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Meet the Maker
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Meet the Maker

MIT alumna Limor Fried has become a pioneer of the 'maker movement' with Adafruit Industries, her multimillion-dollar seller of do-it-yourself kits.

Sal Khan: 'i Love Learning'
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Sal Khan: 'i Love Learning'

"If there was a Ph.D. in learning everything, I would do that," the always-enthusiastic Sal Khan '98, MEng '98 said in a talk Wednesday at MIT's Kresge Auditorium...

Modern-Day Inventor
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Modern-Day Inventor

MIT's Paul Lazarescu uses his engineering talents to help disabled populations and improve everyday technology.

Making Sense of Big Data
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Making Sense of Big Data

MIT Ph.D. student Jameson Toole wants to harness seemingly innocuous data to improve human lives. 

Nate Silver Presents Forecasting Work as Antidote to 'terrible' Political Pundits
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Nate Silver Presents Forecasting Work as Antidote to 'terrible' Political Pundits

Celebrated political forecaster Nate Silver has shot to fame by letting the data speak loudly about elections.

Addressing the Complexities of Meritocracy
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Addressing the Complexities of Meritocracy

MIT's third annual Diversity Summit, held last week at Kresge Auditorium, reflected the growing importance of inclusion at the Institute: From 70 attendees at the...

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Tiny Tools Help Advance Medical Discoveries

To understand the progression of complex diseases such as cancer, scientists have had to tease out the interactions between cells at progressively finer scales—from...

Innovation in the Classroom
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Innovation in the Classroom

MIT's 'Future of Education' symposium examined the evolution of teaching and learning.

Explained: Femtoseconds and Attoseconds
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Explained: Femtoseconds and Attoseconds

As electronic and optical devices get ever faster, terms for ever-smaller increments of time are coming into wider use.

Lessons Learned from Mitx's Prototype Course
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Lessons Learned from Mitx's Prototype Course

As the team behind MIT's ambitious online learning program gears up to introduce new courses in the fall, it takes stock of its initial experiences.

System Improves Automated Monitoring of Security Cameras
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System Improves Automated Monitoring of Security Cameras

A system developed at MIT uses mathematics to improve the automated monitoring of security cameras to quickly produce accurate, actionable information.

Daniela Rus Named Csail Director
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Daniela Rus Named Csail Director

Daniela Rus, a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, has been named the next director of MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial...

Woodie Flowers, A Pioneer of Hands-On Engineering Education
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Woodie Flowers, A Pioneer of Hands-On Engineering Education

Woodie Flowers has created a fun, teamwork-based approach to learning the art of mechanical design.

MIT and Harvard Announce edX Online Education Platform
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MIT and Harvard Announce edX Online Education Platform

Harvard University and MIT have announced edX, an online education partnership intended to enhance campus-based teaching and learning and to build a global community...

Mitx: What the Students Think
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Mitx: What the Students Think

An international virtual community is growing up around 6.002x, or "Circuits and Electronics," the initial course offering of MIT's online educational initiative...

A Tough Calculation
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A Tough Calculation

Why don't more women enter the male-dominated profession of engineering?

The Helper
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The Helper

MIT senior Jacob Wamala applies his engineering skills and his desire to serve to help improve the lives of disadvantaged and marginalized populations.

Non-Compete Agreements Create 'career Detours'
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Non-Compete Agreements Create 'career Detours'

A new study by an MIT professor shows that non-compete agreements come with a high cost for employees: When those workers shift jobs, roughly one-third end up...

Tracking the Flow of Knowledge
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Tracking the Flow of Knowledge

A study of 9,483 scientists and more than 50,000 published papers shows that scientists' location influences how widely their work is read and used for innovations...
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