WGBH Radio Technology And The Future Of The T Stephanie Pollack says that the answer to the T’s problems won’t come by changing how they do things, but by changing the way they think about what they do.
WGBH Radio Sci-Fi Solutions for the T While the T faces a budget deficit, a massive debt, political maneuvering and an aging system, some outside experts are working, largely unknown, on a new way of looking at mass transportation. They hope to increase ridership by creating new tools that rely on your smartphone and maybe even folding cars to get you to […]
Paying your debt to society Student loan debt in the United States now tops $1 trillion, according to USA TODAY, which is more than credit card or car loan debts, and about 57% of student loan borrowers owe $10,000 or more.
Model D Stirring the Blue Bird to sing: Introducing the Detroit Sound Conservancy Every day lovers of Detroit sound lose another hero. As I write this, I have heard that Michael Davis, bass player for the seminal Detroit rock band the MC5, has passed away. In a parallel universe he must still be rocking. He was 68.
Note to Class of 2012: More than half of young college graduates now jobless or underemployed The college class of 2012 is in for a rude welcome to the world of work. A weak labor market already has left half of young college graduates either jobless or underemployed in positions that don’t fully use their skills and knowledge.
The Abington Journal Lost lives remembered Members of the Jewish faith gathered Sunday to commemorate the lives and heroism of those who died in the Holocaust. The Jewish Community Center of Wyoming Valley commemorated Yom HaShoah at a special service featuring the testimony and perspective of guest speakers before culminating with a torch-lighting ceremony.
ABC News Aging Moms Prefer Daughter to Hubby, Study Finds Debby calls her 26-year-old daughter Beth three times a day – and might add a few daily texts on top of that. Mother and daughter, both of whom live in Denver, are close, much more so than when Beth was a teenager.
A Researcher and a Robot Walk Into a Bar… When they appear on stage, Heather Knight, a robotics graduate student, and Data, her stand-up-comedy-performing robot, seem like a futuristic Odd Couple. Ms. Knight is tall, blond and human while Data—sheathed in a white plastic shell and about a third her size—resembles a RoboCop action figure.
Northeastern hosts Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren Michael Oren, the Israeli ambassador to the U.S, called Israel America’s “ultimate ally.”
CNN Money Xandem’s security sensors can see through walls Imagine a real-life version of Harry Potter’s magical Marauder’s Map, which showed the location of everyone prowling throughout Hogwarts castle. That’s what startup Xandem is building: a new kind of all-seeing motion-detection system that’s poised to shake up the security market.
Mass. jobless rate at lowest level since ’08 The Massachusetts economy gained jobs for the fourth consecutive month in March as the state unemployment rate fell to the lowest level in more than three years.
Giving Shareholders a Voice Staggered boards have long been a key mechanism for insulating boards of publicly traded firms from shareholders. This year, several institutional investors and a program working on their behalf have used shareholder proposals to move a large number of publicly traded firms away from such structures. Despite strong and expected criticism from the usual suspects, […]