In the Media

"Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson’s new book Race Against the Machine: How the Digital Revolution Is Accelerating Innovation, Driving Productivity, and Irreversibly Transforming Employment and the Economy is getting a ton of press."

"We think planets were built of things like Lutetia...We're getting a chance to see one of the building blocks of the solar system up close." -MIT's Ben Weiss

"In his narrow, crowded office at MIT, Martin Marks plays the piano. Just over his shoulder, the screen of his Mac is showing 'Faust,’ a classic German film made in 1926 by F.W. Murnau."

"A new spectroscopic design that alters the geometry of a key optical element advances the development of a portable noninvasive glucose monitor."

"Economists at Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology have just released what they claim to be the crystal ball of economics: a model for predicting a nation’s future growth more accurately than any other techniques out there."

"The Massachusetts Institute of Technology signed an agreement this morning to jointly found a graduate research university in Skolkovo, Russia, a planned technology research hub outside Moscow meant to be Russia’s equivalent of Silicon Valley."

"Joining us to talk more about income inequality and its effects are Boston University political science professor Graham Wilson and MIT political economy professor Michael Piore."

"Canadian director Robert Lepage, who is opening part three of his 'Ring’ cycle tonight at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, is the 2012 recipient of the Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MIT."

"The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Russia's Skolkovo Foundation announced on Wednesday plans to develop a new graduate research university near Moscow. The university will be located in a technology park in Skolkovo that has been described as Russia's future Silicon Valley."

"The open access philosophy is transforming higher education but beyond the technology and policy shifts, what impact will open access have on higher education more widely?"

"Vaccines certainly have the potential to be cost-effective. They are generally inexpensive, safe, and efficacious, and they have saved millions of lives to date."

"The YWCA Cambridge will honor eight Cambridge women for their work to eliminate racism and empower women next week at the 19th Annual Tribute to Outstanding Women Awards Luncheon."

"Erik Brynjolfsson, director of the MIT Center for Digital Business and Andrew McAfee, the center’s associate director, had originally planned to title the book The Digital Frontier, a nod to all the opportunities that grow out of new innovations."

"Race Against the Machine seems to be another in the near interminable series of books that tell us that machines are soon going to be able to do everything therefore no one at all will have a job."

"Leaves are the ultimate solar panel. If we're going to power more of the world with the sun, we're going to need to imitate plants, one way or another."