70323 news 1317201854 1475896214 <![CDATA[MacArthur Award for Smart Home Innovator]]> 2011-09-28T00:00:00-04:00 Ph.D. alumnus Shwetak Patel is making "smart houses" possible through a project that’s working to transform homes into smart interfaces, modifying walls into a touch-sensitive surface like an iPhone screen. Patel was recently named a recipient of a MacArthur Foundation "genius" award. Source: Technology Review

]]> 47223 http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/editors/27181/?p1=blogs 47223 506 171123