Neil Gershenfeld

Director, Center for Bits and Atoms
Department
Program in Media Arts and Sciences
Technology Areas
Industrial Engineering & Automation: Robotics, Autonomous Systems, Manufacturing & Equipment / Electronics & Photonics: Quantum Technology, Semiconductors / Communication Systems: Wireless / Chemicals & Materials: Fabrics & Textiles, Nanotechnology & Nanomaterials / Environmental Engineering: Sustainability & Recycling / Energy & Distribution: Electrochemical Devices / Computer Science: Networking & Signals, Quantum Computing
Impact Areas
Sustainable Future, Connected World, Advanced Materials, Uncharted Frontiers

Technologies

Robotic Liquid Crystal Elastomer Fabrics

Technology / Case number: #25474X
Jack Forman / Ozgun Kilic Afsar / Sarah Nicita / Rosalie Lin / Cedric Honnet / Neil Gershenfeld / Hiroshi Ishii
Technology Areas: Chemicals & Materials / Industrial Engineering & Automation
Impact Areas: Sustainable Future, Advanced Materials
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The Mods Project

Software / Case number: #18970X
Neil Gershenfeld
Technology Areas: Chemicals & Materials / Environmental Engineering / Industrial Engineering & Automation
Impact Areas: Sustainable Future
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Precision Planar Coil Placement for Three-Dimensional Inductive Sensors

Technology / Case number: #21417X
Samuel Calisch / Neil Gershenfeld
Technology Areas: Computer Science / Industrial Engineering & Automation
Impact Areas: Connected World
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DICE Discrete Integrated Circuit Electronics

Technology / Case number: #22586X
Zachary Fredin / Camron Blackburn / Amira Abdel-Rahman / Erik Strand / Jiri Zemanek / Neil Gershenfeld
Technology Areas: Chemicals & Materials / Electronics & Photonics
Impact Areas: Advanced Materials
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Kirigami Structural Corrugations

Technology / Case number: #25173X
Erik Demaine / Alfonso Parra Rubio / David Preiss / Klara Mundilova / Neil Gershenfeld
Technology Areas: Chemicals & Materials / Computer Science
Impact Areas: Uncharted Frontiers, Sustainable Future
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Modular-Things

Software / Case number: #25501X
Jake Read / Quentin Bolsee / Leo McElroy / Neil Gershenfeld
Technology Areas: Computer Science
Impact Areas: Connected World
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Distributed Mechanisms and Actuation in Digital Materials

Technology / Case number: #19890X
William Langford / Amanda Ghassaei / Neil Gershenfeld
Technology Areas: Chemicals & Materials / Energy & Distribution / Industrial Engineering & Automation
Impact Areas: Advanced Materials
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Differential Magnetic Load Cells for Compact Low-Hysteresis Force and Torque Measurements

Technology / Case number: #20082X
Samuel Calisch / Neil Gershenfeld
Technology Areas: Electronics & Photonics / Industrial Engineering & Automation
Impact Areas: Advanced Materials
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Discretely Assembled Logic Blocks

Technology / Case number: #20116X
William Langford / Amanda Ghassaei / Neil Gershenfeld
Technology Areas: Computer Science / Industrial Engineering & Automation
Impact Areas: Advanced Materials
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Design and Fabrication of Three-Dimensional Kirigami Structures with Tunable Properties

Technology / Case number: #18421X
Samuel Calisch / Neil Gershenfeld
Technology Areas: Electronics & Photonics / Industrial Engineering & Automation
Impact Areas: Connected World
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