Articles By: Eric Hamilton

On Monday nights, the fourth floor of the Campus Recreation Center is home to the usual pickup basketball games and, on the far side of the courts, fencing team practice. One Monday last fall, I walked along the edge of the court and suddenly heard an incongruous sound: Cuban jazz music floating out of a room labeled “Studio more

Getting to class on time can be a challenge for Tech students, and it’s not always because of all-nighters or faulty alarm clocks. Many students who have tried to take campus transportation to class know that the Stinger Shuttles and Tech Trolleys often have as much trouble sticking to their schedule as overworked undergrads. 
Luckily, more

On average, half of your home power usage—and half of your power bill—is dedicated to regulating temperature, usually thanks to an inaccurate thermostat. But Nest Laboratories, which features three Tech graduates, aims to change that. The Nest Learning Thermostat i s a sensor-driven, programmable device that learns about its user’s habits to better regulate temperatures. Tech grads’ involvement with the startup has been somewhat of a more