Patents Assigned to Massachusetts Institute of Technolgoy
  • Publication number: 20110320111
    Abstract: A communication device for providing road conditions and monitoring congestion, contains a memory and a processor configured by the memory to perform the steps of: extracting key current vehicle and/or traffic insight; determining if the extracted key current vehicle and/or traffic insight represents a departure from expected vehicle and/or traffic insight; if the extracted key current vehicle and/or traffic insight is a departure from expected vehicle and/or traffic insight, using the key current vehicle and/or traffic insight to create a smart message, wherein the smart message contains the extracted key current vehicle and/or traffic insight; and if the extracted key current vehicle and/or traffic insight is a confirmation of expected vehicle and/or traffic insight, creating a confirmation message that does not contain the extracted key current vehicle and/or traffic insight, yet confirms similarity between the extracted key current vehicle and/or traffic insight and the expected vehicle and/or traffic ins
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technolgoy
    Inventors: Sanjay E. Sarma, Stephen Sai-Wung Ho, Joshua E. Siegel
  • Patent number: 7670778
    Abstract: The invention provides novel lin-8, lin-56, and lin-61 genes and polypeptides involved in cell fate determination and in cell proliferation. In addition, the invention includes mutants of these three genes, as well as methods for utilizing these genes, and their encoded polypeptides, in diagnosing and treating abnormal cell proliferation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technolgoy
    Inventors: H. Robert Horvitz, Ewa M. Davison, Xiaowei Lu