6.270 Autonomous Lego Robot Competition
6.270 Autonomous Lego Robot Competition
Welcome to the 2010 IAP 6.270 Autonomous Lego Robot competition. In teams of three, MIT students design and compete machines that are totally autonomous and free of human intervention. The robot must navigate its way around a playing surface, recognize other opponents, and manipulate game ...
A. Neil Pappalardo - Reflections on an MIT Education
A. Neil Pappalardo - Reflections on an MIT Education
A. Neil Pappalardo '64, an MIT alumnus with a long history of generosity to the Institute, offers his perspective on the values of an MIT education, and shares some life lessons for the students of MIT. Footage includes excerpts from the Infinite History project and a ...
A.M. Turing Award Winners Panel Discussion
A.M. Turing Award Winners Panel Discussion
MIT150 Symposium Computation and the Transformation of Practically Everything Symposium Chair Stephen A. Ward - Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, MIT Panel Fernando Corbato (1990) - Professor Emeritus, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer ...
Aaron Koblin
Aaron Koblin
While the 2010-11 Abramowitz Artist in Residence, infographics wizard Aaron Koblin gave a public lecture entitled "Crowds and Clouds: Data, Sheep, and Collaboration in the Works of Aaron Koblin" at the Ray and Maria Stata Center on Sept. 30, 2010. This video includes excerpts from that talk ...
Anish Kapoor Sculpture Unveiled
Anish Kapoor Sculpture Unveiled
With this time-lapse video, view the installation and unveiling of a precious addition to MIT's Public Art collection--a sculpture by internationally acclaimed artist Anish Kapoor. Located In the Ray and Maria Stata Center, the untitled stainless-steel Kapoor sculpture stands 16-feet tall and ...
Ashdown House: The Home Where Science and Technology Live
Ashdown House: The Home Where Science and Technology Live
In 2006, two MIT graduate students in the School of Architecture and Planning, Ben Wood and Luciana Pereira, produced a documentary called Ashdown House: The Home Where Science and Technology Live. The documentary shows the rich history of MIT's first graduate dorm ...
Automatically Programmed Tools (APT)--Science Reporter TV ...
Automatically Programmed Tools (APT)--Science Reporter TV Series (1959)
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 ...
Baker House Piano Drop (2010)
Baker House Piano Drop (2010)
Observing tradition and reducing stress, MIT students commemorate Drop Day--the final day students can drop a class--by pushing an upright (broken) piano off the roof of Baker House. Piano Drop has been held irregularly since the initial drop in 1972 but the annual tradition returned with ...
Business and Economics
Business and Economics
MIT150 Symposium Computation and the Transformation of Practically Everything Symposium Chair John V. Guttag - Dugald C. Jackson Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, MIT Speakers Andrew Lo - Harris & Harris Group Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management John Thain - Chairman ...
CBS Tomorrow episode: Thinking Machine (1961)
CBS Tomorrow episode: Thinking Machine (1961)
As part of the Tomorrow television series produced by CBS for MIT's Centennial in 1961, screen actor David Wayne previews the scientific future. View this video in its entirety at the From the Vault collection on TechTV.
Charles M. Vest Inauguration
Charles M. Vest Inauguration
On May 10, 1991, Charles M. Vest was inaugurated as the 15th president of MIT during a ceremony in Killian Court. President Vest served the Institute with distinction over the next 14 years, leading MIT through a period of significant change and growth. Chuck, as he was affectionately known ...
Charles M. Vest Inauguration (1991)
Charles M. Vest Inauguration (1991)
On May 10, 1991, Charles M. Vest was inaugurated as the 15th president of MIT during a ceremony in Killian Court. President Vest served the Institute with distinction over the next 14 years, leading MIT through a period of significant change and growth. Chuck, as he was affectionately known ...
Closing remarks
Closing remarks
MIT150 Symposium Earth, Air, Ocean and Space: The Future of Exploration Speaker Dava J. Newman SM '89 PhD '92 - Chair, MIT150 Exploration Symposium; Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Engineering Systems; Director, Technology and Policy Program, MIT
Closing remarks
Closing remarks
10 * Joshua B. Tenenbaum PhD '99, Paul E. Newton Career Development Professor of Cognitive Science and Computation, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT?; Principal Investigator, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (speaking on behalf of the symposium ...
Closing Remarks - Day 1
Closing Remarks - Day 1
MIT150 Symposium Computation and the Transformation of Practically Everything Symposium Speakers Eric Grimson - Chancellor, MIT
Closing Remarks - Day 2
Closing Remarks - Day 2
MIT150 Symposium Computation and the Transformation of Practically Everything Symposium Speakers Victor Zue - Director, CSAIL, Delta Electronics Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT John V. Guttag - Dugald C. Jackson Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, MIT
Common Threads: SHASS
Common Threads: The Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at MIT
Part of the "Common Threads" video, produced for the MIT 150th celebration, this clip features the vital role of humanities, arts, and social sciences at MIT.
Computing for Everyone
Computing for Everyone
MIT150 Symposium Computation and the Transformation of Practically Everything Symposium Chair John V. Guttag - Dugald C. Jackson Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, MIT Speakers Nicholas Negroponte - Founder and Chairman, One Laptop per Child Tim Berners-Lee - 3Com Founders ...
Consciousness and Intelligence
Consciousness and Intelligence
8 Moderator: Shimon Ullman PhD '77, Samy and Ruth Cohn Professor of Computer Science, Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, Weizmann Institute of Science * Ned Block '64, Silver Professor of Philosophy, Psychology, and Neural Science, Department of Philosophy, New York ...
Coretta Scott King Keynote Address at 20th Annual Martin ...
Coretta Scott King Keynote Address at 20th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. ...
Coretta Scott King gives the keynote address for the 20th annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration at MIT, held on February 11, 1994. Her remarks begin at 42:19. The day's theme is "The Movement for Economic and Social Justice: 1994 and Beyond." Mrs. King is ...