Soap Box: The Political Life of Cheese

Tue, 14 May 2013 17:30:52 GMT

Heather Paxson, an associate professor in MIT's Anthropology Program, studies the people and culture behind the renaissance of artisanal cheese making in the United States.

TalkBack 360: Science on Trial

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:30:47 GMT

 Rebuilding Credibility in the Face of Natural Disaster :

After the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake struck the Italian region of Abruzzo, killing more than 300 people, six seismologists were convicted of manslaughter. Nearly three years later, the city is still rebuilding. In this event on March 20, 2013, representatives from the city's reconstruction team met with MIT experts on geology, architecture and dispute resolution.

MIT News at Noon with Neil Gershenfeld and Ara Knaian

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 15:30:09 GMT

The researchers discussed their robot, the Milli-Motein, which is not only one of the world's smallest robots, but if can also reconfigure itself in a matter of seconds

MIT News at Noon with Missy Cummings

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:30:13 GMT

Aeronautics and astronautics professor discusses how boredom plays a major role in a drone-operators ability to do their job.

MIT News at Noon: Devavrat Shah on Twitter trends

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 15:30:13 GMT

Shah discussed how he uses his machine-learning algorithm to predict trends hours in advance of recognition by Twitter.

"Development of the Hudson 9 Slide Rule" - MIT Museum

Sat, 14 Jul 2012 07:03:49 GMT

Excerpt from an interview with Frank Adorney about U.S. Naval Academy professor James R. "Pop" Bland and the invention of a new slide rule, the Hudson 8 and the Hudson 9, prototypes of the Keuffel & Esser Deci-Lon, the last major slide rule introduced by K&E. Adorney, who constructed the prototypes, gave his collection and original notes to the MIT Museum. These rules are now on display as part the the museum's ongoing exhibition, Most Important Instrument: Slide Rules and the Making of the Modern World.

This interview was conducted by MIT Museum curator Deborah Douglas on January, 25, 2012.

"Pop Bland and the Hudson 8/9 Slide Rule" - MIT Museum

Sat, 14 Jul 2012 07:03:49 GMT

This interview was conducted by MIT Museum curator Deborah Douglas on January, 25, 2012.

"Pop Bland wrote the book...literally" - MIT Museum

Sat, 14 Jul 2012 07:03:49 GMT

This interview was conducted by MIT Museum curator Deborah Douglas on January, 25, 2012.

History of the Hudson 8/9 Slide Rule - MIT Museum

Sat, 14 Jul 2012 07:03:49 GMT

Full interview with Frank Adorney about the conception, development and fabrication of the Hudson 8 and Hudson 9 slide rule. This rule, invented by James R. "Pop" Bland, a mathematics professor at the U.S. Naval Academy, was the prototype for the famous Keuffel & Esser Deci-Lon slide rule. Bland asked his former student Frank Adorney for help fabricating the initial mock-ups and working prototypes of his new rule.

This interview was conducted by Deborah Douglas, curator of science and technology at the MIT Museum on January 25, 2012 at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. It provides extensive background about the rules which are now part of the MIT Museum's collection.

Cambridge Science Festival - What's Your Question? - Rivers of Ice

Thu, 31 May 2012 17:30:11 GMT

From the high Himalayas to the poles, the world’s glaciers are melting. What does this mean for your community and our shared Earth? David Breashears presents his stunning new images of the Himalayan glaciers to mark the MIT Museum’s opening of its special exhibition by GlacierWorks: Rivers of Ice: Vanishing Glaciers of the Greater Himalaya.

Along with David Breashears, the symposium brings together scientists and community members to debate your questions about our climate, environment, water supply and much more.

Speakers:
Graham Cogley, Professor of Geography, Trent University
Orville Schell, Arthur Ross Director, Center on U.S.-China Relations, Asia Society
Susan Solomon, Professor, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Ellen Swallow Richards Chair, MIT
James Wescoat, Aga Khan Professor, Department of Architecture, MIT
Moderated by: Marco Werman, host of PRI's The World

Part of the Cambridge Science Festival: http://www.cambridgesciencefestival.org/2012Festival/2012ScheduleofEvents/RiversofIce.aspx

Visualizing Science: Through The Lens

Tue, 29 May 2012 17:30:10 GMT

Discussion with panelists: Caroline Jones, Felice Frankel, Christopher Turner. Recorded on 5/22/12.

Clearly Impossible - at the MIT Museum

Mon, 14 May 2012 20:30:12 GMT

A video of Clearly Impossible, an installation by Zhe Huang and Yao Zhang. The installation was originally part of a larger exhibition at the MIT Museum called Ways of Seeing. It will be up at the museum until May 25, 2012. Sponsored by Florcraft, Clearly Impossible is a MIT Museum Studio project.

Read more: http://web.mit.edu/museum/exhibitions/studio/ways-of-seeing/index.html

Eugene McDermott Science Festival Panel

Tue, 01 May 2012 17:30:09 GMT

Panel Discussion: The Science of Illusion
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Produced in partnership with the Cambridge Science Festival

Can you imagine the science behind an invisibility cloak? What about a hovering hologram? The Science of Illusion pushes beyond the boundaries of the real and provides insights into how magical thinking drives technological innovation and the human imagination.

Multidisciplinary media and performance artist Robert Lepage, recipient of the 2012 Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MIT, has spent his distinguished career exploring technology that enhances storytelling and stagecraft, circus performance and architectural illuminations, filmmaking, urban projections, and more. Join him along with a group of MIT researchers for an evening of discussion and demonstrations about the art and science of illusion.

Panel: MIT Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts recipient Robert Lepage; Professor George Barbastathis, Singapore Research Professor of Optics and Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Assistant Professor Graham Jones, MIT Anthropology; Seth Riskin, Manager, Emerging Technologies and Holography/Spatial Imaging Initiative at the MIT Museum; and moderator, John Durant, Director of the MIT Museum and Adjunct Professor in the Science, Technology and Society Program.

MIT Museum Talkback 360 - Visualizing Science: The Changing Arctic Ice

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 07:03:20 GMT

April 17, 2012

Visualizing Science: The Changing Arctic Ice

Explore the Arctic ice cap with photographer Chris Linder, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution scientist John Toole, and MIT oceanographer Patrick Heimbach. See stunning images from the pole, explore the latest data from deep beneath the cap’s surface, and find out how such information can be used to forecast global environmental change.

MIT Museum Talkback 360 - Visualizing Science: All In Your Head

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:30:07 GMT

How do humans recognize and remember images? Can these processes be artificially created? Join MIT professors Aude Oliva, James Di Carlo, and Antonio Torralba in a conversation about the intersection of vision and cognition in humans and machines.

The Paradiso Synthesizer

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:19:34 GMT

MIT Media Lab associate professor Joe Paradiso's homemade analog synthesizer, probably the world's largest, is on display at the MIT Museum and streaming online.

Life in the Universe: Finding Intelligence

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:44:17 GMT

Recorded on 11/29/11

Friday After Thanksgiving Chain Reaction 2011

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:49:13 GMT

Recorded on 11/25/11

Life in the Universe: Why Mars Matters

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:26:33 GMT

Technology 1934

Fri, 21 Jan 2011 12:46:28 GMT

A silent film produced by MIT in 1934 to introduce viewers to the Institute.

Lunch with a Laureate: Richard Schrock

Fri, 30 Apr 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Growing up in Indiana, exploring the local woods and pit where fossils were found, Richard Schrock early on became interested in the natural world.

The Subminiature Vacuum Tube: The Cycle of Technology

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 19:48:26 GMT

A short documentary of the history of the subminiature vacuum tube. This 16 minute film was produced by the MIT Museum with funding from Raytheon in 1986 for the MIT Industrial Liaison Program. The producer and director was Seichi Tsutsumi of the MIT Industrial Liaison Program. The film may be freely used provided credit to the MIT Museum is supplied.

Environmental Health Sciences: Bridging the Gap Between Genetics and Environment

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:10:43 GMT

Researchers at MIT's Center for Environmental Health Sciences probe the relationship between genetics and environment in the development of illnesses such as lung cancer. A video produced by AMPS/MIT Libraries for the MIT Museum's classroom/exhibit, "Learning Lab: The Cell."

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