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Why Innovation Thrives in CitiesThe key is face-to-face interaction
Tue, 06/11/2013 - 16:10
Double a city’s population, and its economic productivity goes up 130 percent. MIT researchers think they know why.
In 2010, in the journal Nature, a pair of physicists at the Santa Fe Institute showed that when the population of a city doubles,… Meet the MakerLimor Fried, a ‘maker movement’ pioneer with a multimillion-dollar company
Wed, 06/05/2013 - 12:42
It’s a dream of many hobbyists: turning their leisure pursuits into a lucrative business. That’s what happened for MIT graduate Limor Fried, whose pastime—tinkering with electronics—not only gave rise to a profitable company, but also positioned… One Order of Steel, Hold the Greenhouse GasesA new process using an inexpensive alloy could revolutionize steelmaking
Thu, 05/09/2013 - 10:05
Anyone who has seen pictures of the giant, red-hot cauldrons in which steel is made—fed by vast amounts of carbon, and belching flame and smoke—would not be surprised to learn that steelmaking is one of the world’s leading industrial sources of… Valuing VersatilityIf a few service reps can field any request, delays are reduced significantly
Mon, 05/06/2013 - 12:23
We live in an age of increased specialization: physicians who treat just one ailment, scholars who study just one period, network administrators who know just one operating system. However, researchers at MIT’s Laboratory for Information and… How to Make Factory Conditions BetterGovernment, not just the private sector, must help keep workers safe
Mon, 05/06/2013 - 10:48
April’s factory collapse in Bangladesh, which killed more than 700 people, has renewed public debate over working conditions in the developing world: How can dangerous and debilitating factory work be improved?
For more than a decade, MIT… A Life-Saving Idea Whose Time Has ComeInnovation pays off for three young engineers
Thu, 04/18/2013 - 09:54
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First responders, including firefighters and police officers, must often take action in potentially lethal situations. Bounce Imaging seeks to decrease the danger for these individuals with a throwable ball that can… Living in a Material WorldEnergy efficiency for many important manufacturing processes is approaching a plateau
Fri, 04/05/2013 - 11:25
A new report by researchers at MIT and elsewhere finds that the global manufacturing sector has made great strides in energy efficiency: The manufacturing of materials such as steel, cement, paper, and aluminum has become increasingly streamlined… New 3D Display Could Let Phones and Tablets Produce HologramsResearchers experiment with new user interface for portable electronics and data visualization
Tue, 04/02/2013 - 16:59
A new kind of 3D display developed at HP Labs plays hologram-like videos without the need for any moving parts or glasses. Videos displayed on the HP system hover above the screen. Viewers can walk around the display and experience an image or… How Hard Is It to ‘De-Anonymize’ Cellphone Data?Not hard at all, according to a new formula that characterizes the relative privacy of aggregate data sets
Thu, 03/28/2013 - 16:03
The proliferation of sensor-studded cellphones could lead to a wealth of data with socially useful applications such as urban planning, epidemiology, operations, research, and emergency preparedness, among other things. Of course, before being… Helping Students to Think Critically About ResearchThe question comes before the specific method
Mon, 03/25/2013 - 16:16
Today, information overwhelms everyone. But how can people learn to make sense of it? One intensive economics course at MIT is built around doing just that, by getting undergraduate students to produce research papers while working closely with…
