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Mobile devices

Wireless researchers host ‘Game-Jam’
May 13, 2013
Event will bring together game developers, graphic designers and audio professionals to design mobile games that will help wireless researchers gather information on network data.
Also labeled: Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), Mobile applications, Special events and guest speakers, Video games, Wireless, Computer science and technology, Electrical engineering and electronics
Multiple choices: How do you handle eWaste?
Multiple choices: How do you handle eWaste?
April 4, 2013
MIT is committed to responsibly recycling its eWaste. Find out what you or your DLC can do to help.
Also labeled: Facilities, Faculty, Information Services and Technology, Recycling, Staff
FCC head addresses spectrum policy at MIT
FCC head addresses spectrum policy at MIT
March 8, 2013
Julius Genachowski credits Wireless@MIT research with helping to move field forward
Also labeled: Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (eecs), Wireless, Broadband, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), iPhone, Android, smartphones, Mobile applications
SA+P news digest goes mobile
SA+P news digest goes mobile
February 28, 2013
School of Architecture + Planning unveils new app for smartphones and digital tablets
Also labeled: Architecture, Mobile applications, Urban studies and planning, iPhone, Android, smartphones
getfit@mit website goes mobile
getfit@mit website goes mobile
January 28, 2013
MIT Medical added enhancements based on user feedback.
Also labeled: Information Services and Technology, MIT Medical, Sports, Sports and fitness, Staff
Cellphone data helps pinpoint source of traffic tie-ups
Cellphone data helps pinpoint source of traffic tie-ups
December 20, 2012
Study: Congestion can be alleviated throughout a metropolitan area by altering the trips of drivers in specific neighborhoods.
Also labeled: Cities, Civil and environmental engineering, Traffic management, Transportation, Urban studies and planning, Automobiles, Big data, Data, Driving, Commuting, Media Lab, Engineering Systems
Photo finish: Sloanies team up to create Bounce Imaging
Photo finish: Sloanies team up to create Bounce Imaging
November 21, 2012
Low-cost camera targeted for first responders, military
Also labeled: Digital technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), iPhone, Android, smartphones, MBA, Students, Photography, Entrepreneurship, Management, Natural disasters, Earthquakes, Graduate, postdoctoral, Haiti, Startups
MIT's CSAIL launches new center to tackle the future of wireless and mobile technologies
MIT's CSAIL launches new center to tackle the future of wireless and mobile technologies
October 11, 2012
Will address major technical challenges facing wireless field, bring together academia and industry
Also labeled: Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), Computer science and technology, Electrical engineering and electronics, Faculty, Graduate, postdoctoral, Industry, iPhone, Android, smartphones, Mobile applications, Networks, Research, Students, Wireless, Spectrum
IS&T announces support for Apple iOS 6
IS&T announces support for Apple iOS 6
September 21, 2012
Apple has released iOS 6. It's available as a free wireless update on a selection of iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch models.
Also labeled: Email, Information Services and Technology, iPhone, Android, smartphones, Mapping, Mobile applications, Operating systems
Communication scheme makes popular applications ‘gracefully mobile’
Communication scheme makes popular applications ‘gracefully mobile’
June 28, 2012
New MIT software keeps tens of thousands of people logged into remote computers from mobile devices, but the underlying technology could improve a host of other programs.
Also labeled: Secure communication, Mobile applications, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), Computer science and technology, Electrical Engineering, Secure Shell (SSH), Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
MIT iPhone and Android apps provide access to many Libraries' services
MIT iPhone and Android apps provide access to many Libraries' services
January 19, 2012
Download the free MIT Mobile Android or Mobile iPhone app and gain access to many MIT services, including several offered by the Libraries.
Also labeled: Apps, Campus services, Faculty, Information Services and Technology, Internet, iPhone, Android, smartphones, Libraries, Staff, Students
In the World: Fostering entrepreneurship in developing nations
In the World: Fostering entrepreneurship in developing nations
December 12, 2011
In 11 years, MIT’s Accelerating Information Technology Innovation (AITI) program has trained more than 1,500 budding entrepreneurs in seven countries.
Also labeled: Africa, Education, teaching, academics, Entrepreneurship, Graduate, postdoctoral, International development, Global, Internet, Staff, Students, Undergraduate, Web development, In the world
IS&T offers limited support for Windows Phone 7, will end support for Windows Mobile
December 9, 2011
IS&T now offers limited support for Windows Phone 7 (WP7), Microsoft's latest mobile platform. All four major cellular providers carry Windows Phone 7 devices.
Also labeled: Community, Faculty, Information Services and Technology, Microsoft, Staff, Students
Using a phone to fly a drone
Using a phone to fly a drone
November 8, 2011
Pilotless planes at MIT controlled via iPhones in Seattle.
Also labeled: Aeronautical and astronautical engineering, Autonomous vehicles, Faculty, iPhone, Android, smartphones, Robots, Students, Drones, Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)
‘Radar for the human eye’
‘Radar for the human eye’
July 1, 2011
Inexpensive hand-held device developed at MIT could detect cataracts even at the earliest stages.
Also labeled: Blindness, Developing countries, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), iPhone, Android, smartphones, Media Lab
Constant connection
Constant connection
April 12, 2011
MIT researchers show how to use portable devices’ built-in motion sensors to improve data rates on wireless networks.
Also labeled: iPad, iPhone, Android, smartphones, Motion sensing, Networks, Wireless, Handoff
Explained: Ad hoc networks
Explained: Ad hoc networks
March 10, 2011
Decentralized wireless networks could have applications in distributed sensing and robotics and maybe even personal communications.
Also labeled: Ad hoc networks, Distributed, Explained, Network coding, Networks, Robots
Collective memory
Collective memory
December 10, 2010
An MIT project provides a way to preserve information in constantly changing networks, without resorting to a shared server.
Also labeled: Computer science and technology, Information systems, Ad hoc networks, Distributed, Electrical engineering and electronics, Networks
Systems thinking in the mobile space
Systems thinking in the mobile space
October 22, 2010
Also labeled: Graduate, postdoctoral, iPhone, Android, smartphones, Systems design
IS&T now offers limited support for Android mobile devices
IS&T now offers limited support for Android mobile devices
October 14, 2010
Innovation in the mobile market and a surge of available Android devices have created strong interest in this platform.
Also labeled: Campus services, Faculty, Information Services and Technology, iPhone, Android, smartphones, Staff, Students
Cars as traffic sensors
Cars as traffic sensors
September 24, 2010
A new algorithm optimizes the dissemination of information about traffic and road conditions through networks of wirelessly connected cars.
Also labeled: Computer science and technology, Algorithms, Automobiles, Binary carry sequence, Networks, Transportation
In the World: Easy on the eyes
In the World: Easy on the eyes
June 22, 2010
Simple, low-cost device that affixes to a cell phone could provide quick eye tests throughout the developing world.
Also labeled: Developing countries, In the world, Media Lab, Blindness, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E)
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