MIT Opening New College for Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) Nick Kolakowski, October 17, 2018 3 min read Artificial intelligence (A.I.) is hot—and if you don’t believe that, look at the six-figure salaries paid out to...
Milk May Speed Up Big Data Management Nick Kolakowski, October 3, 2016 3 min read Everybody wants faster code. But squeezing out just a bit more speed is often an exercise in frustration, especially...
MIT’s Robots Take a Jump Into the Future Nick Kolakowski, May 29, 2015 1 min read For years, some tech pundits have worried that robots and software will gradually replace human workers in key...
Need a Hand? Robot Arm Attachments Here to Help Nick Kolakowski, June 4, 2014 2 min read In comics and movies, Spider-Man fights Doctor Octopus, a mad scientist with four robotic tentacles. Sounds like...
$50K Student-Coder Contest Aims to Reward Creativity Kevin Fogarty, January 9, 2014 4 min read Student-code contest will award creativity, not be 'typical hack-a-thin.' A pair of MIT alumni clubs and a Wall...
MIT, Intel Plan on Big Data Research at New Facility Nick Kolakowski, May 31, 2012 3 min read Intel plans on building a new Intel Science and Technology Center (ISTC) for Big Data at the Massachusetts...