Hack the presidential debates - Oct. 19/20
A joint venture between the Globe, MIT’s Media Lab, and Hacks/Hackers Boston. We are hacking before the fourth debate, so we’ll have raw material from the first three. Ideally the hacks can be implemented for the fourth and final debate, and then used on Boston.com or BostonGlobe.com.
Scientist’s game helps map the brain
MIT professor Sebastian Seung and his team launched EyeWire, an online game that invites volunteer “scientists” to build 3-D maps of the cell networks that are crucial for vision.
(JIM DAVIS/GLOBE STAFF)
Holograms, 3-D said to be on verge of new era
Amid the resurgence of 3-D in movies and the continued evolution of computers, holography is poised to enter its second act, supporters say.
(JOANNE RATHE/GLOBE STAFF)
For Boston-area scientists, fish expert’s a real catch
Ellis London, the owner of a Framingham fish and aquarium store, has been the go-to local expert on marine organisms for more than 40 years.
(BILL BRETT FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE)
A high-tech step forward for prosthetics
David Moinina Sengeh, a PhD student at MIT, is working to create a systematic process that produces comfortable, custom-fit prosthetics every time.
(OBJET LTD)
Mass. and MIT launching big data initiatives
- The initiatives could help make the state a global center for the emerging field of “big data” - the ability to quickly dissect and understand floods of digital information.
(NOAH BERGER/BLOOMBERG)
Study suggests online courses as good as classroom
- The only difference between the two groups in the study was that the online students appeared to learn faster.
ROFLCon brings a convention of Internet hit-makers to MIT
- The idea behind ROFLCon is an ambitious one: to bring a swath of the Internet’s pop culture players and viral celebrities together under one roof.
(LANEY GRINER)
Harvard, MIT in $60m online partnership
- The universities will offer free online courses under the superbrand “edX,” making them major players in the burgeoning online education sector.
