Nigel Barnett has spent his childhood designing, building, destroying and tinkering. He started with LEGOs, moved on to DC motors and circuits, then computer hardware, 3D printing, and now, in… Read More
In the wake of Sunday’s fatal Boeing 737 MAX airplane crash in Ethiopia, President Donald Trump took computer scientists to task today for making airplanes “too complex to fly.” And… Read More
Today’s featured stories Boeing to open research center in Boston area, focusing on autonomous aircraft Cat celebrity Lil Bub lends poop to Seattle startup, leading to discovery of new kinds… Read More
Boeing says it’ll be moving into a 100,000-square-foot research and lab space in Cambridge, Mass., that will focus on the design and development of autonomous aircraft. Boeing’s Aerospace and Autonomy… Read More
Boston Dynamics’ scary-smart robots make use of sophisticated computer vision, but MIT is following a different strategy with its Cheetah 3 robot. The vision-free version of MIT’s 80-pound, Labrador-sized Cheetah… Read More
If getting away from your laptop or smartphone any other internet-connected device is your last hope for getting lost in the quiet of your own thoughts, a kid at MIT… Read More
A new entrant in the race to commercialize fusion energy, Commonwealth Fusion Systems, aims to capitalize on superconductor technology from MIT and $50 million from the Italian energy company Eni.… Read More
Can a better understanding of human intelligence make for smarter machines? Rafael Reif thinks so. He’s an internationally renowned electrical engineer, researcher, and professor and for the past five years, he’s… Read More
Can a better understanding of human intelligence make for smarter machines? We explored that topic this week with Rafael Reif, president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, following the announcement… Read More
IBM is making a 10-year, $240 million investment in artificial intelligence research through a new lab it’s creating in partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The investment will support… Read More
Here’s a fish tale that really is about the one that got away — with video to prove it. A new robot developed by MIT can catch fish underwater. If that… Read More
It started inside a MIT classroom a decade ago, with Daryl Morey and Jessica Gelman teaching a small group of students about a relatively nascent subject: sports analytics. Fast forward to last… Read More
For the first time, GeekWire will be reporting live from the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference (SSAC) — also known as the “Super Bowl of Analytics” — in Boston this… Read More
Tenacity is raising money to help companies improve worker productivity. The MIT spinoff, which relocated to Seattle in 2014, today announced a $1.5 million round led by Health Tech Capital… Read More
A new study from MIT discovered that startups are more likely to succeed when their venture capital backers are connected to them via direct flight. The research informs larger questions about… Read More
It’s one superpower that’s been envied throughout the ages, but a new spin-off company of MIT researchers might be bringing X-ray vision devices to the consumer market in just two… Read More
If you don’t know who Junot Diaz is, you should learn now. Not only is he a badass author, who’s won the Pulitzer Prize, he teaches writing at MIT.… Read More
Today, Toyota announced a $50 million, five-year collaboration with Stanford and MIT to develop “intelligent” cars. As the New York Times reports, it’s an “ambitious” move to get beyond the idea… Read More
A biotech company that received some of its first major funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has announced that it has inked a deal to bring its implantable microchips… Read More
William Shatner made massive headlines with his scheme to build a pipeline from Seattle to California to solve the state’s water shortage. Let’s just say we’re glad that real scientists… Read More
Keeping it simple pays off, at least when it comes to naming your tech company. A new study by MIT researchers found that companies with shorter names tend to do… Read More
“Cyber-shilling” is already well-known in the online review space, when people are paid to write faux reviews for products or places. But a new study from MIT shows that these… Read More
Although I’m a tech geek, I haven’t actually worked for a tech company yet. My background is in finance, so I figured MIT Sloan’s recent Technology Trek to Seattle might… Read More
Guest commentary from Bill Bryant: I have been in the software business for more than 20 years now, spanning some 25 companies (including such notables as Netbot, Visio, Qpass, Isilon,… Read More
I got hooked tonight on an amazing Twitter drama, watching in real time as Sean Power live Tweeted about his attempts to recover his stolen laptop from a guy in… Read More