Innovation
Mass Innovation Night 4/8/09
Video from the first Mass Innovation Night, 4/8/09, at the Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation in Waltham, MA
Widgets of 128: How a Highway Invented the Future/Part II
Build It and They Will Come
Prior to the completion of Route 128 some 50 years ago, life was quite a bit different in the communities that the highway would connect. Many were small villages with rural ways — family farms dotted the landscape from Gloucester to Quincy. Some, such as Waltham, were bustling, self-sufficient urban [...]
The Widgets of 128: How a Highway Invented the Future/Part I
Roads are fairly simple things. Some are made of asphalt, some of stone. All serve a basic purpose: they allow people to travel from Point A to Point B without becoming stuck in the intervening geography.
Yet, roads can also be much more. Some are picturesque byways or avenues of nostalgia, such as the Mohawk Trail [...]