Boston Herald reporter Laurel Sweet writes that a team of MIT students has won the first round of the SpaceX Hyperloop contest. “Powered by renewable energy, Hyperloop aims to rocket floating passenger pods through elevated tubes at nearly the speed of sound,” writes Sweet.
MIT students captured the top spot in the first round of the SpaceX Hyperloop competition for their design for passenger pods that could travel on a high-speed transportation system, reports David Morris for Fortune.
A team of MIT students took first place in the first round of the SpaceX Hyperloop competition, reports Steve Annear for The Boston Globe. Team members told Annear that, “It’s great to see our hard work recognized, and we are excited to have the opportunity to continue to push this technology one step closer to reality.”
In an article for Boston.com about The New York Times and Boston Globe endorsing Republican presidential candidate John Kasich, writer Nik DeCosta-Klipa references Prof. Christopher Warshaw’s study that found voters are “more likely to support a candidate that receives an endorsement from a like-minded group.”
Prof. Edward Boyden speaks with Boston Globe reporter Murray Carpenter about how scientists need more powerful computers to help gain a better understanding of brain function. “The cool part of neuroengineering is that we have all these unmet needs,” Boyden says. “I think there is an enormous amount of hope generated by bringing new tools into neuroscience.”
Prof. Frank Wilczek writes for The Wall Street Journal about his experience participating in the Nobel Week Dialogue in Sweden from the comfort of his home in Cambridge, thanks to a robot that allowed conference attendees to interact with him remotely. “With more powerful sensors and actuators, out-of-body experiences will become even more compelling,” Wilczek writes.
Wall Street Journal reporter Alexandra Wolfe profiles Prof. Cynthia Breazeal and examines her latest work developing a robot, dubbed Jibo, that can assist humans with daily tasks and serve as a companion. “I’m really thinking about social robots as an extender of our human capacity,” Breazeal explains.
The Washington Post's Courtney Kueppers writes about the importance of disconnecting from technology, even if only briefly. She quotes Prof. Sherry Turkle’s latest book to emphasize her point: “To reclaim solitude we have to learn to experience a moment of boredom as a reason to turn inward, at least some of the time.”
Bill Aulet, Managing Dir. of the Martin Trust Center, shares his tips on becoming an entrepreneur with Tito Philips of The Guardian. “Closely following the people who become an entrepreneur by creating new business ventures from their breakthrough technologies are those with great business ideas,” says Aulet.
Researchers from MIT collaborated on a new paper that found that speed-readers “won’t yield the comprehension and retention obtained at a normal pace,” writes Daniel Akst for the Wall Street Journal.
MIT AgeLab Director, Joseph Coughlin speaks with Boston Globe writer Elizabeth Gehrman about the future of senior living homes. “What you’re watching in the marketing is a living experiment of trying to create a vision of how we’ll live in our older age,” says Coughlin.
Daniel Gold of the The New York Times reviews the new documentary, ‘Requiem for the American Dream,’ which has been constructed from four years of interviews with Prof. Noam Chomsky.
A team of economists, including Prof. David Autor, have been studying gender differences in school performance, writes Jeff Guo for The Washington Post. “Disadvantageous childhood conditions are particularly pernicious for boys,” said Autor.
Greg Hubbard, MIT alum and chief engineer for GM’s Voltec Propulsion Systems, has returned to the Institute to teach a class on designing an electric vehicle, writes Sankya Salomon for boston.com. “We’re really excited that we’ll be the first to the market with what we believe is a game-changing vehicle,” says Hubbard.
Broad Institute researchers have been developing a treatment for schizophrenia, writes Haroon Siddique for The Guardian. “Understanding schizophrenia will similarly accelerate progress against this devastating disease that strikes young people,” says Broad Dir. Eric Lander.