News for 'MIT Media Lab'

MIT pulls out of Media Lab Asia

MIT pulls out of Media Lab Asia

Rediff.com9 May 2003

Media Lab Asia: 9-year plan okayed

Media Lab Asia: 9-year plan okayed

Rediff.com13 Aug 2003

The government has approved a full-scope programme of the restructured socio-economic project Media Lab Asia for a period of nine years.

Media Lab to be 100% govt-aided R&D unit

Media Lab to be 100% govt-aided R&D unit

Rediff.com6 May 2003

Media Lab Asia, the socio-economic project between the Indian government and Massachusetts Institute of Technology will be completely recast with the project becoming a fully government-aided

Media Lab: Shourie denies MIT allegations

Media Lab: Shourie denies MIT allegations

Rediff.com9 May 2003

Brushing aside allegations by Massachusetts Institute of Technology that it withdrew from a research project in India due to differences with him, Information and Technology Minister Arun Shourie.

MIT grad Mistry to make digital 'SixthSense' open source

MIT grad Mistry to make digital 'SixthSense' open source

Rediff.com6 Nov 2009

If Pranav Mistry has his way, people around the world can build their own wearable 'SixthSense' -- which uses a camera that understands human gestures -- at a cost of less than Rs 15,000 ($300) by obtaining the software he developed for free in the next few months.

Twitter wants MIT to make sense of your tweets

Twitter wants MIT to make sense of your tweets

Rediff.com3 Oct 2014

The university will analyse every public tweet since the microblogging site came into existence.

Is GenAI Making Us MENTALLY LAZY?

Is GenAI Making Us MENTALLY LAZY?

Rediff.com24 Jul 2025

What looks like convenience today might well be shaping a future where essential human skills quietly fade away.

Low-cost computing: Gaining ground in India

Low-cost computing: Gaining ground in India

Rediff.com9 Jan 2008

In fact, both the Classmate PC projects (from Intel) and OLPC pilots (with Reliance Communications) besides low-cost initiatives from players like Novatium, Encore, Xenitis and Allied Computers are gathering momentum independent of each other in the country.

Now, swine flu alerts on iPhone

Now, swine flu alerts on iPhone

Rediff.com2 Sep 2009

The new application uses the HealthMap technology, an online resource that collects, filters, maps and disseminates information about emerging infectious diseases, and provides a new, contextualised view of a user's specific location.

The impact of a billion cellphone cameras

The impact of a billion cellphone cameras

Rediff.com8 Mar 2010

Dr Raskar says that it is basically story telling and the intention is to create a platform that can be diffused into society.

'Our $100 laptops will run on human power'

'Our $100 laptops will run on human power'

Rediff.com7 Apr 2006

It will come with at least two means of charging: with your arms and your feet

Super 30 founder Anand Kumar to speak at MIT and Harvard

Super 30 founder Anand Kumar to speak at MIT and Harvard

Rediff.com29 Sep 2014

Indian mathematician and founder of Super 30, Anand Kumar, has been invited by the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University to speak on his globally acclaimed effort to mentor students from the underprivileged sections for admission to the prestigious IITs.

The elusive search for truth in media

The elusive search for truth in media

Rediff.com3 May 2018

Is it likely that one of these days, a demand may rise that only truthful endorsement should be made in media and that if it is discovered that she or he in real life does not use that brand, punishment may follow, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.

Indian IT geek develops digital 'sixth sense'

Indian IT geek develops digital 'sixth sense'

Rediff.com25 Mar 2009

It's a digital prototype called "sixth sense" that is currently being evaluated by major companies like Microsoft, Google, Hewlett-Packard and Samsung. The brain behind this device is the 28-year-old Indian-born Pranav Mistry, a researcher at the Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Should young children learn how to code?

Should young children learn how to code?

Rediff.com5 Nov 2020

Parents should enroll their children in coding classes only as a leisure time activity, that too with strict curbs on screen time.

Infosys' tryst with Kumbh Mela

Infosys' tryst with Kumbh Mela

Rediff.com15 Jan 2015

Sikka promises to develop tech for event

Report indicates Wuhan scientists got sick with Covid before outbreak

Report indicates Wuhan scientists got sick with Covid before outbreak

Rediff.com24 May 2021

Three researchers from the Wuhan Institute of Virology sought hospital care in November 2019, weeks before Beijing disclosed the COVID-19 pandemic, a United States media report said, citing a previously undisclosed American intelligence document that could add weight to growing calls for a full scale probe of whether the coronavirus may have escaped from China's top bio lab.

Apple buys firm co-founded by two Indian-Americans

Apple buys firm co-founded by two Indian-Americans

Rediff.com3 Dec 2013

A social media analytics firm, co-founded by two Indian-American entrepreneurs, has been acquired by Apple for over $200 million.

How the blockchain can transform the financial world

How the blockchain can transform the financial world

Rediff.com12 Jul 2016

The blockchain, the public ledger that tracks every bitcoin transaction, is changing commerce as we know it, says Devangshu Datta.

Meet the Harvard grads who offer a novel way to teach students

Meet the Harvard grads who offer a novel way to teach students

Rediff.com10 Jun 2015

Few Harvard graduates are changing the way we teach students.