We are developing a printer that builds functional, 3-D structures by reversible assembly of a discrete set of "digital materials." This ap…
We are experimenting with technology for low-cost, large-area input devices, using change-source tomography on an electrically resistive me…
Engineering in a limit of thermodynamic complexity, by compiling global optimizations into local dynamics in systems including analog logic…
"Fab Lab" is an abbreviation for Fabrication Laboratory, a group of off-the-shelf, industrial-grade fabrication and electronics tools, wrap…
We have built a microfluidic logic family and architecture based on two-phase flow. In this scheme, presence or absence of a bubble or a dr…
Conventional 3-D printing processes are material-dependent and irreversible. We are working on an alternative approach based on 3-D assembl…
Internet 0 is an experiment at networking at the ultra-lightweight scale. Instead of relying on the architectural notions of Internet 1 wit…
Information processing in ultrafast laser dynamics by constrained cavity optimization
This project aims to demonstrate rapid-prototyping of logic gates in the field. We are working on a candidate mechanism of microfluidic lo…
Low-resolution printing has many applications in the countries of the developing world. Just as the onset of digital desktop printers gave …
Near-unity polarization of nuclear systems in atoms has been demonstrated via optical pumping. This relies on pumping specific absorption l…
As computers move off the desktop they must be able to detect interaction with a user in their immediate environment. We are developing the…
A low-cost UV-Vis spectrometer is being constructed for widespread use in developing nations. Consumer digital cameras have driven down the…
Traditional NMR spectrometers are powerful and versatile, but cost hundreds of thousands of dollars and are complicated to operate. We are …
We are building a nonlinear dynamic system that constitutes a new kind of phase-locked loop. This Noise Locked Loop (NLL) will entrain with…
This project explores performing statistical signal processing with analog circuits. The first instantiation is a low-complexity circuit fo…
VLSI will hit fundamental physical limits within two decades. Quantum mechanics is the one resource in our universe that is exponentially l…
A wind-up energy prototype that utilizes an ergonomic, resonant mechanism to efficiently harvest human power. In the developed world, the B…
Multi-layer 3-D microfluidic circuits are the driving platform for micro-total analysis systems in the current era. The traditional fabrica…
NMR spectrometers are in almost every lab and hospital for their unique ability to do chemical spectroscopy and imaging. They could be incr…
As information takes on new physical forms in the environment around us, there is a need for new types of instrumentation to detect and to …
Control of quantum systems is becoming increasingly relevant in magnetic resonance imaging, quantum computation, and quantum instrumentatio…
The need for low-cost sensors and ID tags is ongoing. Our work explores how ID and sensor information can be encoded in the electromagnetic…
This project introduces the concept of physical one-way functions. Modern public key cryptography relies extensively on one-way functions a…
For centuries, luthiers have failed to duplicate a Stradivarius. We're now passing a remarkable threshold when sensors and computers can ex…
This project is exploring instrumenting everyone (The Flying Karamazov Brothers) and everything (their juggling clubs) in a large space (a …
One of the most difficult aspects of using Radio-Frequency Identification chips is determining what tag is being read when. By sending the …
The Pengachu Pocket Linux Server is our effort to bring affordable open-source and open-hardware computing to individuals and communities a…
Origami Desk is an interactive installation where users learn to fold paper into beautiful shapes. Origami Desk improves on the inscrutable…
The dream of connecting everything to everything else presupposes a network infrastructure up to the task. Traditionally, connecting a devi…
Almost any communications system makes best use of scarce bandwidth by making the messages sent appear to be as random as possible. This is…
A successfully engineered physical system will reach a state of complexity such that it needs its own vocabulary and semantics for proper c…
While it is increasingly easy to send data to geosynchronous orbit, getting the data the last few feet to where it is needed remains cumbe…
GPS is transforming how we live globally, but not locally. To bring the same capability for three-dimensional positioning indoors, we are …
This project addresses the need for friendlier solutions to the issue of medication compliance. Sensepad is a portable platform which can a…
The Museum of Modern Art in New York City presents a compelling environment in which to explore technnologies for smart environments. We ar…