MIT Labs

• Natural Human-Robot Interfaces - MIT CSAIL
  Enabling a person to give a robot command as if they were talking to another person. Stefanie Tellex, Ph.D, Thomas Kollar, Ph.D, Prof. Seth Teller, Prof. Nicholas Roy

MIT Student Groups

• Icarus Labs
  A team of eleven MIT engineers with specialties including aerospace, control systems, and artificial intelligence.
• MITERS
  MIT Electronics Research Society, a student-run shop and community of people who like to make things. Nancy Ouyang '13
• MIT Hobby Shop
  The place for learning how to design and build things. Brian Chan, Ph.D '09, Ken Stone '72, Director, MIT Hobby Shop, Hayami Arakawa, Instructor
• MIT Rocket Team
  An independent student group focused on rocket-related projects. Christian Valledor '12, Andrew Wimmer '12, Julian Lemus'13, Leonard I Tampkins '13
• MIT Solar Electric Vehicle Team
  A student-run group that designs, builds, and races solar-powered cars.

MIT Individual Projects

• Angry Birdbot *
  A remote controlled Angry Bird plush Princess Len Carlos '13
• Bullet - Self-Balancing Electric Unicycle
  An Electric Unicycle crafted from scrap metal and electric scooter parts. Stephan Boyer ‘13
• DDR Tetris *
  A two player competitive Tetris game controlled by DDR mats Andrew Carlson '12, Russell Cohen '13, Leah Alpert '13
• DIY Vending Machine *
  A compact vending machine suitable for vending small items Nancy Ouyang '13
• Electric Instruments *
  Two electric violins and an electric ukulele, all hand made Candace chen '14
• Hydrophotonophone *
  A musical instrument played by creating waves in a pool of water Robert Arlt Jr. '12, Jennifer Hope '12, Mark Feldmeier, Research Affiliate
• Musical Fabrics
  Fabrics integrated with electronic create interfaces for musical expression Yang Yang '11, David Welch, Brandeis University
• Science Launch! *
  Interactive simulations provide opportunities to learn about STEM fields Bridger Maxwell '13, Hanne Paine, Stony Brook University '14
• Servo Subwoofer *
  A top-notch subwoofer, comparable to much more expensive speakers Benjamin Shaya '14
• Stark Industries
  Just like in Iron Man Brian Chan, Ph.D
• Takachar *
  An improved, low-cost, scalable charcoal production method Kevin Kung, Jacob Young '13, Marie Burkland '13, Sisi Ni, D-Lab, University of Nairobi
• WiiBook
  A Nintendo Wii that has been made portable Charles Franklin ‘14
• Wimshurst Machine *
  A 7-foot-tall electrostatic generator Timothy Yang '15

* Techfair project funding recipient. More information here.

MIT Startups

• Bustle ⁺
  Developing a platform for any community to create an online marketplace. Ian Cinnamon '14, Gordon Wintrob '12
• ForgePond
  Enables companies to securely enable the use of personal mobile devices for enterprise use. Eric Marion '11
• HelmetHub (2.009)
  Offering a solution to the lack of availability of helmets for bikeshare users. Breanna Berry '12, Arni Lehto '12, Danielle Hicks '12, Chris Mills '12
• KangaCruise ⁺
  Modernizing the cruise industry with web and mobile applications. Colin Sidoti ‘14, Max Kanter’15, Louis Sobel ’14
• Metrify ⁺
  Metrify allows you capture and visualize the data in your everyday life. Nancy Ouyang '13, Mark Spatz '14, Diyang Tang '13, Cathy Wu '12
• Ministry of Supply, Inc.
  It's MIT meets Calvin Klein meets Zappos. The Ministry of Supply: fashion meets technology. Kevin Rustagi '11, Eric Khatchadourian '07, Eddie Obropta '13, Gihan Amarasiriwardena '11, Kit Hickey (Sloan) '13, Aman Advani (Sloan) '13
• MUSE Analytical ⁺
  Portable chemical analysis with a hand-held tool. Cristina Fernandez, Stephen Guerrera, Ph.D '14
• Phil (2.009) ⁺
  Phil is a sophisticated faucet attachment that automatically fills sinks to a customizable, pre-set level. 2.009 Team: Brent Boswell, Richard Dahan, Jared Darby, Nick Dou, Danny Guillen, Jess Iacobucci, Bryan Macomber, David Parell, Nydia Ruleman, Bennett Wilson
• StartLabs
  Creating the next generation of technical entrepreneurs.
• Supermechanical
  Building Twine, a WiFi-connected sensor square that get the objects in your life texting, tweeting or emailing. John Kestner (Media Lab) '10, David Carr (Media Lab) '11
• Swÿp - MIT Media Lab
  Transfer any file from any app to any app on any device with a Swÿp Alexander List '15, Natan Linder (Media Lab Fluid Interfaces Group), Ethan Sherbondy '14
• The Thingdom ⁺
  Share the things you have and want with your friends. We want to do for things what Foursquare has done for places. What's in your Thingdom? Aseem Kishore '08, Jeremy Smith '09, M.Eng. '10

⁺ Part of the StartLabs Concept to Company program