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'Spacewar!' The story of the world's first digital video game

By Russell Brandom on February 4, 2013 09:59 am + 8 comments

Steve Russell appears remotely from the Computer History Museum, beside the last working PDP-1. C Continue reading…
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Experimental Android hotspot app lets you bank credit for sharing your signal

By Jeff Blagdon on January 28, 2013 08:15 pm + 22 comments

The Viral Spaces research group at MIT’s Media Lab has developed an Android app that could let you Continue reading…
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Anonymous replaces MIT websites with Aaron Swartz memorial, calls for copyright reform

By Joshua Kopstein on January 14, 2013 02:23 am + 114 comments

Agents of the formless hacktivist collective Anonymous have left a political message on at least two Continue reading…
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MIT announces internal investigation into its role in Aaron Swartz's prosecution

By Tim Carmody on January 13, 2013 05:30 pm + 107 comments

On Sunday, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology released a statement on the untimely death of Continue reading…
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MIT researchers create moisture-powered polymer that can generate electricity

By Justin Rubio on January 11, 2013 03:06 pm + 20 comments

MIT engineers at the David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research have created a polymer Continue reading…
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JSTOR begins offering free yet limited access to its online academic library

By Ben Kersey on January 9, 2013 06:37 pm + 13 comments

Online digital library JSTOR will begin offering free access to its catalogue of journals, papers, Continue reading…
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Rolling robotic 'hedgehogs' could explore Martian moon

By Adi Robertson on January 2, 2013 05:35 pm + 7 comments

A team of researchers thinks that small, spiked robots might be our best option for exploring space. Continue reading…
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MIT researchers may have found a replacement for silicon processors with new transistor

By Kimber Streams on December 10, 2012 06:45 pm + 24 comments

Researchers from MIT's Microsystems Technology Laboratories claim to have created the smallest Continue reading…
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MIT researchers use magnets and motors to create tiny shape-shifting robots

By Kimber Streams on December 3, 2012 08:46 pm + 10 comments

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a series of tiny, motorized Continue reading…
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Watch this: MIT's adorably nerdy hack during 1982 Harvard-Yale game

By Amar Toor on November 19, 2012 05:54 am + 80 comments

Saturday marked the 129th installment of Harvard-Yale, one of college football's most storied Continue reading…