Popular Science
"Self-repairing computers! Electronic skin! Bat-wing planes! A look at the amazing stuff that's changing the world."
In the Media
The Huffington Post
"Military drone operators flying deadly aircraft by remote control would be more effective if they were distracted more often, a study has found."
What's Next (CNN)
"When Kelvin Doe, a then-13-year-old from Sierra Leone, saw that off-the-shelf batteries were too expensive for the inventions he was working on, he made his own at home."
Nature
"Feynman, the mid-twentieth-century’s greatest theoretical physicist, came up with the idea of quantum simulation in 1981 when he was asked to deliver a keynote speech at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge."
Boston Herald
"Gov. Deval Patrick is heading the list of academic, political and business leaders who will celebrate the completion of the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Holyoke Friday."
WBUR
"What would the world look like if the speed of light were slowed down until it meandered along at the pace we walk?"
The Huffington Post
"Essentially, we went into a parking orbit around the Earth and just gave the spacecraft a little nudge to get them going towards the Lagrange Point." -MIT's Maria Zuber
NPR
"Melissa Block talks with Charles Stewart of the Voting Technology Project at MIT about Election Day 2012, how it compared to past Election Days, and how the process could improve for 2016 and beyond."
WBUR's Radio Boston
"We speak to Jim Walsh, lecturer at MIT’s Security Studies Program, to find out what makes Kerry a likely candidate for secretary of state or defense, and what issues he’ll face if appointed to either one of those positions."
Scientific American
"Think of how a mime, working without words, can evoke an entire story, with multiple characters, each with their own intentions, beliefs and desires—all because we are remarkably skilled at imagining the mental lives of others."
Popular Science
"A type of polymer found in mucus--known as mucin--can trap bacteria and prevent them from clumping together into a hard-to-remove biofilm, MIT scientists say."
Boston Herald
"Two Massachusetts Institute of Technology doctoral candidates are designing a nuclear power plant that would convert nuclear waste from conventional reactors into electricity — a plant you could walk away from, they said, without the risk of a radioactive leak like the meltdown last year that crippled parts of Japan."
Wired.co.uk
"The team manages an ever-increasing family of robots, with about 30 active in the lab or out on field tests."
Associated Press (via YouTube)
"Scientists at MIT have developed mapping technology that can help first responders create a more accurate image of a disaster scenes. They say the computer generated maps could save lives by highlighting potential dangers to emergency workers."
Popular Science
"Making better body armor doesn’t have to be about adding bulk--it’s about smart layering."