Press Release Archive

Technology visionary, entrepreneur and Internet freedom advocate Joichi Ito named director of the MIT Media Lab

When the playroom is the computer

A block-shaped robot that seems to roll onto a computer screen is part of an educational-media system that gets kids out of their chairs.

Illuminating research

MIT study finds potential for significant energy savings through user-controlled efficient lighting systems.

MIT team develops system for continuous medical monitoring

New system uses widely available, inexpensive video technology

Simple, Cheap, Portable Device Could Provide Quick Eye Tests for the Developing World

Cell phone-based eye-test system could help millions

MIT Media Lab Unveils 'Surround Vision'

New system would let TV programs spill off the screen and into the living room

MIT Opens New Media Lab Complex

Fumihiko Maki-designed building will support technological innovation

3-D TV? How about holographic TV?

Neuroengineers Silence Brain Cells with Multiple Colors of Light

New tools show potential for treating brain disorders

The surprising usefulness of sloppy arithmetic

A computer chip that performs imprecise calculations could process some types of data thousands of times more efficiently than existing chips.