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HONORS
Recognizing Lincoln Laboratory's Administrative and Support Excellence Award winners
Three from MIT Lincoln Laboratory are named winners of AFCEA International's 40 Under 40 Awards
MIT Excellence Awards honor seven Lincoln Laboratory employees
Two from MIT recognized as outstanding engineering leaders
William Oliver appointed to Lincoln Laboratory Fellow and Associate Director of MIT Research Laboratory of Electronics
February ceremony honored recipients of 2016 MIT Lincoln Laboratory Technical Excellence Awards
Lincoln Laboratory earns 11th consecutive Superior security rating
Lincoln Laboratory technical staff are named 2017 IEEE Fellows
FROM THE MEDIA
Perdix Program Could Be DoD's Pathfinder to Progressive Projects
Designs for an upgraded Perdix unmanned aircraft vehicle should be completed by this summer, said William Roper, the director of the Defense Department's Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO), in an interview with Air Force Magazine. Lincoln Laboratory staff are working with the SCO on the upgrades.
Air Force Magazine
June 2017
Smarter Collision Avoidance
This article reports on the testing and future of ACAS Xa, the Airborne Collision Avoidance System developed by researchers at Lincoln Laboratory and the Applied Physics Lab under sponsorship of the Federal Aviation Administration, European Organisation for Civil Aviation Equipment, and Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics.
Aerospace America
June 2017
Microfluidics for the masses
A new open-source website that features blueprints for lab-on-a-chip devices was developed by researchers from MIT and Lincoln Laboratory.
MIT News
15 June 2017
Engineers design drones that can stay aloft for five days
Through a Beaver Works capstone project, MIT students and faculty developed an unmanned aerial vehicle that can fly for five days, carrying communications equipment weighing 10 to 20 lb.
MIT News
6 June 2017
New wearable technology to lighten load for Marines
The Marine Corps Systems Command reports on a prototype boot-insert sensor developed by Lincoln Laboratory to monitor changes in the mobility and agility of soldiers.
Defense Video Imagery Distribution System
23 May 2017
Asteroid Resembles Dungeons and Dragons Dice
NASA reports that Asteroid 2017 BQ6, discovered by the LINEAR program operated by Lincoln Laboratory, safely passed Earth on 6 February.
NASA press release
10 February 2017
New Microscope Chemically Identifies Micron-Sized Particles
In a paper in the journal Optics Letter, researchers from MIT Lincoln Laboratory described a new microscope that can identify individual trace particles of chemicals.
The Optical Society
5 January 2017
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Defense Fabric Discovery Center established to develop
smart textiles
Revolutionary fabrics may incorporate diverse sensing capabilities.
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MIT Lincoln Laboratory is contributing to the development of advanced fiber technology with the establishment of the Defense Fabric Discovery Center (D-FDC)—a state-of-the-art prototyping facility whose mission is to investigate and create "smart fabrics" that can see, hear, sense, communicate, and more. Posted June 2017 |
MIT Lincoln Laboratory's Defense Technology Seminar marks its 20th year
Over the years, more than 1150 attendees have engaged with the Laboratory's technology leaders and visiting national security scholars.
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Active-duty officers from the military and civilian employees of government defense agencies attended the 20th Defense Technology Seminar (DTS). Experts gave presentations on new technologies and the global geopolitical scene, all with a focus on the impacts advanced technology might have on current and future military operations.
Posted May 2017 |
Earth Observing—1 satellite is retired, leaving a legacy of spectacular imagery
The Advanced Land Imager developed at MIT Lincoln Laboratory helped NASA mission exceed expectations.
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After more than 16 years of operation, NASA's Earth Observing–1 (EO-1) spacecraft was decommissioned on 30 March. The EO-1 mission was to validate new technologies that could reduce costs and improve capabilities for future space missions. Aboard EO-1 was the Advanced Land Imager developed by MIT Lincoln Laboratory as an alternative to the prior land-imaging sensor.
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Makerspaces could enable widespread adoption of microfluidics
Lincoln Laboratory researchers propose an alternative to expensive microfluidics fabrication facilities.
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Researchers at Lincoln Laboratory have proposed makerspaces as venues that could open up opportunities for the research into, and ultimately manufacture of, microfluidics.
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Harnessing analytics to design training tools
Profiles of student success in training games may guide curriculum development.
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A research team from Lincoln Laboratory used data collected from users playing an educational videogame to see what machine learning could do to improve the users' training. The game, Strike Group Defender, provides realistic scenarios in which sailors can learn and practice the decision making necessary for responding to missile threats to U.S. Navy ships.
Posted April 2017 |
Liquid crystal device could allow for fast and reliable laser-beam steering
New device manufacturing process could improve existing laser-based technologies.
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Researchers at Lincoln Laboratory and Kent State University's Liquid Crystal Institute are exploring a new option to steer laser beams used by systems integrated on increasingly compact aircraft and satellites. Posted February 2017 |
Foliage-penetrating ladar technology may improve border surveillance
Lincoln Laboratory’s imaging system can uncover what's under the trees.
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A group of researchers at MIT Lincoln Laboratory is investigating whether an airborne ladar system capable of imaging objects under a canopy of foliage could aid in the maintenance of border security by remotely detecting illegal activities. Posted February 2017 |
More Technology NewsNew study assesses privacy protections on smartphones Lincoln Laboratory and RAND examine the technology and federal regulations aimed at securing personal data on smartphones.
Foiling cyber attackers with rerandomization A unique moving target technique combats information leakage attacks.
Lincoln Laboratory's supercomputing system ranked most powerful in New England New petaflop-scale supercomputer has 6 times more processing power and 20 times more bandwidth than its predecessor. Posted November 2016 StenAIR aims to revolutionize back surgery A new surgical instrument will reduce cost, time, and rehabilitation. Posted November 2016 News archive |
Tech NotesReporting on the Laboratory's innovations Multisystem Simulation with
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Lincoln Laboratory displays a military invention
Posted June 2017
The latest volume in the MIT Lincoln Laboratory Series is released
The book chronicles Lincoln Laboratory's seminal research and development of technology for space surveillance.
Posted June 2017
Students get creative with code
Posted June 2017
MIT students hack assistive technology solutions for local clients
Posted June 2017
Hacking Intolerance with MIT Breaking the Mold
Posted May 2017
Generating solar energy for the Laboratory, years in the making
Posted April 2017
MIT undergraduate interns excel at Lincoln Laboratory
Posted February 2017
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