BBC News
"3D printing, its admirers say, is to the world of objects what the internet has been to the world of information."
In the Media
The Wall Street Journal
"If history is any guide, there's a real risk Beijing will use force against Japan over the Senkakus." -MIT's M. Taylor Fravel
The Boston Globe
"A new proposal for Boston school assignments presented Saturday by a Massachusetts Institute of Technology doctoral student was essentially pushed to front-runner status by an advisory committee, as five other proposals began to fall off the table, just one month after they were unveiled."
The Economist
"The study, based on the geographical pattern of 1m mobile-phone calls in Portugal, found that calls between phones far apart (a first contact, perhaps) are often followed by a flurry within a small area (just before a meeting)."
Wired
"Ramesh Raskar and his team at MIT have developed software and an iPhone accessory that can perform eye tests without the need for expensive equipment."
CNN Money
"You probably expect all the latest and greatest high-tech gear to be out in force at the infamous MIT Media Lab innovation complex. And you’d be right. Holograms? Check. 3D printing? Check. Robots? Triple check — even a DragonBot."
Los Angeles Times
"Given sufficient warning, an asteroid headed on a collision course with Earth could be diverted by firing paintballs at it, an MIT graduate student has calculated."
NPR
"Printing errors have caused problems on thousands of absentee ballots around the country, from Cleveland to Daytona Beach, Fla., to Kalamazoo, Mich."
CBS News
"Anyone who's flown in recent years has encountered the stepped-up security procedures at the airport. But one expert says the focus on the skies ignores a far bigger safety risk these days: Mass transit on the ground."
Boston.com
"Harvard topped the chart of universities around the world that were ranked based on the "employability" of their graduates. MIT ranked seventh worldwide, while Boston University ranked 17th."
Wired
"Gigi Hirsch, Executive Director of Center for Biomedical Innovation the MIT, talks about the success of treating the HIV virus in the United States."
The New York Times
“You’re the boss — which graduate would you pay a salary to work for you?”
The Wall Street Journal
"'This suggests a focus on promoting competent, professional soldiers who'll continue the modernization of the military and who are willing to stay out of politics,' said Taylor Fravel, a professor of political science and expert on China's military at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology."
The New York Times
"'If you are trying to prepare business students for the world and you are not taking into account digital technology, you are failing in your mission,' said Andrew McAfee , a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology."
CNN Money
"Baxter, the $22,000 industrial robot manufactured in the US for US manufacturing companies, could find applications in more personal settings, including eldercare, in the not-too-distant future."