MIT WORLD- Evaluating a new way to open clogged arteries
- Making quantum encryption practical
- Planes, trains and automobiles: faster, stronger, lighter
- Complex brain function depends on flexibility
- Using literature to understand violence against blacks
- A caring mind
- 3dim wins MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition
- Stacking 2-D materials produces surprising results
- Stephen Lippard wins faculty’s Killian Award
- Nanotechnology could help fight diabetes
Monthly Archives: August 2010
Using ViralHeat
Technology Review: Mining Mood Swings on the Real-Time Web: Many companies are turning to social-media sites to gauge the success of a new product and service. The latest activity on Facebook, Twitter, and countless other sites can reveal the public’s … Continue reading
Posted in Future of the Web, My Quickpress Posts
Tagged Social Media, social network, System design, System thinking
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Russia. August. 2010. Part 2: Wildfires.
(cont. from Russia. August. 2010. Part 1: Grain. ) The surge of wildfires this summer has shown two important developments in today’s Russia: deteriorating regional/local government system and growing importance of Russia’s blogosphere. Ever since 2000, when then President Putin … Continue reading
Posted in L'idea Della Settimana
Tagged blog, Blogging, globalization, Putin, russia, Social Media, thoughts, Vladimir Putin
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Michael Davies teaches Systems, Leadership and Management (SLaM) Praxis and Lab for SDM MIT Fellows
ESD.945 SL&M Praxis – Systems, Leadership and Management Praxis course overview: “This course is about praxis1; it gives SDM Fellows a systematic approach and the practical skills needed for the application of their rich and deep learning and frameworks about … Continue reading
Posted in System Design and Management Program at MIT
Tagged crowdsourcing, information, Leadership, SDM, Social Media, social networking, System design, System thinking
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2nd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CRISIS MAPPING (BOSTON, OCTOBER 1-3, 2010)
The International Network of Crisis Mappers (CM*Net) was launched by 100 Crisis Mappers at the first International Conference on Crisis Mapping (ICCM 2009) in October 2009. As the world’s premier crisis mapping hub, CM*Net catalyzes communication and collaboration between and … Continue reading
Posted in Future of the Web
Tagged crowdsourcing, Forecasting, globalization, human factor, information, Social Media, social network, System thinking
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While my MacBook was on repair for the last two weeks…
“The Influence Project concludes this Sunday August 15 at midnight EST. The surge of interest continues and there’s that last minute at an eBay auction feeling pulsing through this network of networks that is the modern Internet.”
MIT SDM Students on Blue Hill Reservation Hiking Trip
Posted in System Design and Management Program at MIT
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Russia. August. 2010. Part 1: Grain.
(cont. in Russia. August. 2010. Part 2: Wildfires. ) It seems that August continues to be most intense month in Russia’s political life. The heat wave followed by massive wildfires in the central Russia and Siberia add to the long … Continue reading
Posted in L'idea Della Settimana
Tagged comodities, Dmitri Medvedev, FAO, financial regulations, food prices, Forecasting, globalization, grain, information, Prediction Markets, russia, Russian Federation, System thinking, thoughts, Vladimir Putin
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RIP Google Wave
Official Google Blog: Update on Google Wave. RIP Google Wave… “Wave has not seen the user adoption we would have liked. We don’t plan to continue developing Wave as a standalone product, but we will maintain the site at least … Continue reading
Posted in Future of the Web
Tagged Google, Google scholar, google wave, http://fcinf.com/v/c9ua, information, Social Media, social networking
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"MIT OpenCourseWare recognized by the AAAS"
MIT OpenCourseWare: Unlocking Knowledge, Empowering Minds — d’Oliveira et al. 329 (5991): 525 — Science. “The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has announced that MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) has been named a recipient of the Science Prize for … Continue reading
System Design and Management Program and Social Media, need some crowdsourcing advice…
Trying to organize SDM seminar on social media and recruiting, what topics and new trends do you think could be interesting for SDM MIT Fellows? I need some crowdsourcing assistance here…
Posted in System Design and Management Program at MIT, Thinking Out Loud
Tagged crowdsourcing, http://fcinf.com/v/c9ua, SDM, Social Media, social networking, System thinking
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