In the Media

"Rotating leadership may be part of the secret sauce that allows organizations like Apple to release breakthrough products and achieve a competitive advantage." -MIT's Jason Davis

"As he challenges Barack Obama for the presidency, Mitt Romney may be inclined to leave the issue of income inequality to his opponent. That would be a mistake."

"Last month's fly-by of Earth by asteroid 2012 KT42 was the sixth-closest asteroid encounter on record. It whizzed by inside the orbital distance of Earth geosynchronous satellites."

"As in previous years, MIT would announce its admissions decisions on 3/14, or 'Pi Day,' but this year they would also acknowledge adherents of tau by sending out their decisions at 6:28, or 'Tau Time.'"

"Justin Rowlatt asks Anant Agarwal, who is the director of MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and runs one of the courses, why these two great universities have decided to give away their most valuable asset for free."

"'I hate this calorie is a calorie message,' (MIT's Stephanie) Seneff said in a telephone interview."

"While the decision keeps most of the law intact, what does it mean politically? And how will the characterization of the mandate as a tax play among supporters and opponents of the legislation?" -MIT's Andrea Louise Campbell

"Bloomberg's Matt Miller takes a look inside the computer science and artificial intelligence lab at MIT, where research into changing interaction between robots and humans is expanding the capabilities and usefulness of robots in everyday life."

"U.S. researchers say they have discovered high concentrations of lead in the Indian Ocean despite leaded gasoline having been slowly phased out worldwide."

"Astronomers have developed a new method to probe the atmospheres of extrasolar planets, which should greatly expand the search for planets that have the right temperature and composition for life."

"I like the MIT Media Lab Mood Meter project which is intended to map happiness on campus using facial recognition technology."

"Chris A. Kaiser, professor and former chairman of the Department of Biology at MIT, has been named the college’s new provost."

"Guttag told me he believes computer scientists (including those at MIT) have a 'moral obligation' to undertake far more research in the areas of health and medicine, indeed, they should lead the way with work that has real-world applications."

"A UK mathematician has made a public appeal for people to phone a dedicated number so data can be gathered to hone a tool that can diagnose Parkinson's disease by analysing voice patterns."

"More so, the role that I play as dean is to provide the right kind of environment so our students, faculty and staff here at MIT can both innovate while they are here, as well as learn all of the skills and tools and attitudes that are required to be great innovators and entrepreneurs when they leave MIT." -MIT's Ian Waitz