Technology and society

MIT AgeLab unveils new support materials on driving, Alzheimer's and dementia

When is the right time to stop driving?

November 1, 2007

Broken amphoras amid debris on the Aegean seafloor.

Cask from the past

Team IDs ancient cargo from DNA

October 29, 2007

Digitalk: Where IT's at--Copyright corner

An interview with Larry Benedict and Jerry Grochow

October 24, 2007

In the 'Wiki City Rome' project an MIT team will obtain data anonymously from cell phones and other devices to map Rome in real time.

'Wiki City Rome' to draw a map like no other

August 30, 2007

The Chevrolet Volt concept car was unveiled by GM in January. A company with MIT roots will develop battery cells to meet the specific requirements of the car.

GM plugs in to battery technology with MIT roots

August 10, 2007

From left, Clarel Jerome of Haiti, a participant in MIT's International Development Design Summit; Gwyndaf Jones, a bicycle expert from the U.S., and Carlos MarroquÃn, a participant and Native American from Guatemala, are using a pedal-powered device to mill corn for the participants to cook. <a onclick="MM_openBrWindow('summit-4-enlarged.html','','width=509, height=583')">
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Innovators at MIT to present workable solutions for developing world

August 7, 2007

Amy Smith displays a bag, designed in part by one of her students, that is used in a simple water disinfection process. The bag is patented, but can be distributed free in Third World countries.

Local materials, low cost and good science add up to technology for developing nations

May 14, 2007

Neurologist and author Oliver Sacks gave the keynote speech at an MIT Media Lab conference on May 9 that examined the scope of human ability. Sacks gave vivid examples of the brain's amazing adaptability. <a onclick="MM_openBrWindow('h20-sacks-enlarged.html','','width=509, height=583')">
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Creative technology meets quiet humanity in Media Lab's adaptive device event

Mission is 'hacking the human,' says director Frank Moss

May 11, 2007

Systems biology, in search of a metaphor, tries out language of machines, intestines

May 2, 2007

Math of elections says voters win with 'winner take all'

April 10, 2007

Melissa Mazmanian is researching how BlackBerry users balance the efficiency and lifestyle effects of their gadgets.

MIT Sloan study asks: Does BlackBerry equal 'CrackBerry' or career essential?

March 21, 2007

As opinions flow through blogs and Internet, political power relocates, diffusely

March 14, 2007

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

Miranda Knutson, who graduated from the history program at MIT last spring, pins a hood being fitted for Tim Abbott, a senior in mathematics and electrical engineering and computer science. The two were participants in an MIT IAP class on the technology of medieval clothes creation. <a onclick="MM_openBrWindow('medieval-hood-enlarged.html','','width=509, height=583')">
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IAP 'Distaff Arts' students learn production, politics of medieval wool clothing

January 30, 2007

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