In the Media

"According to Shah, the kind of star rating systems that are the status quo on the web today are flawed because, well, humans are flawed."

"So we’re teaching the computers how to advance their own interests via global warfare, now. Nice knowing you, fellow humans."

"...it's now possible to print photovoltaic cells on paper almost as you would a document — and almost as cheaply too."

"The Museum of Fine Arts has reinstated its award for local women artists and increased the cash amount that goes with it as preparations continue for the opening of the museum’s new wing for contemporary art."

"But mice implanted with miniature human livers can mimic the ways in which the human body breaks down chemical compounds, to help spot potential problems before drugs are tested in humans."

"Hoffman says that if NASA were starting from scratch today, the shuttle would be entirely different."

"How do businesses co-ordinate the flow of material from suppliers to factories to customers? How do they decide what to produce within their factory? How do airlines schedule their complex systems, or theme parks manage queues? How do hospitals plan capacity and schedule their beds?"

"David is no ivory towered professor who studies bicycling from the safety of the classroom. Although he’s 83 years old, David still rides eight miles from his home in Winchester to his office at M.I.T. several days a week."

"This is not the first time scientists have created 'humanized' mice, but this method is the first to show real promise and produce consistently healthy mice."

"The device can be used to treat a range of illnesses, including multiple sclerosis, cancer, and hepatitis C, according to a patent the company filed with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where the technology was developed."

"They place two or more people in a form of relationship not created by any other apparatus for the movement of bodies through space."--James Buzard, MIT

"MIT professor Huang Yasheng argues that Chinese incomes are not rising fast enough to offset dwindling export growth and that urbanization has been wasteful."

"Turkle, an MIT professor and the author of two previous books on the relationship between humans and computer culture, recounts a conversation that she says 'stunned' her. It sure as heck shocked me."

"There's growing evidence that multitasking can be harmful, and businesses need to re-examine goals for workers, experts say."

"I think this is a pretty cool project. But the most important question I have is this: will it work with 3-D chocolate printers?"