In the World: Design summit’s inventions find willing buyers
Devices to improve lives in developing countries are so appealing that even the initial prototypes attract buyers.
In Profile: Kenneth Oye
A political scientist aims to help governments assess the potential risks of new technologies.
Hippie days
How a handful of countercultural scientists changed the course of physics in the 1970s and helped open up the frontier of quantum information.
Facing the future
Wael Ghonim, the Google executive and lauded online activist behind Egypt’s democracy movement, urges ‘action’ during a time of uncertainty.
On an Irish Island, technology takes its time
Robert Kanigel explores how modernity has influenced our pace of life.
Which technologies get better faster?
New analysis helps predict which new systems will be on a fast track to improvements in performance.
Charles L. Miller Symposium honors Professor Daniel Roos
Looks at the rich past, exciting future of engineering systems
Universities can lead in development, USAID head says during MIT visit
Discusses how new ideas are needed for battling disease, extending education and improving lives in poor nations.
A difference maker
Vannevar Bush PhD ’16, a unique figure in American history, transformed his country’s scientific establishment during its wartime hour of need.
Sen. Scott Brown visits MIT
The Massachusetts Republican says the kind of work done at MIT 'can get our economy going.'
The lonely crowd
In a new book, Sherry Turkle documents the sometimes-detrimental effects of technology on our families and social lives.
MIT strengthens its ties to Greater China
The Institute has embarked on a major, long-term effort to promote intellectual and technological exchange.
Tech support?
Contrasting views on display as MIT researchers debate how technology can curb global poverty.
3 Questions: Evelyn Fox Keller on the nature-nurture debates
In a new book, prominent historian of science dismisses the ‘unanswerable’ question of whether heredity or the environment matter more in human development.