In the Media

“Some people are by default more outgoing, some are more retiring, more quiet...We look at those default habit roles and I challenge them to move out of their comfort zone.”

"Medieval manuscripts usually survive as fragments, and at the same time, they are also very often assemblages of multiple, disparate works."

"A typical pair of synthetic trainers generates 30lbs of emissions, equivalent to leaving a 100-watt bulb burning for a week"

“I really see how online learning will democratize education...It will really bring the world closer together.”

"It was part college dance, part video game, part Simon Says, part high-tech experiment."

"CAN'T get to the phone? Try waving at it. A device that enables a smartphone's camera to recognise gestures – without gobbling up precious battery life – looks set to transform the way we make calls."

“Developing drug delivery systems that can provide insulin at levels required by the body really do have tremendous game-changing potential"

Video: The AgeLab at MIT helps understand how older drivers cope with today's distracted roadways.

"It was a pretty cool experience to be an undergraduate and talk to a head of state about my experiences here"

"The hot Jupiters are beasts to handle. They are not fitting neatly into our models and are more diverse than we thought"

“Every cell in the body has DNA and ­chromosomes and so on; you can think of that as the operating system of the cell...We’re thinking about how do we create additional patches, program updates, little apps.”

"With just a handful of bike gears, MIT professor Amos Winter is hoping to change the developing world forever."

"'Can we actually take people who are very prone to boredom and actually improve their performance by using some technology to get them to re-engage?'"

"'It seems like the lunar dynamo lasted very late in the Moon’s history...That’s a very surprising result.'"

"'The use of a honeychecker thus forces an adversary to either risk logging in with a large chance of causing the detection of the compromise of the password-has file... or else to attempt compromising the honeychecker as well.'"