I publish a weekly listing of Energy (and Other) Events at the colleges, universities, and in the community around Cambridge, MA (http://hubevents.blogspot.com) and have been doing it consistently since the end of January, 2010 … [Read more...]
The Never-Ending Quest For Freedom
In the Boston Globe today John Sununu wrote about “A Crisis Of Values At MIT.” It gave me pause, and made me think how much the world has moved on from the Abbie Hoffman challenge of “Steal This Book!” When I learned about Aaron Swartz … [Read more...]
The Cambridge, MA Solar Tool
You can now estimate with great detail the solar electric potential of any roof in Cambridge, MA by just typing in an address on a webpage, the Cambridge Solar Tool (http://cambridgema.gov/solar). For instance, the double triple decker … [Read more...]
Climate Collaboration Contest
I voted for the 350 alternative, the closest this simulation can get to zero emissions, and entered a zero emissions scenario in the last iteration of Climate Collab. The new program is more detailed than the last but there is still a … [Read more...]
Energy Events
MIT Monday, January 11, 2010 Mass Energy Trek Time: 8:00a-5:00p Location: Meet in E51 Tang Lobby at 8am Mass Energy Trek is a three-day trek in the second week of January during IAP. It's is the Energy component of MIT Tech Treks organized … [Read more...]
Judge lifts gag order on MIT students who found Charlie Card flaws
Today the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the ACLU of Massachusetts convinced a federal judge to lift a gag order on three MIT students who researched flaws in the MBTA's fare payment system. Essentially, the students had found a … [Read more...]
Stop the Presses! (Literally)
On Friday, the MBTA sued MIT and three MIT students, claiming that the students planned to present a paper at the DEFCON hacker's conference explaining how to circumvent the security on the T's Charlie Cards and thus create counterfeit … [Read more...]
Kids do better at home then in foster care – MIT research using empirical data
Doyles study demonstrates that foster care experience interferes with graduating from high school, holding a job, and statistically seems to be linked to teenage pregnancy.Doyle found children who stayed with their families were less likely … [Read more...]
MIT Prof on Hunger Strike. Racism or something else?
The Catholic Exchange, reporting on the hunger strike, mentions racism only as another reason, but one linked to his stance on stem cell research. Sherley himself alleges that he was opposed for tenure at MIT by his colleagues in part … [Read more...]