Topics: Technology+Society

John Maeda says the clean design of the iPod has made simplicity popular. Photo: Ed Quinn
Winter 2007

Less Is More

Prof. John Maeda writes The Laws of Simplicity, a guide to simplify business, technology, design, and life.

Amy McCreath, coordinator of MIT’s Technology and Culture Forum, says:
Spring 2005

People of Principles

For 40 years, MIT’s Technology and Culture Forum has provided discussions about the ethical implications of science and technology.

Democracy and freedom are coming to business –– and it’s all because of technology, says Prof. Tom Malone of the Sloan School, who has written, The Future of Work, a new book that details how technology is changing the workplace –– including a time when employees will actually vote on who will be their boss. Photo: Ed Quinn
Fall 2004

Change at Work

Prof. Tom Malone says technology is changing the workplace – including a time when employees will actually vote on who will be their boss.

“I want to create efficient...technology to help the world,” says Assoc. Prof. Ted Selker, an inventor with 50 patents, whose vision for us all is to live in a world where we solve problems by using a minimum of the world’s resources.” Photo: Ed Quinn
Fall 2004

Inventing the Future

Assoc. Prof. Ted Selker, who’s inventing technology for the future, dreams of a world that spins forever and doesn’t destroy its resources.

Keith Hampton, an expert in the study of social networks and new technologies, says that rather than destroying community life, being wired actually helps people connect. Photo: Ed Quinn
Spring 2004

Internet Connection

Asst. Prof. Keith Hampton says that rather than destroying community and family life, being wired actually helps people connect.

Jack Driscoll, editor-in-residence at MIT's Media Lab and former editor of the Boston Globe, is leading the charge to
Summer 2003

Community Computing

Jack Driscoll, editor-in-residence at MIT’s Media Lab, is arming people with the digital tools to publish their passions.

Assoc. Prof. David Mindell, along with oceanographers and engineers, has developed technologies that launched the field of deep-sea archeology. The break-through makes known details of the past that never were known before. Photo: Ed Quinn
Winter 2003

Deep-sea Archeology

Assoc. Prof. David Mindell has developed technologies that launched a whole new field of study –– deep-sea archeology.

Linguistics Prof. Shigeru Miyagawa recently created StarFestival, an interactive, multimedia CD-ROM to help children across America live happier and more productively in a diverse society. On the wall behind him is a poster of Asian actor George Takei from Star Trek, his childhood hero, who narrates the program.
Spring 2001

Two Worlds Touch

Prof. Shigeru Miyagawa creates “Star Festival,” an interactive CD-ROM to help students explore their cultural identities.

Fall 1998

Fall 1998

Expanding The Book

Electronic books have arrived, and by interacting with the author, other readers, and even the story itself, we greatly expand what it means to read a book.

Spring 1998

Spring 1998

Seems Like Yesterday

This is the information age and we’re babies of a high-tech tomorrow, and yet, look at your keyboard–a relic of the past.