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Technology and society

Channel | updated March 04, 2013

What is the impact of technology on our everyday lives? Many research units at MIT are studying that, but in particular the Program in Science, Technology and Society, which conducts research at that meeting point, from the history of science and technology to anthropology, sociology, and literature. Scholars in STS ask “How do changes in science and technology affect what it means to be human?” and, conversely, “How do science and technology express human values?”

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2010 Baker House Piano Drop
  • Technology and society,
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2010 Baker House Piano Drop

Observing a 30-year tradition (with a few modifications), MIT Students commemorate Drop Day by pushing an upright piano off the roof of Baker House.

2013 Sloan Technology Conference - Afternoon Keynote
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2013 Sloan Technology Conference - Afternoon Keynote

Walt Doyle Recorded 2-23-13

2013 Sloan Technology Conference - Morning Keynote
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2013 Sloan Technology Conference - Morning Keynote

Peter Coffee Recorded 2-23-13

2013 Sloan Technology Conference - Panel 1
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2013 Sloan Technology Conference - Panel 1

Leveraging the Connected Consumer through Social Media

2013 Sloan Technology Conference - Panel 3
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2013 Sloan Technology Conference - Panel 3

Content Everywhere, the New Mantra of Television Viewers Recorded 2-23-13

2013 Sloan Technology Conference - Special Keynote
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2013 Sloan Technology Conference - Special Keynote

Charles Phillips Recorded 2-23-13

2013 Sloan Technology Conference - Welcome and Opening ...
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2013 Sloan Technology Conference - Welcome and Opening Remarks

This year's conference focused on the theme of "Democratizing Innovation."

A Creation Myth for the Computer Age
  • Electrical engineering and computer science,
  • Feature
A Creation Myth for the Computer Age

Historian of technology George Dyson discusses the remarkable story that inspired his latest book, Turing's Cathedral.Read more at: http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/39669/

A Personalized Trip to the Grocery Store
  • Technology and society,
  • Demonstration
A Personalized Trip to the Grocery Store

Technology Review IT editor Erica Naone visits a Stop & Shop in Braintree, Massachusetts, to test Modiv Media's new iPhone app. This lets consumers shop using a smart phone and serves up personalized offers when they do.

A Piece of Home
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  • Feature
A Piece of Home

Video by: Melissa Edoh Manufactured in Europe for West African markets since the 19th century, wax-print cloth has since become a key element of the West African cultural heritage. "A Piece of Home" offers a glimpse into this fabric and the meanings it holds across generations for four West ...

ALB006: The Quality of Water
  • Technology and society,
  • Feature
ALB006: The Quality of Water

Video by: Caterina Scaramelli Water in the Mystic Watershed runs through a rich urban fabric of densely populated towns, and picks up different pollutants on the way. Every month, at dawn, a group of "Citizen scientists", residents committed to the vision of a liveable Mystic, sample water ...

Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less ...
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Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other

Professor Sherry Turkle, founder and director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self, believes that the time is ripe for widespread rethinking of the way we interact through technology. An expert on mobile devices, social networking, and sociable robotics, she ...

An ECG for the iPhone
  • Health,
  • Demonstration
An ECG for the iPhone

Inventor David Albert's video of an iPhone hack proved a hit.

Bill Joy's Energy Quest
  • Sustainability,
  • Profile
Bill Joy's Energy Quest

The technologist turned venture capitalist describes his approach to investing in technologies that can avert climate change.

Blocks + Computing = A new kind of interface
  • Technology and society,
  • Demonstration
Blocks + Computing = A new kind of interface

Technology Review IT Editor Erica Naone demonstrates Sifteo's new gaming hardware--interactive blocks that sense their physical orientation and detect each other.

Clean Tech Investing in 2013 - MIT Club of Northern ...
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Clean Tech Investing in 2013 - MIT Club of Northern California

Please join us at Silicon Valley Bank for an outlook on new and exciting clean technology businesses from an industry-leading group of panelists. Our panel brings together individuals from DoE’s ARPA-E research commercialization arm, two leading venture ...

Communicating Climate Change
  • Technology and society,
  • Feature
Communicating Climate Change

Science, Advocacy, and Media. Panelists: Naomi Oreskes, Andrew Revkin, Kerry Emanuel, Kevin Conrad, Moderator: Boyce Rensberger, Thursday, April 10, 2008

Communicating Climate Change, Question and Answer
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Communicating Climate Change, Question and Answer

Q&A session, held on Thursday, April 10, 2008

Consumer-Driven Disruptions
  • Technology and society,
  • News
Consumer-Driven Disruptions

A look at some of the small-scale innovations that went on to upend entire industries.(Licensed under the Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0. Wikimedia images from: Infrogmation, Priwo, Grm wnr, Atreyu, Rajkumar1220, Ericd, Crazy Louco. Other images courtesy

Designing an Edible Forest Garden
  • Technology and society,
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Designing an Edible Forest Garden

Video by: Alice Lee Wellesley College students and faculty redefine what a garden is, by creating an "edible forest."

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