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Social Physics
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Social Physics

Since 2001, the Human Dynamics Laboratory at the MIT Media Lab has used digital technologies—from home-brewed portable sensors to cellphone call records—to try...

Workshop Reviews Big Data Privacy Policy
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Workshop Reviews Big Data Privacy Policy

MIT hosted a daylong workshop on big data and privacy, co-sponsored by the White House, as part of a 90-day review of data privacy policy announced in January...

Self-Completing Programs
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Self-Completing Programs

A system that automatically fills in the gaps in programmers' code becomes more powerful.

Materials Database Proves Its Mettle With New Discoveries
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Materials Database Proves Its Mettle With New Discoveries

A massive computerized database and simulation system can sort through thousands of materials and help materials scientists identify those that could improve the...

3-D Scanning, With Your Smartphone
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3-D Scanning, With Your Smartphone

Startup Viztu Technologies developed commercial software that generated 3-D models from 2-D photos.  

Storage System for 'Big Data' Speeds Access to Information
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Storage System for 'Big Data' Speeds Access to Information

Researchers have developed a storage system for big-data analytics that can dramatically speed up the time it takes to access information.

When the Job Search Becomes a Blame Game
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When the Job Search Becomes a Blame Game

An MIT professor's new book explores how white-collar job hunters in the United States blame themselves unnecessarily — and suffer as a result — when they cannot...

How the 'matthew Effect' Helps Some Scientific Papers Gain Popularity
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How the 'matthew Effect' Helps Some Scientific Papers Gain Popularity

Do scientific papers written by well-known scholars get more attention than they otherwise would receive because of their authors' high profiles? A new study...

Seeing Things: A New Transparent Display System Could Provide Heads-up Data
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Seeing Things: A New Transparent Display System Could Provide Heads-up Data

Transparent displays have a variety of potential applications—such as the ability to see navigation or dashboard information while looking through the windshield...

Marvin Minsky Honored For Lifetime Achievements in Artificial Intelligence
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Marvin Minsky Honored For Lifetime Achievements in Artificial Intelligence

MIT Media Lab professor emeritus Marvin Minsky, 86, a pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence, has won the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award...

Power (of Electronics) to the People
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Power (of Electronics) to the People

MIT Media Lab alumna and entrepreneur Ayah Bdeir SM '06 wants to help all people worldwide, tech savvy or not, understand and build creatively with electronics.

Catching (radio) Waves
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Catching (radio) Waves

In 2000, five MIT Media Lab alumni co-founded ThingMagic to help bring radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology—wireless readers and data-transmitting tags—to...

Forget Hide and Seek: System Allows Through-Wall, 3-D Motion Tracking
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Forget Hide and Seek: System Allows Through-Wall, 3-D Motion Tracking

New technology developed at MIT uses radio signals to track a person's location and movement through walls and obstructions, pinpointing his or her location to...

Leaner Fourier Transforms
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Leaner Fourier Transforms

A new algorithm developed at MIT can separate signals into their individual frequencies using a minimal number of samples.

Pills of the Future: Nanoparticles
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Pills of the Future: Nanoparticles

Researchers from MIT and Brigham and Women's Hospital have developed a drug-carrying nanoparticle that can be delivered orally and absorbed through the digestive...

'wise Chisels': Art, Craftsmanship, and Power Tools
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'wise Chisels': Art, Craftsmanship, and Power Tools

It's often easy to tell at a glance the difference between a mass-produced object and one that has been handcrafted: The handmade item is likely to have distinctive...

Powering Better Online Document Viewing
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Powering Better Online Document Viewing

Startup Crocodoc is developing technology that converts documents into HTML for easy viewing and embedding.

Algorithm Could Eliminate ­nexplained Traffic Jams
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Algorithm Could Eliminate ­nexplained Traffic Jams

If integrated into adaptive cruise-control systems, a new algorithm could mitigate the type of freeway backup that seems to occur for no reason.

Big Plans For Small Spacecraft
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Big Plans For Small Spacecraft

It's hard to miss the rocket engine in Paulo Lozano's MIT office.

Automatic Speaker Tracking in Audio Recordings
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Automatic Speaker Tracking in Audio Recordings

A new system dispenses with the human annotation of training data required by its predecessors but achieves comparable results.
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