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Nine technologies developed at MIT Lincoln Laboratory named finalists for R&D 100 Awards
MIT Lincoln Laboratory researchers are part of a team honored by NASA
Four from Lincoln Laboratory and MIT are named to Aviation Week Network's "20 Twenties for 2016"
MIT Lincoln Laboratory recognizes staff members’ exceptional technical achievements
Daniel O’Connor and Joseph Scozzafava are the 2015 recipients of the esteemed Technical Excellence Awards
Grant H. Stokes elected to the National Academy of Engineering
Lincoln Laboratory earns tenth consecutive Superior security rating
Dimitris Manolakis elected a Fellow of the IEEE
Mabel Ramirez participates in elite national engineering symposium
FROM THE MEDIA
USCG Evaluates Comms Equipment in Alaska
Coast Guard Research and Development Center evaluates state-of-the-art communications equipment and Next Generation Incident Command System
Marine Technology News
23 August 2016
Breakthrough Anthrax, Ricin and Ebola Bio-Threat Detection Technology for Mail Room Screening Featured at MailCom 2016
PRWeb
23 August 2016
NICS, A Communication Platform For First Responders, Now Available Worldwide
An 8 August press release from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate (DHS S&T) announced that NICS, funded by DHS S&T and initially developed by researchers from Lincoln Laboratory, is available online.
Toward practical quantum computers
MIT News
8 August 2016
Built-in optics could enable chips that use trapped ions as quantum bits
MIT tech leader tapped for new military R&D lab
The Boston Globe
26 July 2016
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Lincoln Laboratory lends a 3D-printed hand
Two research teams are working to advance the design of low-cost 3D-printed arms and hands for those in need of prosthetic devices.
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At MIT Lincoln Laboratory's Technology Office Innovation Laboratory (TOIL), researchers are working to enhance the technology of current 3D-printed hands by improving the mechanics of finger motion, adding non-electronic temperature and tactile feedback, and incorporating motorized technologies. full story Posted August 2016 |
Art and science merge in a disaster readiness haven
Innovative structures called PREPHubs house basic services needed in the aftermath of a disaster.
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People walking by MIT's Building 9 on Massachusetts Avenue pause to contemplate the white plastic structure that appears to be part bench and part tower. They take a minute to stop, notice a giant QR code on one face of the rectangular bench, aim their cellphones at the image, and follow the code to a website that tells them this unit, a PREPHub, contains amenities for short-term responses to emergencies. full story Posted July 2016 |
MIT Lincoln Laboratory investigates the potential for a microgrid design for Boston
A study conducted with the Boston Redevelopment Authority explores options for improving the resiliency of the city’s power distribution system.
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Many states are looking at microgrid strategies to improve the resilience of their energy distribution systems to large-scale disasters. MIT Lincoln Laboratory staff collaborated with the Boston Redevelopment Authority to complete the Boston Community Energy Study, an investigation into a resilient power system design for Boston. Posted July 2016 |
Pinpointing the signs of depression
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The military suicide rate reached an all-time high in 2012, and this sobering statistic led President Barack Obama to label military suicides an epidemic, calling for an "all-hands-on-deck approach" to address mental health. Answering the president’s call for action on improving mental health services, a Lincoln Laboratory team developed a system that uses vocal and facial biomarkers to evaluate depression. full story Posted June 2016 |
Lincoln Laboratory demonstrates highly accurate vehicle localization under adverse weather conditions
A ground-penetrating radar system enhances an autonomous vehicle’s ability to know its position on a roadway even when other approaches fail.
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During a mid-March snowstorm, researchers from MIT Lincoln Laboratory achieved real-time, nighttime, centimeter-level vehicle localization while driving the test vehicle at highway speeds over roads whose lane markings were hidden by the snow. The vehicle used a novel ground-penetrating radar technique to localize the vehicle to within centimeters of the boundaries of its lane. full story Posted June 2016 |
Finding relevant data in a sea of languages
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A cross-language search engine combines language identification, machine translation, information retrieval, and query-biased summarization techniques to enable English monolingual analysts to find foreign language documents relevant to their investigations. full story Posted May 2016 |
Noncontact laser ultrasound could yield significant impact for medical imaging
Optical approach acquires interior body imagery without patient contact.
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Ultrasound is an important tool used by physicians to image and diagnose disease, state of health, injury, and other conditions in patients. However, it suffers from limitations resulting from operator variability—the differences caused by hand pressures in the subtle angle planes applied to the transmit-sensing head in contact with the patient skin. For example, this variability creates significant enough distortion to and reduced confidence in the resultant image that ultrasound is not used for tracking changes in tumors. full story Posted May 2016 |
More Technology NewsMIT Lincoln Laboratory releases the latest volume in its book series Textbook is an introduction to techniques for both estimating the state of a system and associating measurements from multiple systems. MIT Lincoln Laboratory is leading a team to develop a constellation of mini weather satellites NASA chose the smallsats proposal as one of the missions for its Earth Venture Instrument program Glowing tumors light a path to cancer treatment Posted May 2016 Dynamic photoacoustic spectroscopy A novel laser-based technique remotely detects extremely low concentrations of gases and aerosols. Colorful microparticles for anticounterfeiting Glowing, smartphone-readable nanocrystals could authenticate products. Video-summarization software reduces the time analysts spend scanning surveillance data for key observations. Rapid Searches for Effective Rescues News archive |
Tech NotesReporting on the Laboratory's innovations Localizing Ground-Penetrating RadarAn innovative ground-penetrating radar that maps underground geological features provides autonomous vehicles with real-time localization. Wind Turbine Interference-Mitigation StudyA strategy for lessening wind turbines' effects on the performance of an aircraft measurement system could inform future research into interference mitigation. Strike Group Defender: The Missile MatrixAn interactive game trains sailors to tactically plan for and respond to threats posed by anti-ship cruise missiles. Adding Automation and Decision Support Capabilities at the Reagan Test SiteNew software tools provide operators with automated decision support for directing sensors during increasingly complex tests conducted at RTS. Reagan Test Site Optics Modernization ProgramUpgrades to the optical systems at RTS allow distributed system command and control while achieving record-high metric accuracy. Self-Defense Distributed Engagement CoordinatorAa decision support tool automatically recommends actions to the personnel coordinating ship self-defense. This tool was recognized with a 2015 R&D 100 Award. Tech Notes archive |
More News and Awards
Two from Lincoln Laboratory receive U.S. Army Commander's Award for Public Service
Posted September 2016
Taking on the gender gap with Girls Who Code
Posted September 2016
Calling on interns to become inventors
Posted September 2016
Students decrypt the secrets of cryptography
Posted September 2016
New Laboratory chilcare center to open doors
Posted August 2016
High school students race the autonomous mini-cars they built
this summer at MIT
Posted in Lincoln Laboratory in the News, August 2016
Girls Who Build Cameras workshop sparks future engineers
Posted June 2016
Students build assistive technologies for Boston residents in need
Posted June 2016
The Concourse Group receives MIT Lincoln Laboratory's 2016 Small Business of the Year Award
Posted June 2016
Teaching radar at the University of Puerto Rico
Posted May 2016
Establishment of the Lincoln Laboratory Supercomputing Center
Posted April 2016
MIT Lincoln Laboratory helps inaugurate the Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Cyber Security
Posted March 2016
Lincoln Experimental Satellite turns 40
Posted March 2016
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