In a Forbes piece about historical technology developments that occurred during the week of February 22nd, Gil Press highlights how Prof. Emeritus Jay Forrester received a patent on Feb. 28, 1956 for magnetic core memory. Forrester’s invention “became the standard for computer memory until it was supplanted by solid state RAM in the mid-seventies.”
MIT will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Institute’s move from Boston to Cambridge this May, reports Kristin Toussaint for Boston.com. Toussaint writes that MIT is hosting a "competition in which MIT alumni, students, staff, and faculty can create vessels that will make their own voyage across river."
The Boston Globe’s Steve Annear writes that MIT will host a parade to honor the 100th anniversary of the Institute’s move to Cambridge, and MIT community members are invited to create vehicles for the parade. “Who knows what students will come up with?” explains Prof. John Ochsendorf. “The idea is that they come by land or by sea.”
Boston.com reporter Nina Godlewski writes that a time capsule from 1957 has been discovered at MIT. The capsule was a “specially designed glass cylinder and contained argon gas to preserve the contents. A little bit of carbon-14 was also added so scientists could date the capsule.”
A glass time capsule from 1957 has been unearthed during excavation for MIT.nano, reports Steve Annear for The Boston Globe. Deborah Douglas, director of collections for the MIT Museum, says that the capsule is “a wonderful gesture, executed MIT-style.”
Popular Science reporter Mary Beth Griggs writes about the discovery of a time capsule from 1957 during excavation for MIT.nano. Griggs writes that the capsule had “been in the ground for 58 years, but it was supposed to be in place for much longer.”
A slideshow compiled by Boston.com highlights “some of the faces and places” from MIT’s history. The slideshow features historic images of campus, research projects, sporting and student events, and more.
Shannon Fischer writes for BetaBoston about MIT Professor John Sheehan’s work synthesizing penicillin. “The scientific importance of synthesizing such a compound that had baffled the best chemists of a generation was a great incentive, for I knew that someone would solve the problem eventually. I wanted to be that person,” Sheehan explained in his book “The Enchanted Ring.”
Wall Street Journal reporter Ben Cohen takes a look at the revival of the MIT football program, which after being disbanded in 1901 was resurrected as a student-run squad in 1978. “They deserve a lot of credit for where we are today,” says MIT President L. Rafael Reif of MIT’s founding football players.