In the Media

A new study by researchers from MIT and Harvard shows that emigration may not relieve pressure on weak economies, The Economist reports. 

“Two Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) graduate students aim to create a tool that will be able to more efficiently categorize and index GIFs,” writes Tom House of USA Today about new MIT research that aims to connect language with emotion. 

David Barnett of NPR speaks with Professor Tod Machover about the use of technology in modern opera. Machover’s most recent opera, Death and the Powers, tells the story of a man who wants to live forever and downloads himself into a computer consciousness called “The System.”

David Szondy reports on how the MIT Camera Culture Group has developed a new 3-D project system that doesn’t require glasses. Szondy writes that the team sees their system, “as a transitional system that sits between current technologies and true holographic video.”

In a piece for Smithsonian, Randy Rieland writes about how Skylar Tibbits’ Self-Assembly Lab has developed a new technique that could print responsive objects that are able to adapt and transform to their surroundings independently. 

In a piece for CNN, Professor Erik Brynjolfsson and Dr. Andrew McAfee write that the rapid rate of technological innovation is leaving a large number of people without the skills necessary to participate in the modern economy. 

Professor Yossi Sheffi of the Center for Transportation and Logistics speaks with Bloomberg TV about the challenges faced by companies trying to provide same-day delivery service. Sheffi outlines the variety of factors that go into developing a delivery system that is cost effective.

NECN reports on the “National Peace Officers Memorial Day” ceremony in which fallen MIT Officer Sean Collier was among those honored. More than half the MIT police force turned out for the service held in Washington, D.C.

Writing for Scientific American, Melissa Lott reports on how a team from MIT has developed an integrated circuit design that doubles the capacity of existing solar arrays.  

In an article for Forbes, Chip Register writes about innovative technologies that could revolutionize energy production, highlighting developments from Professors Donald Sadoway and Alexander Slocum. 

“A new study has revealed an overlooked trend: tropical cyclone activity is shifting away from the tropics and toward the poles,” writes Andrea Thompson in a Huffington Post piece on new research from MIT Professor Kerry Emanuel. 

New Scientist reporter Hal Hodson writes about a new experiment out of the MIT Media Lab that is aimed at investigating how well children learn from robots. 

Newsweek reporter Tom Parrett writes about current advances, and the future of swarm robots, highlighting Professor Daniela Rus’ work with self-assembling robots. 

In a video for BBC News, Spencer Kelly reports on how, “A researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has developed an algorithm which he says can predict how popular a photograph will be when it is posted online.”

Reuters reports on Professor Kristin Forbes’ appointment to the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee. "Dr Kristin Forbes is an economist of outstanding ability with real practical experience of policy making," says Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborn.