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Inventing, building, and deploying wireless sensor technologies to address complex problems in society, industry, and ecology

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Engineers enable a drone to determine its position in the dark and indoors

A new low-power system using radio frequency waves takes a major step toward autonomous, indoor drone navigation.
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Tara Boroushaki receives 2024 Paul Baran Young Scholar Award

This award recognizes and celebrates innovative research conducted by young scientists and engineers.
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Fadel Adib named Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum

Fadel Adib has been named a Young Global Leader (YGL) by the World Economic Forum. The Forum announced the 2024 YGL cohort today, reco…
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Research Group Overview: Signal Kinetics

Inventing, building, and deploying wireless sensor technologies to address complex problems in society, industry, and ecology.
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Curiosity Unbounded Episode 4: Build your own superpower, then share it with the world

On Curiosity Unbounded, Professor Fadel Adib, head of the Signal Kinetics group, talks to MIT President Sally Kornbluth about his work.
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How x-ray vision is becoming a reality

Tara Boroushaki, a PhD student in the Signal Kinetics group, explains how she's combined AR and wireless signals to find hidden objects.
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Signal Kinetics researchers win Best Paper Awards at MobiCom 2023

Signal Kinetics members Sayed Saad Afzal, Waleed Akbar, Ahmed Allam, and Fadel Adib were honored with two Best Paper Awards at MobiCom 2023.
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Device offers long-distance, low-power underwater communication

The system could be used for battery-free underwater communication across kilometer-scale distances to help monitor climate + coastal change
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New research from the Signal Kinetics research group is featured on "Science Without the Gobbledygook"

Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder discusses X-AR, the new research from the Media Lab’s Signal Kinetics group.
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MIT researchers develop augmented reality headset to help users see hidden objects

Using augmented reality, the X-AR system developed by the Signal Kinetics research group can guide users to find hidden objects.
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Adib and Katabi receive the ACM SIGMOBILE Test-of-Time Award

MIT professors Fadel Adib and Dina Katabi receive the ACM SIGMOBILE Test-of-Time Award for their paper, “See Through Walls with WiFi!”
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Signal Kinetics researchers receive Best Paper Award and Best Paper Runner-Up at IEEE RFID 2023

Two papers from the Signal Kinetics research group were honored at the IEEE RFID conference in Seattle, WA this year. Tara Boroushaki,…
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Congratulations to everyone graduating in 2023!

We're so proud of everything you've accomplished here, and can't wait to see what you do next.
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Battery-free wireless underwater camera

The Signal Kinetics group invented the world's first battery-free wireless underwater camera.
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Augmented reality headset enables users to see hidden objects

The device could help workers locate objects for fulfilling e-commerce orders or identify parts for assembling products.
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Sensing with purpose

Fadel Adib uses wireless technologies to sense the world in new ways, addressing sweeping problems such as food insecurity + climate change
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Associate Professor Fadel Adib Granted Tenure

Professor Adib holds a joint appointment in MIT’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
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Battery-free wireless underwater camera wins Best Demo Award at ACM WUWNet'22

Battery-free wireless underwater camera wins the Best Demo Award at ACM WUWNet'22
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Battery-free wireless underwater camera featured as a research highlight in Nature Electronics

The Signal Kinetics lab's underwater camera project was chosen as a research highlight in the current issue of Nature Electronics
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Labbers receive 2022 Microsoft Research PhD Fellowships

Maggie Hughes is a student in the MIT Center for Constructive Communication, and Tara Boroushaki is a student in the Signal Kinetics group.
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MIT engineers build a battery-free, wireless underwater camera

The device could help scientists explore unknown regions of the ocean, track pollution, or monitor the effects of climate change.
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Robot overcomes uncertainty to retrieve buried objects

This robotic system uses radio frequency signals, computer vision, and complex reasoning to efficiently find items hidden under a pile.
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Rosalind Picard, Fadel Adib, and Karen Donoghue honored at The Misties in 2022

The Misties recognize leaders who have made profound impacts in the field of intelligent and connected devices.
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Ocean vital signs

MIT scientists hope to deploy a fleet of drones to get a better sense of how much carbon the ocean is absorbing, + how much more it can take
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Fadel Adib wins ACM SIGMOBILE Rockstar Award

He was recognized for his innovative contributions to wireless sensing and for networking advances in challenging environments.
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Multiple UROP for Indoor IoT spanning Cloud, Visualization, Mobile UI/UX, Visualization, and SLAM

Multiple UROP for Indoor IoT spanning Cloud, Visualization, Mobile UI/UX, Visualization, and SLAMWe are working on deploying cutting-edge M…
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Software Architect/Engineer for Indoor IoT Technology

Software Architect/Engineer for Indoor IoT TechnologyWe are working on commercializing cutting-edge MIT technology invented by professor Fa…
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Hardware Engineer for Indoor IoT Technology

Hardware Engineer for Indoor IoT TechnologyWe are working on commercializing cutting-edge MIT technology invented by professor Fadel Adib a…
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Full-Stack Software Researcher & Developer for Indoor IoT (Intern)

Full-Stack Software Researcher & Developer for Indoor IoT (internship)We are working on commercializing cutting-edge MIT technology inv…
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A robot that finds lost items

This robotic arm fuses data from a camera and antenna to locate and retrieve items, even if they are buried under a pile.
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A robot that finds your lost stuff and more AI-enabled gadgets to come

The WSJ covers research from the Signal Kinetics group and other labs, universities, and companies working on AI-enabled devices.
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Osvy Rodriguez wins 2021 Outstanding UROP Award

These awards recognize students who have made outstanding contributions as undergraduate researchers.
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A robot that senses hidden objects

System uses penetrative radio frequency to pinpoint items, even when they’re hidden from view.
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The catalyzing potential of J-WAFS seed grants

Signal Kinetics head Fadel Adib and other junior faculty members talk about the ways the J-WAFS’ seed grant program has catalyzed their work
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Eight from MIT named 2021 Sloan Research Fellows

Awards honor young professors in the Media Lab and departments of Biology, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Chemical Engineering, EECS, + Math
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Fadel Adib selected as a 2021 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow

Congratulations to Signal Kinetics group head Fadel Adib, who has received a 2021 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship in Computer Science.
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Postdoc opening at MIT in ultra-low-power ASIC for IoT

The Signal Kinetics group, led by professor Fadel Adib at MIT, has a postdoc opening in ultra-low-power ASICs for emerging Internet-of…
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MLVoices: Osvy Rodriguez

Osvy Rodriguez, a UROP in the Signal Kinetics group, recounts his journey to MIT as a Cuban refugee in the US.
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An underwater navigation system powered by sound

New approach could spark an era of battery-free ocean exploration, with applications ranging from marine conservation to aquaculture.
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How to send underwater messages without batteries

A new device extracts energy from ambient noise
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MIT IoT Seminar Series

The Fall 2020 MIT IoT Seminar Series features world class visionaries presenting their latest work and vision for the future of IoT.
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National Science Foundation Convergence Accelerator awards two grants to MIT

MIT received two Convergence Accelerator grants from the NSF—one of which is for the Smart Oceans 2020 conference co-hosted by the Media Lab
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Signal Kinetics at MobiCom 2020

The Signal Kinetics team presents two publications on next-generation digital medicine at ACM MobiCom 2020
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Program Coordinator Opening

The Signal Kinetics group, led by professor Fadel Adib at MIT, has a program coordinator opening. Applicants are expected to have experienc…
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Media Lab researchers awarded RAPID grants from NSF for research related to Covid-19

To date, two Media Lab projects have received RAPID grants for work related to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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MEng Opening in Micro-Location IoT

 Micro-location for the Internet-of-ThingsMicro-location is one of the most important building blocks for the IoT (Internet-of-Things)…
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Media Lab research response to COVID-19

The Media Lab community brings creativity, expertise, and research to the pandemic
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Signal Kinetics team wins Explorer Prize in Ocean Observing Prize's DISCOVER Competition

Team Pulse of the Ocean becomes an Explorer Prize winner in the DISCOVER Competition—the first stage of the Ocean Observing Prize.
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Underwater energy harvesting with a data-link twist

A novel acoustic-based backscatter design offers an innovative scheme for underwater energy harvesting and data transmission.
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MIT creates battery-free sensor for deep-sea and extraterrestrial exploration

An underwater internet of things monitoring the effects of climate change or sampling waters on distant planets
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Underwater Backscatter wins SIGCOMM Best Paper Award

Underwater Backscatter Networking wins Best Paper Award at ACM SIGCOMM 2019
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A battery-free sensor for underwater exploration

Submerged system uses the vibration of “piezoelectric” materials to generate power and send and receive data.
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J-WAFS announces seven new seed grants

Nine MIT principal investigators will receive grants totaling over $1 million for research focused on global food and water challenges.
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Research Scientist/Engineer opening at MIT in underwater acoustic/ultrasonic systems

The Signal Kinetics group, led by professor Fadel Adib at MIT, has a postdoc opening in underwater acoustic systems.
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Fadel Adib receives NSF CAREER Award

CAREER: The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program offers the NSF's most prestigious awards in support of early-career faculty.
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Robots track moving objects with unprecedented precision

System uses RFID tags to home in on targets; could benefit robotic manufacturing, collaborative drones, and other applications.
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RFIQ in the News

News coverage of the RFIQ project
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Paranoid about tainted lettuce? There could be an app for that one day

Fadel Adib talks to CBS about a project from the Signal Kinetics group that aims to democratize food quality and safety testing.
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Fadel Adib receives the Young Investigator Award from the Office of Naval Research

Fadel Adib is one of 25 recipients of the Office of Naval Research's 2019 Young Investigator Awards, and the only awardee from MIT.
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RFID stickers could signal contaminated food

MIT researchers have found a way to check many items instantly, non-invasively, and from a distance—using the RFID tags.