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Composing for loudspeakers: computer music pioneer John Chowning visits MIT
The inventor of FM synthesis, Chowning revolutionized the music industry; saw a glimpsing into the future of music at the Institute.
MIT alums recount their Martian experiences
Several AeroAstro alumni return to campus to describe landing the Curiosity rover on Mars.
Paying it forward through engineering
System Design and Management student aims to improve the world.
3 Questions: Anette Hosoi on engineering and the Olympics
Got Olympic fever? Dive into the mechanics of a fast pool
Glasses-free 3-D TV looks nearer
A new method for producing multiple-perspective 3-D images could prove more practical in the short term than holography.
Finding good music in noisy online markets
MIT researchers revisit data from a seminal online experiment but draw more encouraging conclusions.
Is that smile real or fake?
A computerized system developed at MIT can tell the difference between smiles of joy and smiles of frustration.
Robots that reveal the inner workings of brain cells
New method offers automated way to record electrical activity inside neurons in the living brain.