From Robots to Pageantry
Student profile: Jaqueline Durazo
Jacqueline Durazo, a mechanical engineering major, discusses her work building robots and participating in pageants.
How 3D Glasses Work
How 3D Glasses Work
Ever wonder how a pair of glasses can make a movie come to life? Find out about polarization and how this can make a 2D image become 3D.
2013 Institute Diversity Summit - Keynote Address: The ...
2013 Institute Diversity Summit - Keynote Address: The Impostor Syndrome
MIT’s third annual Diversity Summit addressed the complexities of meritocracy on Jan. 30, 2013.
Open House: An introduction to HTC
Open House: An introduction to HTC
History, Theory and Criticism Program of Architecture and Art.
Valentine's Day gifts: Are you giving knockoffs or the real ...
Valentine's Day gifts: Are you giving knockoffs or the real deal?
Renée Richardson Gosline, assistant professor in the Sloan School of Management, discusses Valentine's Day gifts and how gift giving can be fraught with anxiety, especially if you decide to give a luxury item.
New Year's Resolutions: Have You Kept Yours?
New Year's Resolutions: Have You Kept Yours?
Joshua Ackerman, an assistant professor in the MIT Sloan School of Management, discusses New Year's resolutions and how many of them are prone to failure because they are lifestyle changes and not actual goals.
Under Pressure
Under Pressure
In this video we replicate Pascal's famous experiment that showed atmospheric pressure was due to the column of the weight of the air above.
The Center for Advanced Urbanism
The Center for Advanced Urbanism
The CAU is committed to fostering a rigorous design culture for the large scale
Imaging Zebrafish at MIT
Imaging Zebrafish at MIT
MIT researchers have invented a new imaging system that allowed them to create this three-dimensional rendering of the cartilage that forms the skull of a five-day-old zebrafish larva.
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Panel Discussion
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Panel Discussion
A look at the innovation economy and its key drivers.
Global Teaching Labs Reflections
Global Teaching Labs Reflections
A student reflects about teaching science and math to German high school students, and living with a German host family during IAP.
Welcome Remarks: MIT and the Digital Economy
Welcome Remarks: MIT and the Digital Economy
This conference highlighted MIT’s role in both understanding and shaping the digital economy.
What is Soap?
What is Soap?
Why does soap work to get the grease and dirt off of dirty pans and other things when water alone can't do the job?
The Laboratory for Chocolate Science
Chock full of fun: The Laboratory for Chocolate Science
Founded in 2003, the MIT Laboratory for Chocolate Science is a student club dedicated to the appreciation of chocolate in all its myriad forms.
6.270 Autonomous Robotics Competition 2013
6.270 Autonomous Robotics Competition 2013
A recording of the webcast of the competition, which took place on Jan. 30, 2013.
Chisholm, Langer receive nation’s highest honors for ...
Chisholm, Langer receive nation’s highest honors for scientists and ...
President Obama recognized the 2011 National Medal of Science and National Medal of Technology and Innovation recipients at a White House ceremony on Feb. 1, 2013.
Revealing invisible changes in the world
Revealing invisible changes in the world
A CSAIL team — graduate students Michael Rubinstein and Neal Wadhwa, alumni Eugene Shih SM '01, PhD '10 and Hao-Yu Wu MNG '12, associate professor Frédo Durand, and professors William T. Freeman and John Guttag — earned honorable mention for this video at the 10th annual ...
Staying afloat in a cardboard boat
Staying afloat: the annual Cardboard Boat Regatta
In the annual Head of the Zesiger, students design and then race boats constructed solely out of cardboard, paint and tape.
Manufacturing Processes: Hands On to Hands Off
Manufacturing Processes: Hands On to Hands Off
From manual to semi-automatic to fully automatic, watch what methods you can use for some simple manufacturing tasks such as cutting and drilling.
The Invention of Optical Coherence Tomography
The Invention of Optical Coherence Tomography
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) uses light to enable real-time visualization of tissue microstructure and pathology.