NPR
"Tickle a particle here, and its partner should instantly dance, no matter how far away it had traveled."
In the Media
The Wall Street Journal
"We have all encountered the problem. You visit a site and suddenly a serious and convincing looking pop-up appears on your screen to tell you that your system has a virus on it. Most people just ignore them, but a few users are so scared that they pay."
Boston Herald
“It’s not about stitching devices together, it’s about stitching people together,” Borovoy told the crowd.
TIME
"As the country attempts to lift its population by a fifth over the next two decades, from 5.08 million to 6 million, it is linking with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to devise ways to manage its expansion — knowledge it plans to export to other cities."
Boston Globe
"While computers, phones, and even watches have been transformed at breathtaking speed, improvements to medical devices have arrived slowly and incrementally. Now, a new center at MIT wants to bring the breakneck pace of consumer tech development to such devices, and cement the Boston region’s role in that transformation."
Wired
"Basically, in addition to building exoskeletons that allow people to carry 100-pound loads for many miles and jump three stories, Herr is working on a spider suit that uses latex connections at the joints of a jacket to increase your pull-up power."
Washington Post
"The asteroid was discovered by MIT’s Linear program, which uses a pair of robotic telescopes in New Mexico to scan the skies for hazards."
Boston.com
"Last night, as I lay huddled in my sleeping bag, I thought for the first time in a while about whether I will miss life on the Trail."
CBS
"The value of a college degree has been taking it on the chin a lot lately, with critics suggesting that it’s not necessarily the slam-dunk investment that we’ve come to take as a national article of faith."
Reuters
"Researchers at MIT have re-created Italian ballet star Roberto Bolle in digital form to study the capabilities of motion technology. The scientists say that in the future, motion sensors and scanners will be able to find potential health problems before they become apparent to the naked eye."
Boston Globe
"Once dubbed 'Nowhere Square,' Kendall Square has become one of the most sought-after high-tech centers on the planet, a global mecca for life science and information technology, research and commerce."
Boston.com
"Though the first phase of this 'HapMap' was just completed in February, early uses have already led to the discovery of genes involved in susceptibility to common diseases, including diabetes, heart disease, osteoporosis, lower back problems, and blindness. Each one of these gene discoveries sheds new light on the biological basis of disease, which in turn provides new targets for therapies and new options for prevention."
The New York Times
"Imagining advances from lighter cars to smarter robots, President Barack Obama is announcing a $500 million project to spur high-technology manufacturing, a sector of U.S. industry that presidential advisers say has lost ground to such competitors as Germany and Japan."
The Huffington Post
"Scientists have honed in on certain parts of the HIV virus that could be the perfect targets for future drugs."
The New York Times
“We’ve launched an all-hands-on-deck effort between our brightest academic minds, some of our boldest business leaders and our most dedicated public servants from science and technology agencies, all with one big goal, and that is a renaissance of American manufacturing"...