October 12, 2001

MIT's Media Lab, a Media Darling, Seeks Global Role and New Missions

By JEFFREY R. YOUNG

The researchers behind robotic Lego and wearable computers now want to help the poor

If you don't think technology research is glamorous, take a tour of the Massachusetts

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In the Works at the Media Lab

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Listen to audio excerpts (each about two minutes long) of an interview with Nicholas Negroponte, senior director of

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