[Editors] MIT "firsts"

[Catherine R Avril]

Hi Elizabeth,

I'll give some thought to additional suggestions and I'd definitely 
like to see
the compiled list.  I'm guessing that responses to President 
Hockfield's request may also serve to update the web page on "research 
and teaching firsts"
at MIT. http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/special/firsts.html  Anyway, that 
page is
a good starting point for anyone who might not be familiar with it.

Cheers,
-- Catherine


Quoting Elizabeth Thomson <thomson at MIT.EDU>:

> Hi Everybody,
>
> Thought you could help me out with a query from President Hockfield's 
> office. Dr. Hockfield would like examples of things that MIT has 
> given the world - recently or in the not too distant past - and the 
> researcher(s) behind those breakthroughs.
>
> To get you thinking, below are a few examples I came up with:
>
>> the first atom laser
>> http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/1997/atom-0129.html
>>
>> first "transatlantic touch"
>> http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2002/touchlab3.html
>>
>> first robotic snail (RoboSnail)
>> http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2003/robosnail.html
>>
>> first tissue-engineering experiment in space
>> http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/1997/spacecartilage.html
>
> I'll compile your replies and, if you'd like, send the final list 
> back to this group.
>
> Many thanks!
>
> Elizabeth
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