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Smart fabrics not yet a perfect fit

Smart fabrics not yet a perfect fit

Yoel Fink wants a fund that would invest in startups working on products that use next-generation textiles «more» Related Links: Smart fabrics not yet a perfect fit (Boston Globe) Advanced Functional Fabrics of America Professor Yoel Fink Fibers@MIT

Saving heat until you need it

Saving heat until you need it

A new concept for thermal energy storage involves a material that absorbs heat as it melts and releases it as it resolidifies — but only when triggered by light «more» Related Links: Saving heat until you need it (MIT News) Grossman Group Professor…

Professor William D. Oliver committee member for “Quantum Computing: Progress and Prospects,” A Consensus Study Report by The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine

Professor William D. Oliver committee member for “Quantum Computing: Progress and Prospects,” A Consensus Study Report by The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine

Professor William D. Oliver committee member for  “Quantum Computing: Progress and Prospects,” A Consensus Study Report by The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Quantum mechanics, the subfield of physics that describes the behavior of very small…

The Jack Turner Entrepreneurship Award

The Jack Turner Entrepreneurship Award

The Research Laboratory of Electronics (RLE) in collaboration with the Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation is pleased to announce the Jack TurnerEntrepreneurship Award. The award will complement grants from the Deshpande Center and provide support to…

3Q: Muriel Médard on the world-altering rise of 5G

3Q: Muriel Médard on the world-altering rise of 5G

The reason 5G is so different is that what exactly it will look like is still up in the air. Everyone agrees the phrase is a bit of a catch-all.” «more» Related Links: 3Q: Muriel Médard on the world-altering rise of 5G (MIT News) Professor Muriel Medard…

Photonic communication comes to computer chips

Photonic communication comes to computer chips

Startup’s optoelectronic chips could reduce energy usage by up to 50 percent in data centers while increasing computing speeds. «more» Related Links: Photonic communication comes to computer chips (MIT News) Physical Optics and Electronics Group…

“Body on a chip” could improve drug evaluation

Body on a chip” could improve drug evaluation

Human tissue samples linked by microfluidic channels replicate interactions of multiple organs. «more» Related Links: “Body on a chip” could improve drug evaluation (MIT News) MIT gadget puts multiple artificial organs into a paperback-sized connected…

Seeking materials that match the brain

Seeking materials that match the brain

Polina Anikeeva explores ways to make neural probes that are compatible with delicate biological tissues «more» Related Links: Seeking materials that match the brain (MIT News) Professor Polina Anikeeva Bioelectronics Group 

Physicists create new form of light

Physicists create new form of light

Newly observed optical state could enable quantum computing with photons «more» Related Links: Physicists create new form of light (MIT News) Professor Vladan Vuletić Experimental Atomic Physics Group

Neural networks everywhere

Neural networks everywhere

New chip reduces neural networks’ power consumption by up to 95 percent, making them practical for battery-powered devices. «more» Related Links: Neural networks everywhere (MIT News) Professor Anantha Chandrakasan Digital Integrated Circuits and Systems…

New exotic phenomena seen in photonic crystals

New exotic phenomena seen in photonic crystals

Researchers observe, for the first time, topological effects unique to an “open” system. «more» Related Links: Professor Marin Soljacic Photonics and Modern Electro-Magnetics Group Professor John Joannopoulos ab initio Physics Group New exotic phenomena…

Miniaturizing the brain of a drone

Miniaturizing the brain of a drone

Method for designing efficient computer chips may get miniature smart drones off the ground. «more» Related Links: Miniaturizing the brain of a drone (MIT News) Energy-Efficient Multimedia Systems Group  Professor Vivienne Sze

Tiny “motors” are driven by light

Tiny “motors” are driven by light

  Researchers demonstrate nanoscale particles that ordinary light sources can set spinning. «more» Related Links: Professor Soljačić Photonics and Modern Electro-Magnetics Group Tiny “motors” are driven by light (MIT News)…

2016–2017 LEAP Award Certifications

2016–2017 LEAP Award Certifications

This June, a luncheon was held to honor ten RLE administrative assistants in recognition for their completion of the 2016–2017 RLE Leading Excellence in Administration Program.  The LEAP program, consisting of monthly workshops, was created in the fall of 2012 to…

Stretching the boundaries of neural implants

Rubbery, multifunctional fibers could be used to study spinal cord neurons and potentially restore function. «more» Related Links: Stretching the boundaries of neural implants (MIT News) Bioelectronics Group Fibers@mit Prof. Polina Anikeeva Prof. Yoel…

New resource for optical chips

New resource for optical chips

Researchers show that silicon can reproduce physical phenomena exploited by high-end telecommunications devices. «more» Related Links: New resource for optical chips (MIT News) Professor Michael Watts Photonic Microsystems Group 

Living sensors at your fingertips

Living sensors at your fingertips

Cell-infused gloves and bandages light up when in contact with certain chemicals. «more» Related Links: Living sensors at your fingertips (MIT News) Professor Timothy Lu Synthetic Biology Group

High-res biomolecule imaging

High-res biomolecule imaging

Technique could provide unique views of single molecules that conventional methods can’t match. «more» Related Links: High-res biomolecule imaging (MIT News) Professor Paola Cappellaro

Voice control everywhere

Voice control everywhere

Low-power special-purpose chip could make speech recognition ubiquitous in electronics. «more» Related Links: Voice control everywhere (MIT News) Professor Anantha Chandrakasan

In Depth Interview with Ray Stata

In Depth Interview with Ray Stata

You start a company and take it public. Post-IPO, would you put all of your stock on the line to bet on the future of your company? Ray Stata did and he’s grown his company into a 50 year old unicorn with over $3.4B in annual revenue. In Depth Interview with Ray Stata…

Tiny gold grids yielding secrets

Tiny gold grids yielding secrets

Summer Scholar Justin Cheng explores process in Berggren group for making ordered metal nanostructures that display interesting new properties. «more» Related Links: Quantum Nanostructures and Nanofabrication Group Professor Berggren

Recording analog memories in human cells

Recording analog memories in human cells

Engineers program human cells to store complex histories in their DNA. «more» Related Links: Recording analog memories in human cells (MIT News) Continuous genetic recording with self-targeting CRISPR-Cas in human cells (Science) Professor Lu Synthetic…

Booting up spin-based device studies

Booting up spin-based device studies

Summer Scholar Grant Smith works to establish parameters for making ferromagnetic thin films in the Luqiao Liu lab. «more» Related Links: Booting up spin-based device studies (MIT News) Professor Liu 

What’s wasting power at home? Ask your app!

What’s wasting power at home? Ask your app!

New system from MIT can identify how much power is being used by each device in a household. «more» Related Links: What’s wasting power at home? Ask your app! (MIT News) Professor Leeb Laboratory of Electromagnetic and Electronic Systems

Study opens new realms of light-matter interaction

Study opens new realms of light-matter interaction

Some “forbidden” light emissions are in fact possible, could enable new sensors and light-emitting devices. «more» Related Links: Study opens new realms of light-matter interaction (MIT News) Prof. Soljacic Prof. Joannopoulos Photonics and Modern…

LEAP awards 2015–2016 certifications

Participants in the Leading Excellence in Administration Program gathered in recognition of their achievements in completing the 2015–2016 RLE Administrative Assistants certification program. This training program, consisting of monthly workshops, was created to…