Choosing a major was a long process for Mercy Oladipo. Coming into MIT, she was interested in both computer science and medicine, but a plan for how those passions would intersect took some time… Read More »Coding for health equity
They come by foot and by boat. Desperate, many bring nothing more than the clothes on their backs. They seek asylum and hope. Since 2015, more than a million refugees have flooded into Greece.… Read More »Giving refugees design education — and newfound hope
Business is uncertain, as the future is an uncertain place to be in no matter what industry your business or organization is part of. Because uncertain times are a commonality, how do small to… Read More »With Uncertainty all Around, Hard Trends Lead to Certainty for Businesses Large and Small
Everyone’s talking about this new smart self-cleaning litter box. Does it live up to the hype? Read on as we put it to the test with our crew of cute cats! Read More
In the United States, an estimated 15 million tons of textiles end up in landfills or are burned every year. This waste, amounting to 85 percent of the textiles produced in a year, is… Read More »Fiber “barcodes” can make clothing labels that last
MIT Professor Marin Soljačić and four additional MIT alumni — Vanderlei Salvador Bagnato PhD ’87, Turan Erdogan ’87, Harold Metcalf ’62, and Andrew Weiner ’79, SM ’81, ScD ’84 — are among 17 recipients… Read More »MIT affiliates honored with 2023 Optica awards and medals
There’s a lot riding on farmers’ ability to fight weeds, which can strangle crops and destroy yields. To protect crops, farmers have two options: They can spray herbicides that pollute the environment and harm… Read More »Titanic robots make farming more sustainable
One technological advancement that is taking companies by storm is something that most businesses or organizations likely did not see coming, nor did many consider the positive implications of: The rise of low code… Read More »Software that Writes Itself? Low Code / No Code Applications have Arrived
Great ideas do not always come from the top down. As a matter of fact, some of the most transformative ideas that have gone on to change the world have been from a lower-… Read More »Future-Centered Design: How to Turn Great Ideas into Action Plans
A lack of access to critical resources has prevented many middle- and low-income entrepreneurs from starting successful businesses, economic sociologist Daniel Auguste told an MIT audience in a Feb. 9 presentation on barriers to… Read More »3 Questions: Daniel Auguste on why “successful entrepreneurs don’t fall from the sky”