In the Media

"Two years ago, Carlo Ratti, the head of MIT's Senseable City Lab, decided to find out what happened when city residents disposed of trash."

"Now researchers have found a shortcut that could help make robots a little more human."

"Thomson Reuters predicts that biomedical engineer Robert Langer of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge could win for his work in regenerative medicine."

"This is a major new result because it shows that we can wake the brain up from general anesthesia." - MIT's Dr. Emery Brown

"If you've been counting on your daily dose of merlot to stave off mortality, you might want to consider Plan B."

"A trans-Atlantic dispute has opened up between two camps of researchers pursuing a gene that could lead to drugs that enhance longevity."

"The pilot of a vintage plane that crashed and killed nine at an air race in Nevada on Friday knew his sport was dangerous, telling an interviewer earlier this year that the souped-up engines handle so much stress that they are 'essentially 12-cylinder hand grenades.'"

"Innovative ideas can lead to the manufacturing of new products, but can manufacturing drive innovation and keep the country technologically competitive?"

"What we are exploring is the next generation of car rental and what car rental will look like in the future." -Jordan Reber, senior director of Hertz On Demand.

"West Newton Square’s vibrancy comes with a cost - parking and traffic problems, which MIT students are trying to solve."

"New technology is leading to some innovative instruments - but will musicians embrace them?"

"In 1973, the median male worker earned just over $49,000 when adjusted for inflation, while in 2010 that worker made about $1,500 less. Yet, in the same period, the output of the economy has more than doubled, and the productivity of workers has risen steadily."

"The need to recycle a higher volume of cups was a key topic of discussion last week at the third 'Cup Summit' at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology."

"Facebook, Google Search and even sites like Techland are not really free services. You don't pay for them with money, but you do pay with a little bit of your privacy."

"Actors have Hollywood Boulevard; athletes, the hall of fame. And now, for Information Age trailblazers, there is the Entrepreneur Walk of Fame."