Established in 1992, the MIT Edgerton Center continues the mens et manus (mind and hand) legacy of beloved Institute Professor Harold (Doc) Edgerton, who believed that learning by doing was integral to an MIT education. Learn more
This summer, a few dozen Boston-area high school students chose to spend their mornings toiling away with a variety of materials to create working marvels of engineering. Learn more: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2011/video-edgerton-workshop-0805.
See what formations milk takes on when it is dropped in coffee, milk and on a red plate in this slow motion film by Doc Edgerton.
See some footage of the 1950 erutpion of Mauna Loa on Hawaii's big island in this film by Doc Edgerton.
A great group of kids visited the Edgerton Center and were able to build and program a nice variety of moving "machines". Using the MIT Media Lab's blue dot crickets and LogoBlocks software, these kids created a mosquito that can sense a table's edge in time to ...
LEGO® Animations of Cell Division! The LEGO® Chromosome Set can be used to illustrate the two kinds of cell division: mitosis and meiosis. The key concept here is that mitosis produces identical cells while meiosis does not. The LEGO® fish in the set has three ...
LEGO® Animations of Cell Division! The LEGO® Chromosome Set can be used to illustrate the two kinds of cell division: mitosis and meiosis. The key concept here is that mitosis produces identical cells while meiosis does not. The LEGO® fish in the set has three ...
LEGO® Animations of Cell Division! The LEGO® Chromosome Set can be used to illustrate the two kinds of cell division: mitosis and meiosis. The key concept here is that mitosis produces identical cells while meiosis does not. The LEGO® fish in the set has three ...
LEGO® Animations of Cell Division! The LEGO® Chromosome Set can be used to illustrate the two kinds of cell division: mitosis and meiosis. The key concept here is that mitosis produces identical cells while meiosis does not. The LEGO® fish in the set has three ...
Jacques-Yves Cousteau testing Harold 'Doc' Edgerton's underwater camera and flash in the MIT Pool, 1952.
Gearing up for scuba-diving survey on their second collaborative Mediterranean research expedition, accompanied by Cousteau's young son Philippe and Edgerton's eldest son Bill.
See how the wings move on insects with two pairs of wings behaving as one in this slow motion film by Doc Edgerton.
See what how the wings move on insects with a single pair of wings in this film by Doc Edgerton.
Watch as an icrebreaker ship tries to plow its way up the Charles River during winter in this video by Doc Edgerton.
Watch a hummingbird fly in slow motion with the occasional visit from a bee in this film by Doc Edgerton.
Watch this film by Doc Edgerton showing how a high-speed camera works.
Envisioning the impact of emerging technologies on everyday life.
Spotlight channel
120 videos
Updated May. 15, 2013
MITEI is an Institute-wide initiative designed to help transform the global energy system.
Spotlight channel
90 videos
Updated Apr. 22, 2013
Bringing scientists and engineers together to fight cancer.
Spotlight channel
190 videos
Updated Apr. 1, 2013
