Published December 17, 2025Digital innovations and cultural heritage in rural towns A new book providing a roadmap for blending innovation with tradition among shrinking towns blossomed from a practicum in the MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning. News
Published December 17, 2025A “scientific sandbox” lets researchers explore the evolution of vision systems The AI-powered tool could inform the design of better sensors and cameras for robots or autonomous vehicles. News
Published December 16, 2025“Robot, make me a chair” An AI-driven system lets users design and build simple, multicomponent objects by describing them with words. News
Published December 8, 2025Programming Agency: A Three-Day Workshop with Sarah Oppenheimer Sarah Oppenheimer, S-334473 , 2019. Installation view: MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA, 2019. Photo: Richard Barnes News
Published December 7, 2025MIT researchers “speak objects into existence” using AI and robotics The speech-to-reality system combines 3D generative AI and robotic assembly to create objects on demand. News
Published December 2, 20252025 Andrea Chegut Fellowship awarded The fellowship was established to honor the life and work of Andrea Chegut, a research scientist and co-founder of the MIT Real Estate Innovation Lab and MITdesignX. News
Published November 19, 2025How a building creates and defines a region A new MIT course explores how built environments can both emerge from and reveal the internal dynamics of their geographic context. News
Published November 18, 2025Ultrasonic device dramatically speeds harvesting of water from the air The system can be paired with any atmospheric water harvesting material to shake out drinking water in minutes instead of hours. News
Published November 13, 2025Returning farming to city centers 4.182 (Resilient Urbanism: Green Commons in the City), a new subject funded by the MIT Human Insight Collaborative (MITHIC), teaches students about sustainable agriculture in News