MIT releases report on its actions in the Aaron Swartz case
Professors Hal Abelson and Peter Diamond complete review.
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Quantifying cities’ emotional effects
A new Web tool could help measure subjective impressions of urban environments, which may have consequences for social behaviors.
Finding harmony with big data
Technology developed by two MIT alumni entrepreneurs is helping developers create smarter online music-streaming services.
Wealth of words
Professor Deb Roy’s technology company, which recently sold to Twitter, analyzes social-media conversations about TV.
Cheap, color, holographic video
A practical new approach to holographic video could also enable 2-D displays with higher resolution and lower power consumption.
Multiview 3-D photography made simple
A new technique enables the conversion of an ordinary camera into a light-field camera capable of recording high-resolution, multiperspective images.
Diversifying your online world
In a new book, MIT’s Ethan Zuckerman asserts that we need to overcome the Internet’s sorting tendencies and create tools to make ourselves ‘digital cosmopolitans.’
Automated ‘coach’ could help with social interactions
New software system from MIT could help people improve their conversational and interview skills.
President Ollanta Humala of Peru visits MIT
Visit establishes intent to explore collaborations in education and research.
Why innovation thrives in cities
Double a city’s population and its economic productivity goes up 130 percent. MIT researchers think they know why.
Angela Belcher wins $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize
MIT professor honored for her innovations that take cues, and materials, from nature to tackle key societal issues.
Local fifth graders explore mathematics with MIT graduate students
MITxplore, a free after-school math program, transforms math into an adventure.
U.S. Ambassador Allan J. Katz visits MIT
Ambassador to Portugal led a Business Development Road Show that included a stop at the MIT Media Lab.
3dim wins MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition
Annual business-plan contest awards $257,000 in total.