"Tod Machover is a cellist, composer and inventor who believes passionately that technology can democratize music. He’s widely recognized as one of the most innovative composers of his generation."
"Li-Shiuan Peh, an associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science at MIT has come up with cool technology that models the networking layout of the web, with routers and packets and adapted it for on-chip communication."
"That was at the inaugural Cambridge Science Festival, in 2007; this year’s- the sixth- begins April 20. And if the science festival can be said to have an animating spirit, Dr. Durant- whose day job is director of the M.I.T. Museum- would be a good candidate."
"U.S. President Barack Obama is set to meet with Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff in Washington on Monday amid optimism for closer ties with South America's rising economic power."
"At the most formative time of their careers, they sized each other up during the firm’s weekly brainstorming sessions, absorbing the same profoundly analytical view of the world."
"The third and arguably the most radical approach to broad-spectrum antivirals was conceived years ago by biological engineer Todd Rider (of MIT's Lincoln Lab)."
"The brainiacs behind a futuristic approach to combating cancer with targeted microscopic drones say their potentially life-saving devices could only have been born in the high-tech medical hub that is Boston."