Study has participants playing Doom with their brains

Last week at MIT's Emerging Technology conference, someone presented information regarding a study in which volunteers played Doom using a brain-computer interface
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/38050/Study_Sees_Volunteers_Playing_Doom_With_Their_Brains.php
Note the link to a longer Computer World article about the study.

Director Robert Wilson to lecture at MIT

Kes: for those theatrically-inclined friends of mine who may not be acquainted with this artist, I encourage you to check out the Wikipedia article which discusses his career and style.

Wed. November 9, 2011, 7 PM
MIT ROOM 10-250, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Robert Wilson is an American avant-garde stage director and playwright who has frequently been called the world’s foremost vanguard theater artist. His
early activities often focused on work with blind and deaf actors and incorporated themes of autism. Over the course of his diverse career, Wilson has
worked as a choreographer, performer, painter, sculptor, video artist, and sound and light designer.
Wikipedia entry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Wilson_%28director%29

Bug-eyed

Instructions for using sunglasses, Sugru, and a tea strainer to make bug eyes like those of Jeff Goldblum in "The Fly"
http://www.instructables.com/id/Fly-Eye-Glasses/

The story of English in 100 words

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/8824676/From-Riddle-to-Twittersphere-David-Crystal-tells-the-story-of-English-in-100-words.html