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ISSUE: November 15, 2009
Articles about MIT
One For Bad, Two For Good
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3-15-2008
The man who first told the story of this month’s big-screen gambling movie, 21, is proof that the house doesn’t always win.
Article Excerpts:
...Ben Mezrich ran into an acquaintance, a former
MIT
student, who he assumed now worked for a...
...let him in on a secret. He was part of the
MIT
blackjack team, a group of supersmart math...
...see the sidebar “Card Counting the
MIT
Way.”)
Mezrich, a 1991...
The Unusual Suspect
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3-15-2008
Kevin Spacey manages to simultaneously run a theater in London and make films such as his new movie, 21 in the United States. How can he succeed at both? he's Kevin Spacey That's how.
Article Excerpts:
...21 -- in which he plays the head of a group of
MIT
students who take casinos for millions by using...
...is shot and how different the lives of the
MIT
students are in Boston versus how Vegas is shot...
...partner, Dana Brunetti, had heard rumors of the
MIT
blackjack team more than a decade ago, but it...
The Way We’re Wired
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3-15-2008
DON'TBEPREDICTABLEDan Ariely, PhD, the Alfred P. Sloan professor of behavioral economics at MIT, spends plenty of time studying what makes people tick. I...
Article Excerpts:
...P. Sloan professor of behavioral economics at
MIT
, spends plenty of time studying what makes...
Weird Scene
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9-1-2001
In 1966, MIT scientist
Har Khorana
made history when he finished deciphering the
DNA code
. In February 2001, the first publication of the sequence of the human genome — the genetic blueprint of the human body, made up of three billion ...
Article Excerpts:
Playing To Win
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2-1-2003
Computer and Video games are a bigger business than the movies, and the biggest force in games is
Electronic Arts
— a company whose blockbuster titles dazzle millions of customers and generate billions of dollars in sales. Here’s a behind-the...
Article Excerpts:
...of the comparative media-studies program at
MIT
and a passionate gamer. Imagine the...
Get A Third Opinion
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5-1-2005
To diagnose and treat your companys problems, you can't stop with a second opinion.
Article Excerpts:
...reality check. ¶ Dr. Saj-nicole Joni, a former
MIT
science professor and Microsoft executive, says...
Eating Boston
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6-15-2007
You think Boston can't satisfy the foodie in you? Maybe you don't know where to look. Well help you out.
Article Excerpts:
...Charles River from Boston is Cambridge, home to
MIT
, Harvard, and some of the area’s best...
Boston Uncommon
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10-1-2007
Greys Anatomy
star Ellen Pompeo is at home among the trees and gardens in one of America's most historic cities.
Article Excerpts:
...we find the best of Boston. LODGING Hotel@
MIT
, expensive to very expensive, (617) 577-0200,...
...info into your Palm Pilot. From the original
MIT
robots in the lobby to the futuristic phones in...
The Madden Curse
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11-1-2007
How Heavy Kevy, Fool, and FatalIty showed me the light and then showed me the door.
Article Excerpts:
...wide margins — the wizards at
MIT
probably think it’s mathematically...
Executive Reading
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2-1-2001
THE UNFINISHED REVOLUTION: HUMAN-CENTERED COMPUTERS AND WHAT THEY CAN DO FOR US By Michael Dertouzos, HarperCollins, $26
If all you ask of your computer is a decent game of Tetris, you’re in for a big surprise, says bestselling a...
Article Excerpts:
...author Michael Dertouzos, director of
MIT
’s computer lab. Using a computer will...
Learning 101
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2-1-2001
Learning is the single most important tool for people, teams, and companies that want to get fast and stay fast in the new economy. Learn from two experienced leaders in the fields of Web-based and corporate learning.
ESTEE S...
Article Excerpts:
... get a group that includes Columbia, Kellogg, and
MIT
not only to form content alliances with...
All Sizzle, No Steak
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4-15-2001
What’s better than the real thing? In our increasingly virtual world, the fake thing, of course. There are people in this world who torture others for pleasure. These people, as you know, are called software programmers. But in all the...
Article Excerpts:
...project called “InStink” at
MIT
, a university so la-di-da that it goes by its...
Ben Affleck's Boston
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6-1-2002
The high-profile actor remembers his childhood home, from boyhood walks with his dad to the haunts he frequented with best friend Matt Damon.
Article Excerpts:
...It’s now kind of encroached upon by
MIT
. On the same side of the street is Hi-Fi Pizza,...
The Military's Money Men
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8-1-2003
The U.S. Defense Department as venture capitalist? Yep. It invests billions every year in wacky tech projects and sometimes that R&D scores big.
By
JOHN CARROLL
Article Excerpts:
...Center for Materials Science and Engineering at
MIT
. Now, DARPA is tightly focused on tangible, fast...
...Stephen Senturia, now retired from teaching at
MIT
and an alumnus of DARPA’s funding...
Book Tour
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2-1-2004
From Seattle to Miami, you'll still find wonderful (and large) local bookstores that are destinations unto themselves.
Article Excerpts:
...and students from Harvard,
MIT
, Northeastern, and other nearby schools account...
Two If By Sea
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10-15-2004
you'll find a whole new appreciation for some of the U.S.s most beautiful cities if you take it all in from offshore.
Article Excerpts:
...the way, East Cambridge, Kendall Square, and
MIT
. “We paddle down here every Fourth...
Rock Stars Of Business
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11-1-2004
they've got rabid fans. they're publicity hounds. A single conversation with them can cost $100,000. No, they're not celebrities they're the ...
ROCK STARS OF BUSINESS
Article Excerpts:
...PhD, economics and social science,
MIT
Speaking Fee: Rarely accepts speaking...
...electrical engineering; PhD, computer science,
MIT
Speaking fee: $50,000+ Course fee: ...
...1947 Pedigree: Author; senior lecturer at
MIT
and founding chair of the Society for...
Red Hot China
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1-15-2006
RED (HOT) CHINA
Lured by the dizzying promise of more than a billion consumers, American companies are leading a Western invasion into retails final frontier.
Article Excerpts:
...says Kristin Forbes, associate professor at
MIT
’s Sloan School of Management, who...
One Tough Chikie
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2-15-2006
The Shields hard-as-nails Michael Chiklis has a soft spot for his Boston home.
Article Excerpts:
...a virtual fish tank created by the brainiacs at
MIT
. DeCordova Sculpture Park, (781) 259-8355,...
Back To The Future
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2-15-2006
NASA has bold plans to explore the final frontier again.
Article Excerpts:
...Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket) was researched at
MIT
, found a home at NASA’s Advanced...