferation of new technologies, from energy to smart phones and televisions to robotic surgery, MIT faculty and industry researchers said during MIT’s recent Materials Day Symposium, hosted by the Materials… A Course for Making ThingsStudents prepare for real-world product development through hands-on collaboration
Fri, 10/25/2013 - 09:52
‘It’s all about the process,” says MIT professor Warren Seering. He’s referring to his product design and development class (identified as Course 2.739), but he could easily be talking about product development itself.
“We want 2.739 students to… Cracked Metal, Heal ThyselfIn some cases, pulling apart makes cracks in metal fuse together
Mon, 10/21/2013 - 17:10
It was a result so unexpected that MIT researchers initially thought it must be a mistake: Under certain conditions, putting a cracked piece of metal under tension—that is, exerting a force that would be expected to pull it apart—has the reverse… Achieving an Innovation NationU.S. innovation could and should be harnessed for growth
Mon, 10/14/2013 - 09:19
The U.S. economy retains myriad sources of innovative capacity—but not enough of the innovations occurring in America today reach the marketplace, according to a major two-year MIT study.
The report, by MIT’s commission on Production in the… Converting Innovation Into GrowthCo-chair of MIT’s PIE Commission talks about the project’s mission to help new ideas reach the market
Tue, 09/24/2013 - 15:35
Since 2011, MIT faculty from several disciplines have collaborated on a unique research project, Production in the Innovation Economy (PIE); the aim is to see how U.S. strengths in innovation can be turned into new production capabilities, to spur… We Need a Moore’s Law for MedicineTechnology, the primary cause of skyrocketing healthcare costs, could also be the cure
Tue, 09/10/2013 - 17:26
Moore’s Law predicts that every two years the cost of computing will fall by half. That’s one reason why tomorrow’s gadgets may be better, and cheaper, too. But in American hospitals and doctors’ offices, a very different law seems to hold sway:… 3D Mapping in Real Time, Without the DriftNew technique creates highly detailed, seamless, and accurate maps
Fri, 08/30/2013 - 10:25
Computer scientists at MIT and the National University of Ireland (NUI) at Maynooth have developed a mapping algorithm that creates dense, highly detailed 3D maps of indoor and outdoor environments in real time.
The researchers tested their…
