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MIT will reopen Building 18
MIT’s Emergency Management Department said it would reopen a building Monday Aug. 31 at 6 a.m., more than four days after closing it due to potential for poisoning by dimethyl mercury. Read more Simon’s says farewell, with hopes of reopening soon The Emergency Management Department issued a statement at 10:17 p.m. saying that “appropriate decontamination […]
MIT’s Fab Lab marks 25 years of making almost anything
The Fab Lab, MIT’s digital fabrication laboratory, is turning 25 this week, and its founder said he did “not remotely” expect the extent of the lab’s impact. “What I didn’t see is it fundamentally changes how society and economy works,” said Neil Gershenfeld, an MIT professor and director of the Center of Bits and Atoms. […]