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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

SHASS announces new department heads

September 12, 2006

MIT's Real Time Rome project, which will have its worldwide debut at the 2006 Venice Biennale, uses cellphone and wireless data to map people in Rome. Here it shows cellular phone users in northeastern Rome at different hours of a day.

MIT Real Time Rome project to debut at Venice Biennale

September 5, 2006

Jenkins illuminates clash of media Davids and Goliaths

August 31, 2006

Handheld computers make light work of economics, science

With titles like Hip Hop Tycoon and Sick at South Beach, what's not to like?

August 23, 2006

GEM4 researchers examine facets of diseases

August 16, 2006

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