Research Laboratory of Electronics
Fibers that can hear and sing
July 12, 2010
MIT researchers pass a milestone on the path to sophisticated fibers that interact with their surroundings in new ways.
An Internet 100 times as fast
June 28, 2010
A new network design that avoids the need to convert optical signals into electrical ones could boost capacity while reducing power consumption.
Exposing collagen's double life
May 14, 2010
Discovery that the rigid structural protein can switch to a floppy shape could lead to new treatments for heart disease.
Self-assembling computer chips
March 16, 2010
Molecules that arrange themselves into predictable patterns on silicon chips could lead to microprocessors with much smaller circuit elements.
Cell-inspired electronics
February 25, 2010
By mimicking cells, MIT researcher designs electronic circuits for ultra-low-power and biomedical applications.
Rethinking networking
February 12, 2010
MIT researchers helped develop a theory that promised much more efficient data networks; then they were the first to put it into practice.
The power of ‘random’
February 9, 2010
A ‘seemingly loopy’ technique that MIT researchers helped develop could dramatically improve the efficiency of communications networks.
Feeling the way
November 23, 2009
Robotic device developed in MIT’s Touch Lab can help visually impaired people navigate around a virtual model of a real building.
Deshpande Center's latest funding cycle supports goal of 'idea to impact'
October 17, 2009
Since 2002, the Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation has funded more than 80 projects with over $9 M in grants. The center supports a wide range of emerging technologies including biotechnology, biomedical devices, information technology, new materials, tiny tech, and energy innovations. Eighteen projects have spun out of the center as independent startups, having collectively raised over $150 million in outside financing from investors.
Quantum computing may actually be useful
October 9, 2009
A quantum algorithm that solves systems of linear equations could point in a promising new direction.
Also labeled: Quantum computing, Mechanical engineering, Physics, Computer science and technology, Students, Faculty
Stimulating sight
September 23, 2009
Led by electrical engineering professor John Wyatt, team develops retinal implant that could help restore useful level of vision to certain groups of blind people
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