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MIT in the Media

The following news clips about MIT, updated on a regular basis, are just a partial selection of our most recent media coverage.
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LA Times,
When 140 characters just aren’t enough — “In author-social scientist Sherry Turkle's latest book, ‘Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other,’ the MIT professor lays bare over 15 years' worth of research in which she examines a rising anxiety in young people, particularly when they don't update Facebook enough.”
Wall Street Journal,
‘Ga-Ga’ for Daddy’s Data — “(MIT professor Deb) Roy wired his house with 11 cameras and 14 microphones to record most waking moments of his son's first years. The cognitive scientist and his team are analyzing tens of thousands of hours of footage to learn how his son acquired language in real life.”
ESPN,
MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference bullets — For a brief recap of some of the MIT Sports Analytics Conference most noteworthy news, check out this summary with links to additional articles.
New Scientist,
“(MIT) Neuroengineer Ed Boyden is best known for his pioneering work on optogenetics, which allows brain cells to be controlled using light. A speaker at the TED2011 conference this week, his vision, he tells Rowan Hooper, is nothing less than to understand the brain, treat neural conditions and figure out the basis of human existence.”
Financial Times,
“Rodrigo Arboleda, and MIT’s Nicholas Negroponte, ‘launched a campaign that aims to provide the children of Latin America – rich and poor alike- with laptop computers to help promote their education and development.’” — (Registration required to view full article)
The Boston Herald,
Print in another dimension — “In December, MIT Media Lab researcher Amit Zoran used an Objet Connex 500 — which resembles the larger ink-jet printers in most offices — to print a working flute made of plastic.”
The Boston Globe,
“Co-chaired by Daryl Morey, the general manager of the Houston Rockets and an MIT Sloan alumnus, and Patriots vice president Jessica Gelman, the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference draws big names to share big ideas in the areas of advanced statistical metrics, innovation, and technology.”
The New York Times,
“The new institute here is taking an innovative approach by uniting cancer scientists and engineers under one roof — an approach that the institute’s director, Tyler Jacks, who is also the David H. Koch Professor of Biology, said should yield results.”
The New York Times blogs,
“The M.I.T. Energy Conference has established itself as a popular destination for industry wonks, venture capitalists and freelance energy geeks looking for a glimpse into how techno-visionaries hope to solve a daunting problem: providing energy for the planet’s six billion people reliably, affordably and, ideally, without making a mess.”
The Boston Globe,
"'MIT has a longstanding interest generally in the interface among science, technology, and art,' said John Durant, director of the MIT Museum.”
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