Collecting and analyzing information from simple cell phones can provide surprising insights into how people move about and behave—and even help us understand the spread of diseases. At a...
April 23, 2013
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Mobile phones are great sources of data—but we must be careful about privacy. Anyone who has worked with mobile-phone data knows how incredibly useful such information can be, even when it’s...
April 23, 2013
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With massive amounts of computational power, machines can now recognize objects and translate speech in real time. Artificial intelligence is finally getting smart. When Ray Kurzweil met with...
April 23, 2013
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MIT Technology Review identifies the 10 most important technology milestones of the past year. Our definition of a breakthrough is simple: an advance that gives people powerful new ways to use...
April 23, 2013
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The designers of the Pebble watch realized that a mobile phone is more useful if you don’t have to take it out of your pocket. Eric Migicovsky didn’t really want a “wearable computer.” When he...
April 23, 2013
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Messages that quickly self-destruct could enhance the privacy of online communication and make people feel freer to be spontaneous. One essential aspect of privacy is the ability to control how...
April 23, 2013
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Razor-sharp menswear
There is an extra air of confidence in a well-dressed man. Fashionable menswear has gained increasing popularity thanks to magazines such as GQ, Esquire and the mainstreaming of style in general....
April 22, 2013
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Beginning next month, the Maryland Art Place will host the exhibition Oasis Places, featuring the work of five artists, including collaborative work by Nicole King, American Studies, and Stephen...
April 22, 2013
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In the last year, three top aides and three department secretaries have left Gov. Martin O’Malley’s administration. Although some have voiced concern, Donald F. Norris, professor and chair of...
April 22, 2013
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Carlyn Thomas installing exhibition Carlyn Thomas ’13, visual arts, is curating an art exhibition as part of her senior thesis project, and will install the show, Out of Mind, in Gallery 788. She...
April 22, 2013
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