Hacking the Boston Subway Ticket System
On security vulnerabilities in the Boston subway's fare tickets and cards.

Micro battery assembled by virus
Filed under: newsMIT researchers have used a viral assembly method to create a battery at half the size of a human cell. They've successfully developed the anode and electrolyte, leaving only the cathode unfinished. each electrode is only 4 micrometers...

MBTA affirms that vulnerabilities exist, judge lifts gag order on MIT students
Filed under: Transportation, WirelessNo surprise here, but the kids from MIT were (presumably) right all along. The three students who were muffled just before presenting their case at Defcon have finally been freed; the now-revoked gag order had...

MIT’s Introduction to Algorithms: Lectures 1 and 2
I just finished watching the last lecture of MIT’s “Introduction to Algorithms” course. Having a great passion for all aspects of computing, I decided to share everything I learned with you, my dear reader! This is the first post in an article...

MIT OpenCourseWare | Special Programs | SP.293 Lego Robotics, Spring 2007 | Home
This looks like a totally f'ing cool class/lab...B-)

The UNIX- HATERS Handbook
Just reading the table of contents is classic.

Research Centers - Faculty and Research
The MIT Sloan ecosystem supports a dynamic network of research groups concentrating on problems vital to today's world.

Signals, Truth, & Design
T Much of what we want to know about other people is not directly perceivable. Are you a nice person? Did you really like the cake I baked? If we got married, would you be a good parent to our children? Instead, we rely on signals, which are perceivable...

Climate chaos? Don't believe it - Telegraph
Interesting...something to think about!

Free Online MIT Course Materials | Sloan School of Management | MIT OpenCourseWare
Communicating With Data

Technology Review: Blogs: Ed Boyden's blog: Inverting the Core
In the Internet age, once you learn the basic core material, perhaps the best way to direct the growth of learning is to chase down real-world problems and fix them. You learn how to wrestle with failure, and how to get the resources you need.