In a piece for CNN, Professor Erik Brynjolfsson and Dr. Andrew McAfee write that the rapid rate of technological innovation is leaving a large number of people without the skills necessary to participate in the modern economy.
Professor Yossi Sheffi of the Center for Transportation and Logistics speaks with Bloomberg TV about the challenges faced by companies trying to provide same-day delivery service. Sheffi outlines the variety of factors that go into developing a delivery system that is cost effective.
NECN reports on the “National Peace Officers Memorial Day” ceremony in which fallen MIT Officer Sean Collier was among those honored. More than half the MIT police force turned out for the service held in Washington, D.C.
Writing for Scientific American, Melissa Lott reports on how a team from MIT has developed an integrated circuit design that doubles the capacity of existing solar arrays.
In an article for Forbes, Chip Register writes about innovative technologies that could revolutionize energy production, highlighting developments from Professors Donald Sadoway and Alexander Slocum.
“A new study has revealed an overlooked trend: tropical cyclone activity is shifting away from the tropics and toward the poles,” writes Andrea Thompson in a Huffington Post piece on new research from MIT Professor Kerry Emanuel.
New Scientist reporter Hal Hodson writes about a new experiment out of the MIT Media Lab that is aimed at investigating how well children learn from robots.
Newsweek reporter Tom Parrett writes about current advances, and the future of swarm robots, highlighting Professor Daniela Rus’ work with self-assembling robots.
In a video for BBC News, Spencer Kelly reports on how, “A researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has developed an algorithm which he says can predict how popular a photograph will be when it is posted online.”
Reuters reports on Professor Kristin Forbes’ appointment to the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee. "Dr Kristin Forbes is an economist of outstanding ability with real practical experience of policy making," says Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborn.
Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborn has appointed Professor Kristin Forbes to the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee, writes Asa Bennett for The Huffington Post UK. Forbes is the second woman appointed to the committee under Osborn.
“Kristin Forbes, a former economic adviser to George Bush, is to break the all-male stranglehold on interest-rate setting in the UK when she becomes a member of the Bank of England's monetary policy committee in July,” writes Larry Elliot of The Guardian.
“Kristin Forbes, a professor of management and global economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will join the MPC for its July meeting, completing an almost wholesale transformation of the committee’s membership within a year,” write Chris Giles and Emily Cadman for The Financial Times.
Jennifer Ryan and Emma Charlton of Bloomberg News report that Professor Kristin Forbes has been appointed to the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee. Forbes previously worked for the U.S. Treasury during the Bush administration and was the youngest member ever on the White House Council of Economic Advisers.
“Now professor of management and global economics at MIT Sloan, Ms Forbes was the youngest-ever person appointed to the White House's Council of Economic Advisors, where she served President George W Bush from 2003 to 2005,” reports The BBC on Professor Kristin Forbes’ appointment to the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee.