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Advancing justice in Earth's complex systems using designs enabled by space
Cartesian, an MIT Media Lab startup, uses RFID to track retail inventory in real-time, now deployed in 700+ stores across 55 countries.
Inventing, building, and deploying wireless sensor technologies to address complex problems in society, industry, and ecology
Inventing disruptive technologies for nanoelectronic devices and creating new paradigms for life-machine symbiosis
Today’s indoor sensing systems face a fundamental tradeoff: cameras provide rich visual detail but raise privacy concerns, while tradition…
With this new technique, a robot could more accurately detect hidden objects or understand an indoor scene using reflected Wi-Fi signals.
Life with AI | Designing the future of smart systems to improve the human experience
Future Worlds | Design and action for the future we want to live in
Connected Mind + Body | Revolutionizing the future of mental and physical wellbeing
What if clinicians could place tiny electronic chips inside the brain without the need for any surgery but with a simple injection in the a…
Deblina Sarkar talks to CNN News18 about her recent research on "circulatronics."
Nano-Implants for Wireless Brain Interfacing
MiFly is a self-localization system for drones that works indoors, including in the dark and low-visibility settings. Instead of …
W. Akbar, A. Allam and F. Adib, "Underwater Backscatter Networking for Subsea IoT: A Link-Budget Analysis in Practical Ocean Channels," in IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, vol. 50, no. 3, pp. 1703-1717, July 2025, doi: 10.1109/JOE.2025.3538946.
MIT researchers developed microscopic wireless devices that travel through the bloodstream to deliver targeted brain stimulation.
The technology would allow battery-free, minimally invasive, scalable bioelectronic implants.
By leveraging reflections from wireless signals, the system could allow robots to find and manipulate items that are blocked from view.
What if devices could see through walls, boxes, and clutter?We’ve developed mmNorm, a new technology that creates 3D models of objects—even…
Researchers share the design and implementation of an incentive-based Space Sustainability Rating.
The technology, which achieves single-cell resolution, could help in continuous, noninvasive patient assessment to guide medical treatments.
Van-Atta Acoustic Backscatter (VAB) is the first technology for ultra-low-power underwater networking and communication, which can transmit…
The devices could help scientists probe subcellular regions of the brain and possibly treat disease.
A new low-power system using radio frequency waves takes a major step toward autonomous, indoor drone navigation.
As part of a biosensing device without wires, the antennas could help researchers decode intricate electrical signals sent by cells.
For details and recent updates visit: https://web.mit.edu/deblina-sarkar/Nanoelectronics has the potential to enable radical too…
These devices could help scientists probe subcellular regions of the brain, and might even help restore some brain function.
This award recognizes and celebrates innovative research conducted by young scientists and engineers.
The Space Sustainability RatingThe Space Sustainability Rating design team—comprised of the World Economic Forum, the European Space Agency…
The system could be used for battery-free underwater communication across kilometer-scale distances to help monitor climate + coastal change