Marvin Minsky honored for lifetime achievements in artificial intelligence
The MIT professor emeritus earns the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award for his pioneering work and mentoring role in the field of artificial intelligence.
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Power (of electronics) to the people
Alumna Ayah Bdeir’s fast-growing startup littleBits, which sells connectable electronic modules, is helping people understand and build creatively with electronics.
Objective reality: 3-D printing gains traction at MIT
MIT Libraries are offering an IAP session (already full) and a brown-bag lunch talk on 3-D printing — technology MIT helped develop years ago that is now entering the mainstream.
Faces of UROP
A series of video profiles of students, produced by filmmaker Jean Dunoyer ’87, provides a unique window on the UROP experience.
App Inventor launches second iteration
Since its 2009 creation, more than a million people have registered to use App Inventor, which is now based out of the MIT Media Lab.
Catching (radio) waves
ThingMagic, founded by five MIT alumni, helped bring radio-frequency identification technology to the supply chain.
Cameron Kerry joins MIT Media Lab as visiting scholar
Former Commerce Department official will work on privacy issues and ‘Big Data for Public Good’ initiative.
How should we use our intelligence?
MIT event exposes fault lines among high-ranking former government officials on NSA’s data-gathering programs.
Inexpensive ‘nano-camera’ can operate at the speed of light
Device could be used in medical imaging, collision-avoidance detectors for cars, and interactive gaming.
‘Wise chisels’: Art, craftsmanship, and power tools
MIT project melds personal style and technique with computerized control systems.
Hungarian President János Áder visits MIT Media Lab
Four research groups host delegation in 90-minute visit.
Giving students ‘a six-month runway’ to launch startups
An independent investment fund gives MIT Media Lab alumni startup support — and a way to put money back into the Institute.
SA+P students sweep visual arts awards
Honors for work that incorporates both old and new technologies
Keeping ‘digital storefronts’ fresh
Fast-growing startup Locu helps businesses synch their online information, across the Web, instantaneously.