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Stories tagged with "massachusetts institute of technology"

  • Previously on THE PULSE (2) Inspired by text

    5667 – Henry returns to MIT, but has a second epiphany about the nature of The Pulse.

    5698 – Henry re-maps The Pulse, an…

  • The Uus Inspired by text

    To date, the Nintendo Wii was still impossible to buy. Aaron wanted one, so he did the next best thing. He got hold of a rent…

  • Construction Begins Inspired by text

    Even without Samir on board, the team decided to proceed on construction of the machine. They would find a physicist later, a…

  • The Blueprint Inspired by text

    Sound, and for that matter any vibrational energy, can be measured in three ways. By amplitude, or volume. By frequency, or…

  • Back to School Inspired by text

    “This is terrible!” Henry’s sister, Emma, had wandered into his room looking for him. Now she was sight reading his comp book…

  • "Do You Feel That?" Inspired by text

    “Are you all right, Henry?” It was Aaron’s mother. “Can I get you something?”

    Henry turned to face her. The Pulse seemed to …

  • Pursuit Inspired by text

    It started as a low, steady, emphatic thrum, like something from a bassoon. Only it wasn’t something he was hearing. It fel…

  • The Physicist Inspired by text

    “Absolutely not,” Samir Assad said when Henry showed him his designs and asked him to join the project team as physicist. “Wh…

  • The Programmer Inspired by text

    Henry and Aaron agreed that along with a mathematician and an engineer, they would need a computer programmer and a physicist…

  • A Pattern Inspired by text

    The campus doctor examined Henry on Monday, and gave him a clean bill of health. The ambient noise of the city and a school g…