Programming functional fabrics

Encouraged by her family, Lavender Tessmer explored various creative pursuits from a young age, particularly textiles,…

MIT students win national materials design competition

Two MIT undergrads recently took the top spot — and $2,000 in prize money to share…

Q&A: A blueprint for sustainable innovation

Atacama Biomaterials is a startup combining architecture, machine learning, and chemical engineering to create eco-friendly materials…

New model predicts how shoe properties affect a runner’s performance

A good shoe can make a huge difference for runners, from career marathoners to couch-to-5K first-timers.…

2.009 gets “Wild!”

Things got “WILD!” in Kresge auditorium on Monday night — that was the theme for this…

To excel at engineering design, generative AI must learn to innovate, study finds

ChatGPT and other deep generative models are proving to be uncanny mimics. These AI supermodels can…

A new way to integrate data with physical objects

To get a sense of what StructCode is all about, says Mustafa Doğa Doğan, think of…

Jackson Jewett wants to design buildings that use less concrete

After three years leading biking tours through U.S. National Parks, Jackson Jewett decided it was time…

Not your grandparents’ “Monopoly”

On an otherwise sleepy Friday in late June, one corner of MIT’s Hayden Library was abuzz…

Students imagine better products, services, and infrastructure for an aging society

A pop-up hearing aid exposition called HearWeAre. A travel agency that matches older and younger travelers…