In the Media

"The pieces struck me a “quick hit” commentary on our increasing dependence on technology and social media — something which periodically causes us societal anxiety, addressed recently by MIT technologist Sherry Turkle in her book, Alone Together: Why We Expect More From Technology and Less From Each Other."

"Charles W. Forsberg, the executive director of M.I.T.’s Nuclear Fuel Cycle Project, notes that if you simply put a teacup of water in a microwave oven, some of the water molecules will come apart. But there are reasons, he and others say, that Fukushima is particularly vulnerable."

The MIT Dome dressed up as R2D2 from Star Wars. A mock moon lander on top of the dome. Even better, an MIT police car on top of the dome.

"The accident at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station is still far from resolved."

"Cutting research funding to narrow the budget deficit would hurt innovation now and for decades to come, Massachusetts Institute of Technology President Susan Hockfield said to venture capitalists Thursday."

"Neri Oxman, an architect and professor at the MIT Media Lab, is working on one such set of research — using 3-D printing technology for buildings."

Ernest Moniz, a professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and director of MIT’s Energy Initiative, gave four “very sure bets” about the effects of events at the earthquake-damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex.

"French economist Esther Duflo thinks poverty can be alleviated or even eradicated with the right policies. All it takes is for politicians to 'translate research into action,' implementing programmes that have been shown to work."

“Despite having a plethora of wireless technologies built-in — Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 3G, etc. — there's no simple way to transfer "clippings" of data from one device to another. But a new research project at MIT called Sparsh is aiming to fix that oversight.”

“The keys to revitalizing East Boston’s business district may lie in building bridges among its ethnically and linguistically diverse populations and finding solutions to space issues in this dense urban area.”

“The German government’s official spokesman found himself forced to defend his decision to announce official government business via Twitter.”

“The recent growth, which MIT pursued even through the recession, has injected millions of dollars into the city, augmented the university’s involvement in the life sciences, and remade once-gritty neighborhoods into one of the prime biotechnology and research centers in the country.”

"For all its computer-generated theatrical dazzle – created by Machover's Opera of the Future group at the MIT Media Lab -- it is at heart a poignant family drama, about how we connect, and how the choices we make in life impact on those we care about and who care about us."

"The fact is that, since its founding in 1971, Southwest has performed 16 million flights without a single passenger fatality." - Opinion piece by Arnold Barnett, George Eastman professor of management science

"Using more than two miles of toilet tissue and one infinite corridor at MIT, a group from St. Mark's School claim to have wiped out the world record for folding paper Sunday."