Press Release Archive

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.
01/03/2010
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New Gestural Computing System

A new system turns LCD displays into giant cameras that provide gestural control of objects on-screen
12/14/2009
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Media Lab Team Wins DARPA’s Red Balloon Challenge

Demonstrates the effectiveness of social networking to mobilize populations
12/10/2009
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'Outbreaks Near Me' app now available for Android mobile phones

Broadens tracking and reporting of infectious disease outbreaks
12/01/2009
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New Data Support Experts’ Opinion that Prostheses Do Not Enhance Top Running Speeds of Amputee Sprinters

Findings published today in Biology Letters
11/04/2009

New data released by a team of experts provide further evidence that amputees using running-specific prostheses have no overall biomechanical advantages when running at top speeds compared to able-bodied sprinters. These findings were published today in Biology Letters, a journal of the Royal Society of London.  more ›

MIT researchers develop Affective Intelligent Driving Agent (AIDA)

AIDA aims to change the way we interact with our car
10/29/2009
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Previously Confidential Study Results of an Amputee Sprinter Published

New Findings Disclosed
07/02/2009

A team of experts in biomechanics and physiology that conducted experiments on Oscar Pistorius, the South African bilateral amputee track athlete, have just published their findings in the Journal of Applied Physiology. Some of their previously confidential findings were presented to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne, Switzerland in May of 2008. Other findings are now being presented for the first time.  more ›

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Scratch Day Goes Global

Conference on programming language spans 100 sites
05/12/2009
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Bringing the Power of Information to the People

New software helps locals deal with natural gas companies
12/02/2008
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Created from Scratch

07/21/2008
This week, users of MIT's easy-to-learn Scratch programming language are gathering for a conference on campus to discuss the software and its uses. Designed at the MIT Media Lab, the program lets anyone create and share video games and animated stories.
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