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Summer 2015

At MIT, the Future of Computing is Touchable

Summer 2015

Weapons Sensor Technology Detects Rotten Meat, Ripe Fruit

Tim Swager has created tiny sensors that can detect rotting meat and ripe fruit.

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Big Data + Machine Learning = More Accurate Cancer Diagnosis

Michael Stonbraker. Photo: M. Scott Brauer/MIT News

Turing Award Celebrates the Base of Modern Databases

At an event announcing the new initiatives, CSAIL Director Daniela Rus highlighted her lab's role developing time-sharing and data encryption. Photo: Jason Dorfman/CSAIL

MIT Experts Unite to Combat Cyber Crime

Spring 2015

Shining a Light on Disease

James Fujimoto developed optical coherence tomography (OCT), a medical imaging technology.

Spring 2015

The Second Machine Age

Technological advances will reshape the global economy.

Spring 2015

‘Cyber Hero’ Supporting Next Generation of Innovators

Defending companies and countries against hostile network attacks.

‘The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies’ by Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee. Image: W.W. Norton

Spring 2015

Excerpt: ‘The Second Machine Age’

The iRobot Create 2 provides educators, students, and developers with the tools to learn the fundamentals of robotics. Image: Screenshot/iRobot.com

iRobot Inspires Next Generation of Roboticists with a Hackable Roomba