Posts Tagged with ‘mit’

We’ve mentioned several times before the engaging and quite cutting-edge (metaphorically, not literally) device known as the XO Laptop, a project that has developed from MIT experiment to captivating reality now backed by a full-fledged mission-esque organization, called One Laptop Per Child, or OLPC.
Many a question has been raised about the green and white and mostly-waterproof invention since it’s first public showing. Some have challenged the tenacity of the project’s pilot and foremost spokesman, Nicholas Negroponte, for even so much [...]

The rise of the bastions of science education – Caltech, Stevens Institute of Technology, etc. - has brought MIT down off its industry-leading pulpit a bit, but that doesn’t mean Cambridge’s most-prized ivy (for the tech community, that is) has lost any of its swagger. It’s still a place oft cited for inventions, ideas, and general scientific musings, and will likely continue to retain its prestige for years to come, if forever. But despite wielding the royal crown amongst its [...]