In the Media

"At the recent news conference announcing edX, a $60 million Harvard-MIT partnership in online education, university leaders spoke of reaching millions of new students in India, China and around the globe. They talked of the 'revolutionary' potential of online learning, hailing it as the 'single biggest change in education since the printing press.'"

"You may not notice it - at least not as much as you notice when you smile sarcastically - but you smile when you’re frustrated. It’s more like a surprised grimace than a happy grin, but the difference is subtle. So subtle that humans can hardly detect it, actually - but a computer can."

"It would be a blessing, then, if needles could be done away with and drugs introduced into the body in some other way. And that is exactly what Ian Hunter, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), is proposing."

"needleless device that jets medicine through the skin could bring an end to painful injections. It could also provide developing countries with a way to deliver powdered drugs, which do not require refrigeration."

"Beware of your smile: it may betray you. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a way to discern the sincerity—and level of frustration—associated with your grin."

"What makes Sal's videos particularly engaging is just his personality," Agarwal says. "It's his voice. You feel like he's there next to you, explaining things."

"Research offers little support for the idea that listening to music improves concentration, says Robert Desimone, director of the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT."

"A team of students from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Rhode Island School of Design believe they have created a way to help urban parents get around more efficiently, building a stroller and harness system called BuzzyBaby, which they hope to sell by next spring."

"Three days after embattled Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko announced his resignation, the White House announced President Barack Obama intends to nominate (MIT alum) Allison Macfarlane, a professor at George Mason University, to the agency's top post."

"Hamlet may have been able to see through a fake smile, but it's hard for most of us. People smile out of politeness, awkwardness or frustration, so how can we tell if a smile is real?"

"The needle and syringe are icons of modern medicine. But a device developed at MIT to squirt medicines quickly and pretty much painlessly through the skin suggests that the future of medicine could be needle-free."

"Did you know most people smile when they are frustrated?"

"But no matter which man wins the next election — Obama or presumed challenger Mitt Romney — he may well go down in history as the First Robot President."

"The push for online learning is gathering force, and not just at Harvard and MIT, with their groundbreaking edX project."

"Now (and may I say it’s about time) researchers at MIT have developed a device that may inject a variety of drugs without using needles."