In the Media

"The number of ways in which a grid can fail is really enormous. To understand the risks in the system, you have to have some understanding of what happens during a huge amount of different scenarios.”

"The danger we're listening for is the danger we've created. It's the dark version of the singularity."

“I was trying to find the most successful mentoring model, and everyone led me to MIT.”

"Boston might be the cradle of the next industrial revolution. Formlabs from MIT’s Media Lab is spearheading the 3-D printer revolution, and many start-ups are jumping on to the craze."

"Women work hard everywhere. The question is in part whether this work is remunerated and picked up in official gross domestic product statistics."

"The new planets completely fill up the habitable zone of Gliese 667C, as there are no more stable orbits in which a planet could exist at the right distance to it."

"Tests revealed that pulse measurements were consistent with those produced by electrocardiograms, varying by just a few beats per minute."

"The standard would increase the amount of capital the lenders must hold to 6 percent of total assets, regardless of their risk, according to four people with knowledge of the talks. That’s twice the level set by global banking supervisors."

"While there has been a lot of academic work done on meetings, our research is unique in that it is one of the first studies to use a data-driven approach to meeting analysis.”

"You can think of it like a three-dimensional photograph that uses lasers instead of everyday light. One laser is shined on the holographed object while another laser bypasses the object completely."

"A growing body of research suggests that the longer you keep your rear end in your chair and your eyes glued to your screen, the less productive you may be."

"Besides a digital face, the MIT-developed MACH has speech- and face-recognition tools, allowing it to pick up on behavior, then advise people on how to correct awkward behavior."

"Every few months for 12 years, I have visited a Massachusetts prison to teach creative writing to a group of locked-up men."

"But the main cause for concern is that network science today means governments can glean remarkable insights from the vast amount of data they compile about their citizens' every move."

"What I found at MIT was something a little different. They were plenty smart, but they weren't particularly enamored with that fact. And more than being smart, they were tough."