In the Media

“People don’t like having their skin zapped all the time. It will be an effective technology if it is used to present information intermittently and with high-potency.”

“That’s where these driver trials started. We wanted to get people out on the streets, driving around, and just sort of measure this ground truth.”

“With an aging population in the US, injuries and degenerative conditions are subsequently on the rise. As a result, there is an increased demand for therapies that can repair damaged tissues."

"Countries around the world are collecting genetic material from millions of citizens in the name of fighting crime and terrorism — and, according to critics, heading into uncharted ethical terrain."

"We have looked for evidence of the second moon and we have not seen any of the suggested characteristics of the internal structure of the Moon that would be consistent with the idea of a second companion"

"This isn't a 'climate model.' It is an analysis formed by taking the output of six different climate models, and analyzing that in a way that allows Emanuel to estimate the number and intensity of [tropical cyclones] given the different background conditions"

"Information has always been a great way to connect with consumers, establish credibility, and gain trust."

"We are in a time when these two technologies are emerging, when we now have 3-D printers that can print with microscale resolution to create objects with virtually any pattern and any shape."

"Countries tend to cooperate on fiscal expansions, for example in the face of global recession, and government leaders are happy to communicate their plans in public and in private."

"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."