New Fibers Can See, Hear, Speak

by RLE at MIT | Jul 13, 2010 | News Links

Clothing that can see, hear and even talk is being developed by scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. «more» Related Links: New Fibers Can See, Hear, Speak Professor Yoel Fink RLE...

Fibers that can hear and sing: Yoel Fink’s research group creates revolutionary optical fibers that interact with their surroundings in new ways

by RLE at MIT | Jul 12, 2010 | News Links

In the August issue of Nature Materials, Yoel Fink’s research group in RLE announce a new milestone on the path to functional fibers: fibers that can detect and produce sound. Applications could include clothes that are themselves sensitive microphones, for capturing...

The Internet at 100X: Vincent Chan’s group advances revolutionary new network design

by RLE at MIT | Jul 1, 2010 | News Links

The heart of the Internet is a network of high-capacity optical fibers that spans continents. But while optical signals transmit information much more efficiently than electrical signals, they’re harder to control. The routers that direct traffic on the Internet...

Professors Vladimir Stojanovic, Mehmet Fatih Yanik, and Martin Zwierlein named 2010 recipients of the Jonathan Allen Junior Faculty Award

by RLE at MIT | Jun 17, 2010 | Awards, RLE News Articles

The Research Laboratory of Electronics (RLE) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has named Vladimir Stojanovic and Mehmet Fatih Yanik, both Associate Professors of Electrical Engineering, and Martin Zwierlein, Assistant Professor of Physics, to receive...

Exposing collagen’s double life: discovery by Collin Stultz’s group shows that rigid structural protein can switch to a floppy shape that could lead to new treatments for heart disease

by RLE at MIT | May 14, 2010 | News Links

Collagen, a type of connective tissue that makes up about thirty percent of the human body, is a structural protein that serves as an important component of muscle, skin, bones and cartilage, and forms scar tissue when injuries heal. Recent work by Professor Collin...