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Using Mobile Screens To Make Reading Easier For Dyslexics

BY Elizabeth Woyke | 05-24-2012 | 12:02 PM | MOBILE

A new study has found that the small amount of text you can see on your handheld device may make it vastly easier for people with learning disabilities to comprehend. Soon, of course, there will be an app for that. READ MORE›

MIT's Freaky Non-Stick Coating Keeps Ketchup Flowing

BY Austin Carr | 05-22-2012 | 10:53 AM | MIT

Watch never-before-seen videos of an amazing new condiment lubricant that makes the inside of bottles so slippery, nothing is left inside. This means no more pounding on the bottom of your ketchup containers--and a lot less wasted ... READ MORE›

New Tech Lets An Army Of Informal Recyclers Collect Brazilian Waste

BY Michael Coren | 05-11-2012 | 7:08 AM | SENSEABLE CITY LAB

When it comes to taking out the trash, high technology can transform the lowliest of chores. READ MORE›

The Neighborhood Visualizer Maps The Resource Intensity Of Your City

BY Ariel Schwartz | 05-08-2012 | 1:58 PM | NEIGHBORHOOD VISUALIZER

How much material did it take to build your house? How much energy did it use? This new interactive map tells you exactly how much you and your neighbors are using. READ MORE›

Remaking A 1950s Planned City, MIT-Style

BY Ariel Schwartz | 05-07-2012 | 12:57 PM | WIFI

In Israel, students from the university are finding ways to turn a sleepy city into a powerhouse of modern urbanism, and learning simple ways to turn any city into a city of the future. READ MORE›

$60 Million Venture To Bring Harvard, MIT Online For The Masses

BY Anya Kamenetz | 05-02-2012 | 11:58 AM | ETHONOMICS

"I believe we can work with a billion people around the world and change education in a fundamental way as it really hasn’t changed in 1,000 years," Anant Agarwal, who stepped down as head of MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab to take the reins of edx, tells Fast Company.READ MORE›

MIT Media Lab Hosts The Future

BY Neal Ungerleider | 04-27-2012 | 7:54 AM | TECHNOLOGY

This week, MIT Media Lab researchers and minds from around the world got together to discuss artificial implantable memories, computers that understand emotion... and Microsoft-funded robotic teddy bears. Will the next Guitar Hero soon be discovered?READ MORE›

Print Your Own Custom Robot

BY Ariel Schwartz | 04-05-2012 | 12:30 PM | ROBOT

Want to rule the world with an automated army, or just build a little friend to make household chores easier? New technology will soon allow you to print and program robots from the comfort of your own desk. READ MORE›

Minerva Project Scores $25 Million In Seed Money To Build A New Elite University Online

BY Anya Kamenetz | 04-04-2012 | 12:07 PM | ETHONOMICS

Could the next Ivy League grow online? READ MORE›

Women And Collective Intelligence Will Solve Our Planetary Crises

BY Jean Brittingham | 02-22-2012 | 8:30 AM | WOMEN

The folks in charge don’t seem to be making much of a dent. Could the way women approach problems be better suited for the complicated and interconnected problems we face? READ MORE›

5 Projects Helping Open Media Studies To The World

BY Sam Ford | 02-21-2012 | 7:47 AM | INNOVATION

Academic research has traditionally only been shared in campus talks, at conferences largely attended by professors and graduate students, and through publications available primarily only to professors and academic libraries. That's changing. READ MORE›

Coming Soon: DIY Solar Panels Made Out Of Grass Clippings

BY Ariel Schwartz | 02-02-2012 | 1:18 PM | SOLAR POWER

What's the world's best solar panel? A plant. So making solar panels from plants seems like a no-brainer. Today, scientists think they've achieved just that. READ MORE›

How MIT Will Make Sense Of The Mobile Network That Ties The Planet Together

BY Ariel Schwartz | 01-30-2012 | 8:54 AM | URBANISM

You're carrying a cell phone right now that's tracking your movements. Put the data from your phone along with everyone else's, and you can find out a lot about how humanity operates at a global scale. READ MORE›

Fast Company's Must-Attend Events In March 2012

BY Fast Company Staff | 01-27-2012 | 7:02 PM |

From the Game Developers Conference to Google Analytics, here are the events you don't want to miss.READ MORE›

Car Sharing With Crazy Folding Cars Is Coming To Europe

BY Ariel Schwartz | 01-25-2012 | 9:06 AM | TRANSPORTATION

The tiny Hiriko can fold up so it fits three to a normal parking spot, making it perfect for deploying in a crowded European city. Will you get out of your next car rental through the roof? READ MORE›

How Speeding The "Most Important Algorithm Of Our Lifetime" Could Change This Modern World

BY Kit Eaton | 01-23-2012 | 9:23 AM | DESIGN

Math breakthroughs don't often capture the headlines--but MIT researchers have just made one that could lead to all sorts of amazing technological breakthroughs that in just a few years will touch every hour of your life.READ MORE›

Climate CoLab: Harnessing The Hive Mind To Alleviate Climate Change

BY Ariel Schwartz | 01-23-2012 | 9:00 AM | TANZANIA

It certainly doesn't seem like anyone in charge has any ideas about how to stop climate change, so let's open it up to everyone. A crowdsourcing project from MIT has found the best solutions from the rest of us--like personal rapid ... READ MORE›

Hewlett Packard's Corporate Global Vision

BY Alice Korngold | 01-18-2012 | 12:12 AM | ETHONOMICS

Hewlett Packard’s Catalyst Initiative is helping kids across the world learn how to solve some of the seemingly most intractable global challenges. Catalyst also demonstrates the problem-solving capabilities of HP technology; expands markets by increasing education rates and wealth; and builds relationships and goodwill with customers. READ MORE›

MIT's Innovative Plan For The Future Of U.S. Energy

BY Ben Schiller | 01-06-2012 | 8:22 AM | UNLOCKING ENERGY INNOVATION

Instead of focusing on a moon-shot funded by the federal government, a look at America's "energy innovation system" finds that a much more likely solution will come from marginal, local developments--and that's where we should be ... READ MORE›

Social U: How Brand-Name Schools Are Entering The Digital Realm

BY EdSurge | 01-05-2012 | 8:58 AM | STANFORD

Whether it's via the administration, the professors, or the students, serious investments in edtech are coming to major universities. Which startups are going to be called upon to help make the transition? READ MORE›