MIT News feature The geek Chris Schmandt ’73, SM ’80, spent four decades “playing around” at the Media Lab, inventing interactive speech interfaces for computers and the first in-car navigation system that told drivers where to go. by Simson Garfinkel 2019-04-24T07:00:18-04:00
Rewriting Life Six things to do with your data before you die How to make sure your loved ones can get into all your accounts. Or, alternatively—how to cover your tracks. by Simson Garfinkel 2018-10-23T05:00:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines Hackers Are the Real Obstacle for Self-Driving Vehicles Out-of-work truckers armed with “adversarial machine learning” could dazzle autonomous vehicles into crashing. by Simson Garfinkel 2017-08-22T00:00:00-04:00
Business Impact How Dirty Is Your Air? What one family learned from using a $200 air-quality sensor for a month. by Simson Garfinkel 2016-06-01T12:55:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines Smart Home Devices Need to Get a Lot Smarter Imagine a dishwasher that requires a username and password. Smart homes will require unprecedented effort to ensure not just security but also usability. by Simson Garfinkel 2014-06-30T15:47:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines Imposing Security Computer programmers won’t stop making dangerous errors on their own. It’s time they adopted an idea that makes the physical world safer. by Simson Garfinkel 2014-06-05T00:00:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines Glass, Darkly For its wearable computer to be accepted, Google must convince people that the device isn’t creepy. by Simson Garfinkel 2014-02-17T00:00:00-05:00
Sustainable Energy Flashes of Inspiration Advances in LEDs and lithium-ion batteries have produced some unusual new flashlights. by Simson Garfinkel 2013-12-23T13:15:20-05:00
Intelligent Machines How to Cope with an Expanding Data Closet It’s easy to get trapped by your data. Create a personal storage management plan. by Simson Garfinkel 2013-12-19T12:13:52-05:00
Business Impact Why Microsoft’s Next CEO Should Break Up the Company Microsoft’s too bloated to innovate. Busting it up into specialized companies would solve that problem nicely. by Simson Garfinkel 2013-08-27T13:55:00-04:00
