In the Media

"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?"

"The 'Connected States of America' project, which is based on aggregated, anonymous cell phone data from July 2010, shows how Americans’ mobile communications define new communities that go beyond traditional city and state boundaries."

"Geoffrey von Maltzahn and coworkers have designed a two-part system consisting of specialized nanoparticles that communicate with each other to amplify the delivery of drugs to sites of disease."

"Although a normal monsoon has been forecast for South Asia this year, and rains have begun normally in many parts of the region, people are still anxious about the rainy season that lasts for four months."

"Signing up for Medicaid could improve your overall health and financial security."

"Mark Zuckerberg was the big one that got away."