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MIT stories: 49 news summaries

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$100 Laptop Price Hits $188

3 million orders,
fourth price increase for One Laptop
Per Child

Sep 15, 07 9:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - The famous but increasingly misnamed “$100 laptop” will actually cost $188—the fourth price increase for the innovative device designed for nonprofit group One Laptop Per Child, reports the AP. While still a bargain, the bump could scare off developing governments fixed on the “fanciful $100-per-child figure,”... More »

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Thailand • Brazil • MIT • Libya • Uruguay • price • laptop • One Laptop Per Child

Can You Spare a Gou of Sugar, Neighbor?

Wired offers new ways to measure up to modern life with esoteric units

Aug 21, 07 7:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Everyone knows about inches, minutes and grams, but what about smoots, gous and twips? Now hipsters can turn even more esoteric with these odd measurement units from Wired. The 5-foot, 7-inch "smoot" was born one night when MIT pranksters used a fairly short frat pledge to measure the Harvard... More »

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MIT • list • measurement • units • smoots • gous • twips

Scientists Find Switch to Turn On Brain Cells

Breakthrough could treat mental disorders

Aug 14, 07 3:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Neuroscientists are experimenting with switching targeted groups of brain cells on and off using remote-controlled lasers, promising hope for treatment of mental disorders, reports the New York Times. The technique, using cells altered with a photo-sensitive protein called channelrhodopsin-2, could one day be used to treat a host of problems... More »

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Duke University • depression • autism • MIT • brain • channelrhodopsin 2 • Emory University • neurotransmitter • halorhodopsin • neurology

The 10 Laws
of Design Simplicity

MIT expert reveals the secrets of great products and services

Jul 14, 07 1:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - In an interview with John Maeda, NPR correspondent Ira Flatow questions the MIT Media Lab designer about his new book, "The Laws of Simplicity." The 10 laws are:
  1. Reduce: Remove functionality
  2. Organize: Organization makes a system of many seem fewer
  3. Time: Savings in time feel like simplicity
... More »

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technology • iPhone • MIT • design • list • John Maeda • Media Lab • simplicity

Intel, Third World Laptop Initiative Join Forces

Chip giant makes peace with One Laptop Per Child

Jul 13, 07 5:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Intel and the One Laptop per Child initiative are making peace and embracing the notion of synergy. The chip maker and the pioneer of the $100 laptop concept will stop competing for deals with governments in the developing world and team up, the AP reports. The partnership is a big... More »

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technology • MIT • One Laptop Per Child • developing world • computer

Plane Angry: Fliers Blast
Lying Late Stats

Figures don't report delays to passengers, only to planes

Jul 5, 07 5:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Even as the on-time performance of airlines reaches an all-time low, the reality is worse, the New York Times reports. Since they track how late planes are, not how late passengers are, airline statistics don't reflect a good deal of the waiting time—particularly when a passenger misses a connecting... More »

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travel • flight • MIT • airline • plane

MIT Scientists Pull the Plug on Electricity

WiTricity will recharge iPods, laptops, and cell phones 15 feet away

Jun 8, 07 5:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Researchers at MIT are getting ready to pull the power cord on your laptop, with wireless electricity—dubbed WiTricity—that would recharge everything from cell phones to iPods from 15 feet away. The team recently lit a 60-watt bulb from 7 feet off, using a carefully designed magnetic field, the... More »

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cell phones • science • MIT • iPod • WiTricity • physicist • Marin Soljacic • Science Express • AC adapters

MIT Makes Programming Child's Play

Computer science goes kid-friendly with a new language, Scratch

May 15, 07 5:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - The latest programming language to come out of MIT's cutting-edge labs has an unusual audience: sixth-graders. “Scratch” replaces the technobabble of Java and C++ with simplified, jigsaw-shaped pieces of code, which budding programmers can arrange into customized sequences. A test group of 12-year-olds in Massachusetts is already at work... More »

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MIT • computer programming • Scratch • programming • computer

MIT Admissions Dean Resigns in Bizarre Scandal

After 28 years, popular dean admits faking credentials

Apr 27, 07 6:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - The dean of admissions at M.I.T. has resigned after revealing she lied on her resume 28 years ago. Marilee Jones, a college-admissions guru and author of a popular book on combating the pressure to be perfect, claimed degrees from three New York colleges; it turns out she doesn't... More »

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college admissions • Marilee Jones • MIT

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