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MIT and other innovators design novel solutions for the battlefield, disaster sites, and other dangerous environments.
Grantees will spend the 2017-2018 academic year conducting research abroad.
Co-founded by Amir Hirsch ’06, SM ’07, Flybrix drones offers people of all ages the ability to fly their ideas.
Erik Sand brings a perspective shaped by eight years of service in the U.S. Navy to his doctoral studies.
Shotokan karate provides MIT community members with a unique artistic outlet.
Construction expected to begin this month.
Wall Street Journal reporter Christopher Mims speaks with Francis O’Sullivan, director of research at the MIT Energy Initiative, and graduate student Jesse Jenkins about the challenges related to building charging infrastructure and upgrading electric distribution grids to accommodate the growing electric vehicle market.
Writing for Reuters, Mark Miller highlights Prof. Paul Osterman’s new book, which examines labor market trends for caregivers. Osterman finds that by 2030 there will be a national shortage of 151,000 paid direct care workers and 3.8 million unpaid family caregivers. By 2040, the shortfall will be much larger.”
The Economist highlights a study by MIT researchers that shows climate change could cause the flow of the Nile River to become more variable, increasing strain on regional water conflicts. The researchers found that while output could increase by up to 15%, variability would also increase, resulting in, “more (and worse) floods and droughts.”
Research Engineer Bryan Reimer speaks with Anthony Brooks of WBUR’s Radio Boston about the possibility of creating more car-free zones in Boston. Creating a car-free zone is possible, says Reimer, but “it’s going to take a long-term focus and shifting the vehicular traffic around.”
Without action, climate change could devastate a region home to one-fifth of humanity, study finds.
Patients with sleep disorders could be studied nonintrusively at home using wireless signals.
Software lets designers exploit the extremely high resolution of 3-D printers.
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