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Los Angeles Times

"Marketing experts determined years ago that 'customers actively avoid looking at online banner ads,' as Catherine Tucker of MIT and Avi Goldfarb of the University of Toronto observed in a scholarly study last year."
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The Wall Street Journal

"At the same time, Massachusetts Institute of Technology economist David Autor notes an increase in personal-service jobs—the ones that can't be done remotely from overseas and can't easily be done by machines."
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WBUR

"To sort through the rubble of the LIBOR scandal and find out more about potential fallout, weekends on All Things Considered host Guy Raz talked with Matt Taibbi, a contributing editor at Rolling Stone, and MIT economist Simon Johnson. Johnson's most recent book, White House Burning, is about America's national debt."
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The Boston Globe

"Professor Andrew Lo of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan School of Management said the scandal could have far-reaching effects since Libor influences so much of the global financial system."
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Scientific American

"A team of researchers at MIT has developed a way to use atom-thin sheets of graphene for water filtration, which could lead to an inexpensive and energy-efficient way to desalinate seawater."
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Associated Press at The Boston Globe

"Scientists believe the 'God particle' that might explain the underpinnings of the universe is real, and they are about to present their evidence to the world."
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Financial Times

"In May, Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology launched edX, an online education platform that carries course material such as video lesson segments and embedded quizzes, which receive immediate feedback. One aim is 'to research how students learn and how technologies can support effective teaching both on campus and online.'"
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BBC News

"Researchers have moved a step closer to creating a synthetic liver, after a US team created a template for blood vessels to grow into, using sugar."
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Bloomberg Businessweek

"Matt Miller explores robot technology, innovation and software at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology." (VIDEO)
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Reuters

"PhD students from MIT's Media Lab have invented a way for simple objects to interact with your computer, tablet and mobile device. This new technology not only takes 'gamification' to an entirely new level but also assists people suffering from muscular and neurological diseases through their daily routines." (VIDEO)
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The Wall Street Journal

"The idea that I have to monitor my Twitter account, email, Facebook, cellphone and land line in order to keep in touch—and to keep straight how other people prefer to talk—is too much." -MIT's Sherry Turkle
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The New York Times

"Mildred Spiewak Dresselhaus, a professor of physics and engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, walks with a very large carbon footprint, and in her case it’s a good thing."
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The Guardian

"The MIT Media Lab provided a star turn in Aspen on Sunday morning, as researchers revealed some of the ideas and devices that could soon become part of everyday life."
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CNN (Transcript)

"The truth be told, we're not making a list. We're keeping one. A list of amazing people whose passion and work influence our future. They are agents of change, innovators. And in this special episode, we introduce you to ten you really should know."
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The New York Times

"'The kind of job where you come in and work 9 to 5, and where someone tells you what to do all day is becoming scarcer and scarcer,' said Erik Brynjolfsson, an economics professor at M.I.T. and co-author of Race Against the Machine, a book about how automation is changing the job market."
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