The School of Architecture + Planning is one of three schools at MIT taking the lead in a new initiative to address the environmental impact of the world's ever-growing demand for transportation.
Led by Cynthia Barnhart, associate dean of engineering for academic affairs, the initiative is starting out as a two-year pilot program with support from SA+P, the School of Engineering and the Sloan School of Management.
Go here for a brief look at some of the transportation-related efforts already underway in SA+P’s five divisions.
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.
