 In electronics , magnetic core memory , radar , single electron transistors , and inertial guidance controls were invented or substantially developed by MIT researchers . Harold Eugene Edgerton was a pioneer in high speed photography and sonar . Claude E. Shannon developed much of modern information theory and discovered the application of Boolean logic to digital circuit design theory . In the domain of computer science , MIT faculty and researchers made fundamental contributions to cybernetics , artificial intelligence , computer languages , machine learning , robotics , and cryptography . At least nine Turing Award laureates and seven recipients of the Draper Prize in engineering have been or are currently associated with MIT . 
