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Financial Times

"Some business schools have established leadership in 'idea generation' at the nexus of IT and business. One making efforts to keep pace with technological innovation is the MIT Sloan School of Management, in Massachusetts, which established the MIT Center for Digital Business in 1999."
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USA Today

"The metal on Zac Vawter bionic leg gleamed as he climbed 103 floors of Chicago's iconic Willis Tower, becoming the first person ever to complete the task wearing a mind-controlled prosthetic limb."
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Wired.co.uk

"If only cyclists and motorists could read each other's minds. Arlene Ducao agrees -- so she has built a wearable mind-reading device."
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The Atlantic

"Because your brain is always predicting your own actions, and how your body will feel as a result, you cannot tickle yourself."
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CNBC

"The decline of the middle class has emerged as a key issue in the presidential campaign with both candidates promising policies to restore the economic stability of the middle class."
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Financial Times

"Companies that have succeeded in transforming their business through the use of digital technologies such as social media, mobile, analytics and embedded devices benefit from a considerable 'digital advantage' and demonstrate significantly better financial performance than their peers, according to a global study conducted by Capgemini Consulting and the MIT Center for Digital Business."
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Nature

"General anaesthetics induce a coma-like state within seconds, allowing patients to be operated on without feeling pain or discomfort. Yet very little is known about how these drugs work."
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NPR

"Still, overall, says Charles Stewart of MIT, things are looking pretty good this year when it comes to voting technology."
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CNN

"In an era when shadowy hackers can snatch secret government files and humble big businesses with seeming ease, it's an unavoidable question as Election Day approaches: When we go to the polls, could our very votes be at risk?"
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The Boston Globe

"Are conservatives more generous than liberals?"
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The Boston Globe

"Advanced technology is available right now to help game officials make extremely accurate rulings — but how to implement it is a tough call."
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Reuters

"Sloppy signatures on mail-in ballots might prove to be the hanging chads of the 2012 election."
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Wired.co.uk

"An MIT team has developed an algorithm that can predict trending topics on Twitter an average of an hour and a half before they appear."
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The New York Times

"Many places offer MOOCs, and many more will. But Coursera, Udacity and edX are the leading providers. Here’s how they differ."
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New Scientist

"Marine microbes are harder workers than honeybees or human office drones."
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