In the Media

"You've set your Facebook account to 'friends only,' your Tweets are protected and you wouldn't dream of setting a virtual foot near location-sharing services like Foursquare - in other words, you can feel pretty safe online, right? Wrong."

"The Lemelson-MIT Invention Index is a self-proclaimed 'annual survey that gauges Americans’ perceptions about invention and innovation.' The latest survey asked 1,000 respondents between the ages of 16 and 25 various questions about invention, innovation and modern technology, including this doozy: 'Who’s the greatest innovator of all time?'"

"'Early stage investors go to places before everyone else,' said Mr. Ito, who was appointed last year as head of the Media Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 'In five to ten years, I think this will be a very vibrant entrepreneurial hub, but when it is going to happen will depend a lot on how much the governments and big companies are willing to allow those small companies to grow here.'”

"President Barack Obama has adopted a new strategy declaring for the first time that the United States has a national security interest to protect the nation's economic goods against terrorists, criminals and natural disasters in all corners of the globe."

"I used the college search engine over COLLEGEdata.com to search for schools strictly by freshmen satisfaction and came up with a list of 26 schools with the happiest freshmen."

"Since President Obama took office, the U.S. has made considerable progress in overcoming a problem that has bedeviled presidents since Richard Nixon — dependence on foreign oil."

"The table highlights the most popular National Universities, which are research-oriented institutions that offer degrees of all levels."

"In a challenging global economy, a growing number of corporations are turning to sustainability to keep competitive, according to a Tuesday report from MIT Sloan Management Review and The Boston Consulting Group."

"Men are more likely to spend money quickly and go into high levels of debt in regions where the man-to-woman ratio is especially high, a recent study from researchers at MIT and the University of Minnesota found."

"Most drones fly relatively slowly, especially at lower altitudes where they might encounter obstacles and require plenty of time to react. Biologists at Harvard and roboticists at MIT have been studying flight behaviors in goshawks and other birds, aiming to improve algorithms that would allow unmanned aerial vehicles to cruise more quickly through forests, urban areas or other cluttered landscapes."

"Smartphones and tablets are transforming the future of health care. Can we really trust them to save lives?"

"The thunderous spikes that Rob Gronkowski hammers into the ground after each of his touchdowns deliver quite an impact throughout Gillette Stadium. But what kind of impact is Gronk really creating?"

"The electric vehicle… aspires to transform city transport, doing for electric cars what London’s 'Boris bikes' have done for pedal cycles."

"At MIT, the annual Integration Bee, which began two decades ago as one of the many quirky diversions during the school’s January independent study period, has grown into something more. At a school without a traditional 'Big Man on Campus,’ becoming Grand Integrator, some say, is the closest thing to it."

“'Were not trying to encourage increased numbers just for the sake of it,' (MIT Dean of Admissions Stuart) Schmill said in an interview. 'We’re happy given that applicant pool is as diverse and talented as ever. For us that is a terrific outcome.'”