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<a href="http://thehumanfactor.mit.edu/">'The Human Factor'</a>

Campaign website showcases 'Human Factor'

October 3, 2008

Oct. 6 energy debate to feature presidential campaign reps

October 1, 2008

Schematic shows Odyssey IV, a small, inexpensive, MIT-designed robotic submarine that can hover in place like a helicopter.

MIT's new underwater robot can hover in place

Odyssey IV could be a boon for oil explorers, archaeologists and more

September 25, 2008

Nicholas Roy, left, assistant professor of aeronautics and astronautics, and Seth Teller, professor of computer science and engineering, stand next to the robotic wheelchair they co-designed, which can be navigated by vocal command.

Robot wheelchair finds its own way

MIT invention responds to user's spoken commands

September 19, 2008

Louise Mead of the National Center for Science Education, speaks to an MIT audience on the movement against the teaching of evolution.

Lecture examines anti-evolution movement

Run-up to 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth

September 12, 2008

On Capitol Hill, Deutch stresses all-out energy approach

Calls for carbon tax, efficiency improvements, and new agencies

September 12, 2008

<a href="http://cvcl.mit.edu/MM/demo.html" target="_blank">Demo of massive memory study</a>

MIT researchers find memory capacity much bigger than previously thought

September 8, 2008

MIT professor Lucian W. Pye, leading China scholar, dies at 86

September 8, 2008

Former professor, MIT alumnus Hammer dies at 60

September 4, 2008

MIT associate professor Josh Tenenbaum and his former student, Charles Kemp, have developed a computer algorithm that can select the best type of structure to fit a set of data. Such structures, shown here, include linear order, rings and clusters.

MIT model helps computers sort data more like humans

August 25, 2008

A sensible censor for sharing medical records

MIT-developed software helps protect patient privacy

July 23, 2008

Awards and Honors

July 16, 2008

Barbara Liskov named Institute Professor

July 1, 2008

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MIT Digital Water Pavilion makes a splash in Spain

Programmable water walls can 'open like the Red Sea for Moses'

June 11, 2008

MIT Institute Professor Robert Langer, winner of the Millennium Technology Prize for 2008.

Langer wins Millennium Technology Prize