How can a person ride a motorcycle 100 mph but not stand up in a 100 mph wind?
How can a person ride a motorcycle 100 mph but not stand up in a 100 mph wind?
How do people become addicted to online games and social networking sites?
By using them. The principles of online interaction aren’t so different from those of a slot machine…
Genuine Enthusiasm for AI
On an afternoon in early April, Tommi Jaakkola is pacing at the front of the vast auditorium that is 26-100. The chalkboards behind h...
Project Sandcastle
On a foggy night in San Francisco, a Bat-Signal appears in the sky. It flickers above a house on the highest hilltop in the city, whe...
Run, Jump, Fly: Student Aviators to Compete in National Flugtag Competition
When several Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AeroAstro) students read of an event that dares “the brave and brainy to d...
The impact of climate change on the ocean
“I think ocean engineering as a field is really interesting because it marries the holistic side of living on planet Earth with sol...
Human-Exosystem Adaptation
As engineers make strides in the design of wearable, electronically active, and responsive leg braces, arm supports, and full-body su...
Martin York Named U.S. Air Force Cadet of the Year
Martin A. York, a graduate student in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AeroAstro) and a cadet member of MIT’s Air Fo...
Solid-State Learning
When Jeffrey Grossman teaches solid-state chemistry, he keeps it moving. His shoes click across the front of the lecture hall floor w...
Making
We see making — and breaking — as a fundamental part of our educational ecosystem. At MIT, we have more than 130,000 square feet ...