Microsoft’s Quantum Mechanics
Can an aging corporation’s adventures in fundamental physics research open a new era of unimaginably powerful computers? In 2012, physicists in the Netherlands announced a discovery in particle physics that started chatter about a Nobel Prize. Inside a tiny rod of semiconductor crystal chilled cooler than outer space, they had caught the first glimpse of a strange particle called the Majorana ferm
Nathan Myhrvold’s Cunning Plan to Prevent 3-D Printer Piracy
A patent that covers digital encryption of “objects” could bring copy protection to 3-D printing. Sometime in the none-too-distant future, replacing your favorite coffee mug or creating a new iPhone case might be as simple as downloading a design you like from the Internet and firing up your 3-D printer. Zip, zap, zip, and voilà. Most 3-D printing has been done in industry or by hobbyists who shar
Myhrvold’s Exponential Economy
Microsoft’s former technology chief is branching out. He’s looking for industries where efficiencies multiply every couple of years–in infotech, sure, but biology too. Nathan Myhrvold looms as one of today’s great polymaths. Master’s degrees in geophysics and space physics at age 19, doctorate in mathematical and theoretical physics and an apprenticeship under Stephen Hawking, presidency of a soft
Two-Sided Touch Screen
A pseudo-transparent screen from Microsoft and Mitsubishi lets people enter data from both sides of a handheld device. Researchers at Microsoft and Mitsubishi are developing a new touch-screen system that lets people type text, click hyperlinks, and navigate maps from both the front and back of a portable device. A semitransparent image of the fingers touching the back of the device is superimpose
Surprising Search Patterns
Graduate Students and administrators now collaborate on decisions that affect grad student life. Over the past three years, MIT has begun to adopt a new way of making decisions–one that fosters experiential learning of leadership skills and promotes a sense of community among graduate students. While graduate students at many of our peer institutions have moved toward unionization, MIT has embrace
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