Over the course of the spring semester 2011, MIT celebrated its 150th anniversary with a remarkable cascade of symposia, performances, exhibitions, and landmark events. The events were focused on being "distinctively MIT." Videos from the 150-day-long celebration include historical retrospectives and broadcasts of MIT150 events.
In 1963, Vannevar Bush PhD '16 was interviewed at his Belmont home for the MIT/WGBH television program Science Reporter and asked to reflect on the weapon he helped create, the atomic bomb. Bush, an inventor, engineer, and former professor and dean of the School of ...
The Eye of a Robot shows some of the early artificial intelligence (AI) research that took place during the 1950s at MIT. This video shows experimental computer programs extracting line drawings from pictures. These basic investigations eventually led to the founding ...
In the 1950s, a new system for the computerization of numerical control was developed at the MIT Electronic Systems Laboratory, called Automatically Programmed Tools or APT. In this 1959 MIT Science Reporter television program, researchers John Francis Reintjes and ...
Excerpted from the MIT150 Documentary "Conquering Cancer... Together," this video highlights the work of the David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research. The Koch Institute dedication ceremony took place on March 4, 2011. View the entire documentary at the ...
Harold "Doc" Edgerton delivers one of his ever popular lectures about his life's work, in his talk titled "The History of the Strobe" delivered in Room 34-101 for the Electrical Engineering and Computer History Lecture Series. November 27, 1984. [T28100]
MIT biomech Professor Robert W. Mann introduces several reports on ongoing research being conducted at the Harvard University and MIT Rehabilitation Engineering Center. Research themes cover (1) the quantification of mobility performance for functional assessment, ...
Champion of women's rights, Katharine D. McCormick '04 donated a women's dormitory, named after her husband Stanley A. McCormick, that changed MIT. The generous act ushered in a new era at MIT and signaled the Institute's commitment to the professional development of women. Constructed in two ...
The 50th anniversary celebration for arts and humanities programs at MIT featured several symposia and a medal ceremony held on Oct. 6-7, 2000.
In 1996, while a guest speaker for the CAES ILP Distinguished Lecture Series, MIT Institute Professor Mildred S. Dresselhaus gave a talk titled "New Frontiers in Carbon Research--A Discussion of Recent Discoveries." In this excerpt, Dresselhaus uses a soccer ball as a ...
MIT 150 celebrated past innovation and achievement, while acting as a catalyst for the next generation. In this spirit, IceWall, part of the Festival of Art, Science and Technology, plants a new future, even as its own seemingly fades away.
MIT is known for breaking down barriers. Its scientists and engineers grapple with big problems and big ideas, leading to an extraordinary amount of innovative research across disciplines. Excerpted from the 16-minute documentary Outside the Box: Crossing Disciplines ...
A panel discussion by MIT's own historians about how the Institute has reflected and shaped the history of science and technology in America, from the antebellum period through the Cold War and into the 21st century. Moderated by David Mindell, chair of the MIT150 Steering Committee and head ...
MIT's Technology Day 1999 focused on the theme "The Human Body: Emerging Medical Science and Technology." The event, which took place on June 5, featured the following speakers and talks: Robert A. Weinberg '64, "How Cancer Begins;" Martha Constantine-Paton, "What is ...
From 1993 to 1997, MIT Institute Professor Sheila Widnall served as United States Secretary of the Air Force, making her the first female Secretary of the Air Force and first woman to lead an entire branch of the US military in the Department of Defense. No small feat and her other ...
MIT's 1993 Technology Day, on the theme "Riding the Wave of Innovation: The Ocean and MIT," takes place on June 4, 1993. Speakers featured in the morning symposium include Sylvia Earle, "Exploring the Ocean with Unmanned Vehicles;" Robert Spindel, "Measuring the Ocean ...
The 2001 MIT Technology Day takse place on June 9, 2001, on the theme "Origins and Beyond: Our Place in the Cosmos." Featured speakers include Eric S. Lander, "The Human Genome and Beyond;" Claude R. Canizares, "The Origin of the Universe;" Maria T. Zuber, "Probing ...
MIT's 1995 Technology Day takes place on June 16, 1995 on the theme "War, Technology, Peace and Change." A fly-by of six vintage World War II airplanes led by a B-25, intended as a tribute to the sacrifices of MIT community members in wartime service, concludes the ...
MIT's 1997 Technology Day takes place on June 7, 1997 on the theme "Technology At Play: The World of Sports, Games and Toys." Speakers include Stephen C. Jacobsen ME '73, "On the Design and Manufacture of Some Interesting Machines;" Seymour A. Papert, "A New Look at ...
MIT's 1998 Technology Day takes place on June 6, 1998 on the theme "Creating Wealth: Knowledge, Skills, Capital, Resources." Featured speakers include Tony K. Tan PH '64, "Creating Wealth: A National Perspective;" Judith C. Lewent GM '72, "Building National Wealth ...
MIT's Technology Day 1994 titled "For the the Wonder of it All: the Arts at MIT" takes place on June 3, 1994, and features the following presentations: Philip Morrison on "Art and Science;" I. M. Pei '40 and William Mitchell on "I. M. Pei Recent Work;" Richard Polich ...
