UP: The Umbrella Project @ MIT
UP: The Umbrella Project @ MIT
On May 19, 2013, 250 members of the MIT community gathered on Jack Barry Field with LED outfitted umbrellas as part of UP: The Umbrella Project.
The Pythagorean Theorem: Geometry's Most Elegant Theorem
The Pythagorean Theorem: Geometry's Most Elegant Theorem
This lesson teaches students about the history of the Pythagorean theorem, along with proofs and applications.
MIT's Student Loan Art Program
MIT's Student Loan Art Program
Through this popular annual loan program, individual students and student groups may borrow original works of art from the collection for their private rooms and communal spaces.
Don't Be a Zombie Organization
Don't Be a Zombie Organization
Steven Spear, senior lecturer at MIT Sloan School of Management, discusses how organizations can display either zombie or agile hero qualities.
Richard M. Locke
Richard M. Locke
Richard M. Locke is deputy dean at the MIT Sloan School of Management and head of the MIT Department of Political Science
MIT's automated 'coach' helps with social interactions
MIT's automated 'coach' helps with social interactions
Social phobias affect about 15 million adults in the United States, according to the National Institute of Mental Health, and surveys show that public speaking is high on the list of such phobias. For some people, these fears of social situations can be especially ...
MIT Sloan Master of Finance Convocation 2013
MIT Sloan Master of Finance Convocation 2013
Recorded on June 6, 2013
Bicycle trick riding, no. 2 / Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
Bicycle trick riding, no. 2 / Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
Bicycle trick riding, no. 2 / Thomas A. Edison, Inc. CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1899. SUMMARY Opens with a man riding a bicycle in a backwards circle, on a stage with a painted backdrop of a city street. He dismounts, then remounts the ...
Herald Square / Thomas A. Edison, Inc. ; producer, James ...
Herald Square / Thomas A. Edison, Inc. ; producer, James White. (1896)
CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., [1896] SUMMARY From Maguire & Baucus catalogue: Showing "Herald" building, street and elevated railroad. NOTES Copyright: no reg. Camera, William Heise. Duration: 0:11 at 24 fps. MAVIS 214311. Filmed May 11, ...
Passaic Falls / Thomas A. Edison, Inc. ; producer, James ...
Passaic Falls / Thomas A. Edison, Inc. ; producer, James White.
OTHER TITLES Title in Maguire & Baucus catalogue: Paterson Falls CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., [1896] SUMMARY From Maguire & Baucus catalogue: A beautiful picture of the falls of the Passaic River, near Paterson, N.J. NOTES Copyright: no ...
Bird's-eye view of San Francisco, Cal., from a balloon / ...
Bird's-eye view of San Francisco, Cal., from a balloon / Thomas A. Edison, ...
CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1902. SUMMARY As early as 1874, passenger balloon flights were being made over San Francisco. San Franciscans - and Americans in general - were fascinated with the thrills and dangers of flight. Although ...
How to Create a B2B Content Marketing Strategy
How to Create a B2B Content Marketing Strategy
Sharmila C. Chatterjee, senior lecturer in marketing at the MIT Sloan School of Management, explains how to create a smart content marketing strategy.
Predicting the popularity of tweets
Predicting the popularity of tweets
Tauhid Zaman, assistant professor of operations management at the MIT Sloan School of Management, explains how to predict the popularity of a Twitter post.
2013 McGovern Institute Symposium: Krishna Shenoy
2013 McGovern Institute Symposium: Krishna Shenoy
The annual McGovern Institute symposium took place on May 8, 2013 and featured nine talks on the subject of motor control and the motor cortex. In this video, Krishna Shenoy of Stanford University presents his talk, entitled "Motor cortical control and prostheses: a ...
2013 McGovern Institute Symposium: Bob Wurtz
2013 McGovern Institute Symposium: Bob Wurtz
The annual McGovern Institute symposium took place on May 8, 2013 and featured nine talks on the subject of motor control and the motor cortex. In this video, Bob Wurtz of the NIH presents his talk, entitled "Adding corollary discharge to motor computations for action ...
Tamar Flash: 2013 McGovern Institute Symposium
Tamar Flash: 2013 McGovern Institute Symposium
The annual McGovern Institute symposium took place on May 8, 2013 and featured nine talks on the subject of motor control and the motor cortex. In this video, Tamar Flash of the Weizmann Institute presents her talk, entitled "Geometry, time and compositionality in ...
2013 McGovern Institute Symposium: Larry Abbott
2013 McGovern Institute Symposium: Larry Abbott
The annual McGovern Institute symposium took place on May 8, 2013 and featured nine talks on the subject of motor control and the motor cortex. In this video, Larry Abbott of Columbia University presents his talk, entitled "Network Models of Motor Cortex."
2013 McGovern Institute Symposium: Moshe Abeles
2013 McGovern Institute Symposium: Moshe Abeles
The annual McGovern Institute symposium took place on May 8, 2013 and featured nine talks on the subject of motor control and the motor cortex. In this video, Moshe Abeles of Bar-Ilan University presents his talk, entitled "Detecting the dynamics of binding amongst ...