Technology and society

Prof compares business models' impact on economic development

POES, FOES and SOES dial for dollars

March 13, 2007

Joseph F. Coughlin, founder and director of the MIT AgeLab, explains how older adults are the leading adopters of new technology during a lecture on Feb. 26.

AgeLab founder outlines new lives for elders

Boomers' whining already brings huge changes

March 1, 2007

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IAP 'Distaff Arts' students learn production, politics of medieval wool clothing

January 30, 2007

Postdoctoral associate Dae-Hyun Kim, left, and Professor JesÃºs del Alamo look at a cross-section of the new transistor they have been developing. Behind them is the test equipment used to measure its characteristics.

Beyond silicon: New transistor technology may power next microelectronic devices

December 12, 2006

Humans grieve for the 'given' world

December 6, 2006

From left, Ray Kurzweil, Rodney Brooks and David Gelernter speak at 'Creativity: The mind, machines and mathematics' held at MIT Nov. 30.

Hard drives will evolve into soft hearts ... or not

CSAIL debate on machine consciousness ends in a draw

December 5, 2006

Sherry Turkle worries the 'killer app' of sociable robots is that they elicit human care.

Robotic pets may be bad medicine for melancholy

Sherry Turkle finds human-machine love unsettling

November 29, 2006

New media, fan muscle will mold TV future

November 22, 2006

STS research contributes to understanding disparities in success of medical treatments

November 15, 2006

Jane Farver, director of the MIT List Visual Arts Center, left, introduced William Mitchell, professor of architecture and media arts and sciences, when he spoke on digital interconnectivity last week.

Mitchell maps cities' new 'techno-sensual comfort zone'

November 7, 2006

Machinima group animates life 'in-world'

Technique harnesses 3-D game engines

October 27, 2006

Model of One Laptop Per Child computer. MIT Media Lab co-founder Nicholas Negroponte gave a talk Oct. 19 on the inexpensive laptop he hopes to make available to children in developing countries.

Laptops will link global learners

Negroponte shares vision for children

October 24, 2006

MIT expert discusses U.S.-India nuclear pact

October 20, 2006

Singapore-MIT collaboration aims to spur gaming sector

October 9, 2006

U.S. economic health requires math, science literacy

Hockfield urges national math panel to invest in K-12

September 15, 2006

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