In the Media

"There are more ways than ever to communicate with people, yet it sometimes seems like it is more difficult to connect — and stay connected — with anyone."

"MIT researchers have done it again. They’ve invented a new form of glass that resists glare and fog, repelling water into tiny beads. What’s more, it’s apparently 'self cleaning.'”

"A new type of nano-structured glass can bounce water and dirt off its surface, cleaning itself and preventing fogging, according to MIT researchers. It eliminates glare, too, allowing light to penetrate with pure clarity."

"Since trust and cooperation are so essential to the smooth working of human society, it makes sense that people would have learned over eons both to send signals of trustworthiness and to interpret signs of malicious intent."

"Researchers, led by Katharina Ribbeck, MIT professor of biological engineering, added to the growing body of evidence that mucins (proteins abundant in mucus) are perhaps the magic virus-fighting ingredient."

"America’s top young economist will be honored on Friday with the American Economic Association’s John Bates Clark medal." - MIT's Amy Finkelstein is considered a front-runner.

“This will be a huge increase in the take home pay for Massachusetts workers if we can get health care costs under control.” - MIT's John Gruber

"The Obama administration is expected to announce a broad plan on Thursday to foster development of the nation’s 'bioeconomy,' including the use of renewable resources and biological manufacturing methods."

"Massachusetts Institute of Technology students have embraced a new school initiative to produce short videos teaching youngsters in kindergarten to 12th grade basic concepts in science and engineering. And they’ve done it with panache."

"Governor Deval Patrick is establishing a Council for Innovation as part of an ongoing effort to use new technologies to find cost efficiencies in the delivery of government services, his office said Wednesday."

“The share of total income going to the top 1 per cent of income earners has increased dramatically, from 9 per cent in 1970 to 23.5 per cent in 2007, the highest level on record since 1928 and much higher than in European countries or Japan today. Meanwhile, the top tax rate has fallen by half, from 70 per cent to 35 per cent.”

"He argues that a tax hike is necessary to pay for Social Security and especially Medicare, which is projected to become significantly more expensive in the coming decade." - MIT's Simon Johnson is a guest on NPR's Planet Money.

"A computerized essay reader 'doesn’t care if you say the War of 1812 started in 1945', criticizes one reviewer." - MIT's Les Perelman weighs in on automated grading.

"It may just be a matter of time before we turn over control of our cars to robot intelligence. But before we do, we may have to give each vehicle a voice, eyes, body language, and even an avatar." - Work by MIT's Nicholas Pennycooke is discussed.

"You wouldn’t expect anybody at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to go looking for a less powerful computer. But there is an effort afoot at the university’s Sloan School of Management to move faculty and staff away from full-fledged desktop computers and onto dumber, network-based devices known as thin clients."