This story appears on the front page of the Business section with the headline “MIT-led bid knits fabrics, technology.”

• “Here is a bold vision that’s not just manufacturing stuff that we know about but also enabling a whole new interpretation of the fabric industry,” said Yoel Fink, director of the MIT Research Laboratory of Electronics, who will lead the effort.
• “This is big news for Boston and Cambridge,” [Secretary Jay] Ash said. “But it’s also big news for Worcester, Springfield, and Lowell because they’re all going to be beneficiaries of the research that’s going to be done.”