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Estimates indicate that the UK ranks seventh worldwide and fourth in Europe for chocolate consumption. Each person in the UK consumes on average about 8.1kg of chocolate annually, with around 56% of adults enjoying chocolate at…

Third party audit reveals 15% spike in senior executive attendance, record startup participation LAS VEGAS, March 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Consumer Technology Association (CTA)® announced its final attendance data for CES® 2024—the…

Thuan Nguyen has been a program officer for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in Vietname for five years. She has a background in international and development studies by training. In…

Sally Ride, Jessica Watkins, Ellen Ochoa, Mae Jemison A constellation of remarkable Stanford alumnae have taken giant leaps for women in space. Sally Ride, ’73, MS ’75, PhD ’78, applied to be an astronaut while earning her…

This article is part of the Forum Network series on DigitalisationArtificial Intelligence no longer science fiction In October 2016, “Westworld” topped the charts as the most-watched premiere season of an HBO original series ever. In…

Watch the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control hearing Chairman Cornyn, Co-Chairwoman Feinstein and members of the Caucus on International Narcotics Control, we appreciate the opportunity to share the content of the recent…

It's hard to ignore the fact that a worldwide maker movement is well underway. Over the past 10 or so years, community Maker Faires have become all the rage; fabrication shops have popped up around the world for…

The Taegeuk Warriors stage another late comeback to beat the Socceroos and keep their Asian Cup title hopes alive.Al Wakrah, Qatar – South Korea have made it a habit of leaving it until the dying moments of stoppage time to make a…

During the summer of 2015, Martin Culpepper surveyed all undergraduate and graduate students at MIT about their activities and interests in “making.” “MIT has a strong history and culture of hands-on ‘making’ in…

Chemical engineering does not typically start out as a “hands-on” field of study. Thanks to Bradley Olsen and his new course for MIT freshmen, 10.00 (Molecule Builders), that will change starting in Spring 2016.…

Ten years ago Neil Gershenfeld, professor of media arts and sciences and the founder and director of MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms (CBA), began an outreach project that has grown into a global program for…

With over 130,000 square feet of hands-on makerspaces, MIT has more of these facilities on its campus than anywhere in the world. Yet, according to findings from a student-wide survey conducted last summer, the…

The maker movement is on the rise. From electronics to robotics, metalworking to woodworking, jewelry making to composting, popular fascination with the maker culture is quickly spreading and inspiring a new…

MIT has announced the creation of a makerspace that will facilitate connections between the MIT campus and the global community and meet the increasing demand for hands-on learning opportunities at the Institute.…

A group of MIT students briefly put away their cellphones this spring to concentrate on a much older information storage and retrieval device: the book. In a hands-on humanities class — 21H.343 (Making Books:…

If there is one word that embodies the spirit of MIT MakerWorks, the all-access Department of Mechanical Engineering (MechE) makerspace, it would have to be “students.” Not “maker,” although of course making is…

When MIT moved its campus from a muddle of buildings in Boston’s Copley Square to its new waterfront location in Cambridge 100 years ago, it was an “impressive goodbye,” according to the Boston Daily Globe. MIT…

MIT researchers and educators have been living up to the university motto of "mens et manus," mind and hand, with a rapidly expanding effort on advanced manufacturing innovation. Several of MIT’s latest efforts…

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Making an academic makerspace isn’t easy. There’s no easy formula for setting up and operating safe, effective, readily available university environments where students can come together, make plans, get their…

Local and regional governments are on the frontlines of climate change, and the worst impacts continue to be felt first and worst by the world’s most vulnerable populations. While the 1.5 degree goal set out in the Paris Agreement is not…

The MIT Libraries and MIT MakerWorkshop, a student-run makerspace and community, are partnering on a pilot project to provide access to tools and other equipment often used in makerspaces. A range of kits…

In hospitals in North and South America, nurses are hacking medical equipment to improve patient care. Using off-the-shelf materials, they’ve created prescription bottles for the visually impaired, pipe systems…

The sharp sound of steel welding, the chilling taste of liquid nitrogen ice cream, and the colorful sight of paper airplanes flying through the air, are just some of the senses that were brought to life during…

Outdated wall art has been replaced with a whiteboard for ideas, couches with an ergonomic work bench, and an old coffee table has made way for a 3-D printer. This is the new craft studio at McCormick Hall that…

As NASA gears up to send humans back to the moon or even to Mars, they'll need to figure out how to keep these humans healthy and safe, far away from the resource-abundant Earth. It won't be feasible to pack…

In collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) REN21 has facilitated the first ever multi-stakeholder engagement between public and private actors in Tbilisi in order to advance sustainable energy

For behind the scenes of the "Glass Cabin" go here: 2012, Nick Olson and Lilah Horwitz quit their jobs and set off to build a glass cabin in the mountains of West is a photographer who specializes in tintypes taken with a camera he made…

This documentary film presents a series of conversations exploring prefabrication and Kiwi homes. Visit for more information about the camera goes close up with industry experts as they discuss the advantages and challenges of the…

From COP to cinema and back: Robert Redford is talking at UNESCO HQ on climate change. In the meantime, the Mobile Film Festival discovers young directors following one simple rule : 1 Mobile, 1 Minute, 1 Film.

Daric Schlesselman is a video editor by trade for Comedy Central's "The Daily Show". However he's always had a DIY passion for homebrewing and distilling alcohol. Van Brunt Stillhouse in Red Hook, Brooklyn is the product of his passion.…