Scientific American
"To help improve the care these patients receive, a team of pediatricians and computer scientists is developing a new type of social network that turns doctors and patients into research collaborators."
In the Media
Scientific American
"The 11th annual M.I.T. Technology Review emerging technology (Emtech) conference kicked off Tuesday with a session covering 'lessons in innovation.'”
The Huffington Post
"Ninety percent of manufacturing executives say that innovation, not cost-cutting, is the key to long-term growth in the manufacturing industry, according to a new report."
US News and World Report
"Despite Harvard falling slightly behind a U.K. university, U.S. schools dominated the top 400 list, with six American institutions appearing in the top 10 (Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Yale University, University of Chicago, University of Pennsylvania, and Columbia University)."
CNN
"Through the use of microwaves, MIT researchers have devised technology to see through walls in real time."
Bloomberg Businessweek
"At MIT, grads can expect a net return of $1.7 million, making it the most valuable college degree in the nation, while at other schools the earning power of graduates is far less."
Los Angeles Times
"But Paro is no plaything. It's a robot specially designed to provide comfort and companionship to the elderly."
MarketWatch- The Wall Street Journal
"Joseph Coughlin, Ph.D., the director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s AgeLab, Rick Miller, Ph.D., CFP, and president and founder of Sensible Financial and Management, and Kathryn McCabe Votava, Ph.D., the president and founder of GOODCARE.com, all offered advice on how to manage, mitigate and insure against retirement risks as part of MarketWatch’s Retirement Adviser series of special reports."
The Boston Globe
"The Institute of Medicine today announced 65 new members during its annual meeting in Washington."
The Boston Globe
"After all, in T.V.land/Movieland, the city’s home to the bar “where everybody knows your name,” a couple of fictional law firms, and plenty of thieves."
Forbes
"After speaking with nearly 100 Chief Technology & Chief Innovation Officers, ADL has concluded that the new face of innovation has five principle new dimensions."
Scientific American via Nature
"At the Center for Collective Intelligence at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, computer scientist Peter Gloor has been working with colleagues to build models that can predict consumer behavior, such as ticket sales for Hollywood films, using a range of online sources including social media."
BBC News
"The geeks can come over and the suits can come over and they can all work together to build a company." -MIT's Bill Aulet
Boston Herald
"Computer science guru Nicholas Negroponte is best known as the founder of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab, creator of the One Laptop per Child Association and being a savvy investor..."
Bloomberg Businessweek
"Still, there are intriguing signs that the manufacturing job picture could stabilize or perhaps improve in the coming years, thanks to a combination of forces unleashed by the Great Recession and by globalization."