Forbes
"The issue with driverless cars, says Bryan Reimer, a research scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s AgeLab, isn’t the machines. It’s us."
In the Media
MarketWatch
"You planned, saved, invested and even survived the economic downturn — but have you planned how you will get around in retirement?"
The Boston Globe
"The City of Boston plans to launch a partnership with the two institutions through the experimental online initiative edX, which offers free courses to anyone with Internet access."
The New York Times
"The next round of reductions will require more serious action, probably jettisoning 15 percent of the force — and more if rising personnel costs are not brought under control." -MIT's Cindy Williams
Bloomberg News
"The advent of massively open online classes (MOOCs) is the single most important technological development of the millennium so far. I say this for two main reasons."
The Wall Street Journal
"Restoring sight to the blind has proved particularly challenging for scientists, but a new technology combining an eye implant and video-camera-enabled glasses may soon be available in the U.S."
Boston.com
"A study published in Businessweek calculated the return on investment for hundreds of colleges and universities in the country, and found that MIT, Harvard University, and Babson College were among the schools considered the best investment."
The Boston Globe
"The best hope for achieving the transition to a low-carbon economy is through innovation to reduce the costs of new energy technologies."
The New York Times
"MOOCs are vastly extending the reach of professors at some of the world’s best universities, particularly at Stanford, Harvard, M.I.T., Yale, Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania and Duke."
The Economist
"It may soon be possible to control heat flows with great precision."
NBC News
"Forget the endless debates about the euro or government debts. What does the future hold?"
The Boston Globe
"He wanted to write a symphony not for the city of Toronto but with the city of Toronto, a piece of music that would ultimately be about Toronto in a way that was granular, participatory, and reflective of an urban landscape in all of its component parts."
The New York Times
"Nothing has more potential to unlock a billion more brains to solve the world’s biggest problems. And nothing has more potential to enable us to reimagine higher education than the massive open online course, or MOOC, platforms that are being developed by the likes of Stanford and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and companies like Coursera and Udacity."
Scientific American
"Scientists are coaxing the bacteria in soil to start producing a type of fuel that can go right into our cars with no modification."
Bloomberg Businessweek
"When Kristin Forbes sought tenure at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology early last decade, some colleagues said her research focus on financial contagion led to a dead end. Her reaction: Full speed ahead."