A fire broke out at around 8:15 a.m. Wednesday in a construction trench on Amherst Alley outside the ATO building. Cambridge firefighters had the blaze under control by around 8:50 a.m.
There were no injuries, although several nearby student residences were evacuated as a precaution.
The cause of the fire is under investigation by members of the Cambridge Fire Department and by MIT safety officials.
Selling chip makers on optical computing
In the prototype optical chip shown here, the circles in the top two rows are "ring resonators" that can filter out light of different wavelengths.
Photo - Image courtesy of Vladimir Stojanovic
Photo - Image courtesy of Vladimir Stojanovic
By designing chips that can be built using existing fabrication processes, MIT researchers show that computing with light isn’t so far fetched.
