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A light-hearted look at the twice-a-year phenomenon in which the setting sun lines up with MIT's "infinite corridor."

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Making wrinkles for drug delivery
  • MIT News,
  • News
Making wrinkles: hydrogels that collapse into complex shapes may aid in ...

Nick Fang says predicting how hydrogels transform could help in the design of more complex and effective drug-delivery systems.

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Biology flash mob
  • David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research,
  • Feature
Bio Flash Mob at the Koch Institute

200 Boston-area students, MIT scientists and local community members came together to make cutting-edge cancer research come to life.

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The MIT Science Fiction Society
  • MIT News,
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The MIT Science Fiction Society

MIT’s Science Fiction Society curates an enormous library containing more than 90 percent of all English language science fiction ever published.

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The history of 2.007
  • 2.007,
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2.007 — 'the mother of all robot contests'

MIT's annual 2.007 mechanical engineering robot contest has been dubbed the mother of all robot contests.

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EdX: The Future of Online Education is Now
  • MITx,
  • Feature
EdX: The Future of Online Education is Now

EdX is a not-for-profit joint venture between Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to offer online versions of their classes and those of other universities.

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Stu Puts Stephen on Notice
  • Community videos,
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Stu Puts Stephen on Notice

Stu Schmill of the MIT Admissions Office puts Stephen Colbert on notice for trashing MIT during a recent interview with Richard Hersh on the Colbert Report.

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Optogenetics: Controlling the brain with light
  • McGovern Institute for Brain Research,
  • Feature
Optogenetics: Controlling the brain with light

This animation illustrates optogenetics — a radical new technology for controlling brain activity with light.

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Visionaries: Tod Machover
  • MIT Media Lab,
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Visionaries: Tod Machover

WBUR's Visionaries series featured Tod Machover of the MIT Media Lab, and his use of music in therapy for emotionally and physically challenged individuals.

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Fog-free glass
  • MIT News,
  • Demonstration
Fog-free glass

MIT researchers' new "multifunctional" glass, based on surface nanotextures that produce an array of conical features, is self-cleaning and resists fogging and glare.

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MIT+K12 student video highlights
  • MIT+K12,
  • Educational
MIT+K12 student video highlights

Highlights from the MIT+K12 student videos. Watch all the videos at http://k12videos.mit.edu/

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Robert Lepage: MIT Student Workshop
  • Arts,
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Robert Lepage: MIT Student Workshop

Robert Lepage visited MIT on Sunday, Feb. 12, to initiate a collaborative workshop with MIT students and launch the class 21M.805, Performance and Design Practicum.

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Sustainability at MIT
  • Alumni,
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Sustainability at MIT: Greening MIT's Campus and Beyond

The concept is getting a hands-on workout at MIT through projects that use the campus as a test lab.

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Anant Agarwal on MITx
  • MIT News,
  • Profile
Professor Anant Agarwal on MITx

Open Learning Enterprise head Anant Agarwal discusses MITx, the Institute's new online-learning initiative.

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The Best View in the Solar System
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The Best View in the Solar System

Earth from the International Space Station, as assembled by NASA's Johnson Space Center and MIT's Alex Rivest.

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Crash. Design. Rebuild.
  • Independent Activities Period (IAP),
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Crash. Design. Rebuild: engineering design and rapid prototyping

During 2012 IAP, AeroAstro undergraduate students had seven days to redesign (and fly!) commercial, off-the-shelf, remote-controlled aircraft kits.

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TED Talks 2012: Sherry Turkle - Connected, but alone?
  • School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences,
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TED Talks 2012: Sherry Turkle - Connected, but alone?

Sherry Turkle studies how our devices and online personas are redefining human connection and communication -- and asks us to think deeply about the new kinds of connection we want to have.

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Building the Foundation of Modern Cancer Research
  • David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research,
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Building the Foundation of Modern Cancer Research: Four Decades of ...

This film traces the story of the Center for Cancer Research (CCR) at MIT, from its founding in the early 1970s to its transition to the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research in 2007.

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Perpetual Ocean
  • Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences,
  • Demonstration
Perpetual Ocean

This animation nicely highlights the energetic turbulent ocean surface currents that are present in the real ocean but are not directly visible to the eye.

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Shifting sands
  • Mechanical engineering,
  • News
Shifting sands

Sand in an hourglass might seem simple and straightforward, but such granular materials are actually tricky to model. Ken Kamrin of MIT MechE has come up with a model that predicts the flow of granular materials under a variety of conditions.

BLOSSOMS - Plastics and Covalent Chemical Bonds (English ...
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BLOSSOMS - Plastics and Covalent Chemical Bonds (English Subtitles)

In this lesson, we discuss the distribution of electrons in a carbon atom, introduce the students to examples of plastic materials made from organic compounds, explore environmentally safe materials that can mimic the same properties of plastic and explore the effects ...

Clearly Impossible - at the MIT Museum
  • MIT Museum,
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Clearly Impossible - at the MIT Museum

A video of Clearly Impossible, an installation by Zhe Huang and Yao Zhang. The installation was originally part of a larger exhibition at the MIT Museum called Ways of Seeing. It will be up at the museum until May 25, 2012. Sponsored by Florcraft, Clearly Impossible is a MIT Museum Studio ...

Telling Stories about Technology in an Asian Century
  • Guest speakers and special events,
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Telling Stories about Technology in an Asian Century

Morison Prize LectureRecorded on 5/11/12Gregory Clancey - Associate Professor, Department of History, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, National University of Singapore; Master, Tembusu College Gregory Clancey is concurrently an ...

Company of the Week: Locu
  • Entrepreneurship,
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Company of the Week: Locu

Locu is a great example of how companies are started out of the classroom; they've reached escape velocity and have great investor news.

Schuyler Towne, "Lost In Space"
  • MIT Media Lab,
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Schuyler Towne, "Lost In Space"

Civic Media Lunch - Schuyler Towne, "Lost in Space"Everyone has a strong physical and emotional connection to the divisions of private and public space, though few ever have the chance to explore the consequences of crossing those lines. This talk will reveal the whispered conversation ...

Craig Watkins: "The Digital Edge"
  • Media,
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Craig Watkins: "The Digital Edge: Exploring the Digital Practices of Black ...

A Civic Media Session and Comparative Media Studies Colloquium

SENSEable cities
  • Industrial Liaison Program,
  • Profile
SENSEable cities

Assaf Biderman, co-director of the MIT SENSEable City Laboratory, discusses his lab's work.

BLOSSOMS - Sequences (English Subtitles)
  • BLOSSOMS,
  • Educational
BLOSSOMS - Sequences (English Subtitles)

This lesson aims to introduce arithmetic sequences and geometric sequences to secondary school students. It uses two wonderful problems to do that and it explains the laws of those two kinds of sequences.

BLOSSOMS - Who Do You Know? The Theory Behind Social ...
  • BLOSSOMS,
  • Educational
BLOSSOMS - Who Do You Know? The Theory Behind Social Networking

Teachers: Dr. F. Jordan Srour and  Dr. George TurkiyyahSummary:   This video lesson will introduce students to algorithmic thinking through the use of a popular field in graph theory --- social networking. Specifically, by acting as nodes in a graph ...

Marina Silva: It's time to lead by example
  • Political science,
  • Event
Marina Silva: It's time to lead by example

Part of the MIT Political Science Distinguished Speaker Series

BLOSSOMS - The Respiratory System of Birds (Arabic)
  • BLOSSOMS,
  • Educational
BLOSSOMS - The Respiratory System of Birds (Arabic)

Teacher: Seham Tahir Musa Al-BohadjaSummary: This video aims to provide an illustrative lesson about the respiratory system in birds and howthe adaptations of that system over time have made it different than that of other living creatures,especially mammals.  ...

BLOSSOMS - Static and Kinetic Friction Forces: Similarities ...
  • BLOSSOMS,
  • Educational
BLOSSOMS - Static and Kinetic Friction Forces: Similarities and ...

This lesson is about the importance of friction in our lives. It discusses the meaning of friction as well as the different types of friction. The lesson attempts to downplay the misconception that many people have regarding friction’s hindrance to movement and ...

Research & Policy Design: Part IV
  • Global,
  • Event
Research & Policy Design: Part IV

Research and Policy Design: The First J-PAL Bihar Development Conference Session I: Improving Health Outcomes.  In Part IV, Neelima Khetan (CEO, Seva Mandir) takes the podium.

EurekaFest 2011 - Nate Ball, Why I Like Being an Inventor
  • Lemelson-MIT Program,
  • Event
EurekaFest 2011 - Nate Ball, Why I Like Being an Inventor

EurekaFest 2011Speaker: Nate Ball6/16/2011EurekaFest is a multi-day celebration designed to empower a legacy of inventors through activities that inspire youth, honor role models, and encourage creativity and problem solving. Presented by the Lemelson-MIT Program, the ...

Historical Perspectives on Climate Change: Scientific, ...
  • MIT Energy Initiative,
  • Event
Historical Perspectives on Climate Change: Scientific, Technological, and ...

Historical Perspectives on Climate Change: Scientific, Technological, and Social Dynamics Jim Fleming, Professor of Science, Technology, and Society, Colby College Tuesday, May 8 How have scientists gained awareness and understanding of phenomena that cover ...

Profile: Andrea Campbell
  • Political science,
  • Profile
Profile: Andrea Campbell

Andrea Campbell’s core research concerns resemble a list of hot-button political issues pulled straight from the 2012 presidential campaign: Social Security, Medicare, health insurance, taxation.

Research & Policy Design: Part III
  • Global,
  • Event
Research & Policy Design: Part III

Research and Policy Design: The First J-PAL Bihar Development ConferenceSession I: Improving Health Outcomes.  In Part III, Rachel Glennerster (Director, J-PAL Global) presents on "Improving Health Care Delivery and Demand: Lessons from Rajasthan."

MIT Sloan Africa Innovate - Cina Lawson - Keynote Address
  • MIT Sloan School of Management,
  • Event
MIT Sloan Africa Innovate - Cina Lawson - Keynote Address

MIT Sloan Africa Innovate Conference 2012Sharing Ideas, Sparking InnovationApril 14, 2012Keynote Address: Cina Lawson, Minister of Post and Telecommunications in Togo Cina Lawson is building on 12 years of experience as an emerging markets expert in the areas ...

Consciousness
  • MIT OpenCourseWare,
  • Educational
Consciousness

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