While You Were Shopping: December's Top Stories
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Slice of MIT's top stories for December 2013 featured powerful alumni, and most importantly, a scientific explanation of how Santa's reindeers actually fly.Ring in the new year with a slice of MIT. Happy New Year!
- Reindeer in flight. A researcher from MIT's Aeronautics and Astronautics department provides the scientific answer to an age-old question: how does Santa's sleigh really fly?
- Futuristic computer screen. MIT Media Lab’s recent invention demonstrates that reaching through a computer screen may not be so futuristic after all.
- Alumni with power. Five alumni have been named to Forbes magazine's list of the world’s most powerful people in 2013.
- 13-year-old teacher. Quin Etnyre taught a workshop for an MIT alumni club on programming for Arduino, an inexpensive open-source microprocessor plus software.
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