Technology Review: Jan/Feb 2012

MIT News: September/October 2010

Code Quest

Claude Shannon, SM '40, PhD '40, threw down an irresistible challenge to those who would be pioneers of information theory. A young grad student soon met the challenge, but his solution languished in obscurity for decades.
By Larry Hardesty

Resident Experts

For more than 50 years, MIT housemasters have been making students feel at home on campus.
By Stephanie Keeler

From Smoots to Semiconductors

After a checkered career at MIT, Jerry Woodall '60 helped revolutionize electronics.
By William D. Glover

77 Mass Ave.

Rubber's History Stretches Way Back

The bouncy origins of polymer chemistry

Now Hear This

3-D imaging could lead to better-fitting hearing aids

Mark Your Calendar

MIT150 celebration begins in January

Getting in Touch

How physical sensations influence decision making

Keeping Tabs on Glucose

Less invasive blood sugar sensors

New Leadership

John Reed elected chair of MIT Corporation

Meet the Author

The Hunt for Meaning

Telling the story of the fur trade
By Sara Shay

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