2.97 Egg Drop during IAP 2008
2.97 Egg Drop during IAP 2008
The default Flash version of the video downloads fast, but is low quality. Download the QuickTime (.mov) file for best quality. 2.97 "Design-a-palooza" was offered for the first time during IAP 2008. The class encouraged students to develop their own design processes through several design ...
Phil Freelon discusses "REACH"
An interview with Phil Freelon about "REACH"
An interview with Phil Freelon about his firm's exhibit "REACH," showing in the Wolk Gallery from Feb. 15 to June 8, 2012
Building 20: Retired in 1998
Building 20: Retired in 1998
MIT's Building 20 was called "The Magical Incubator" for its use to create some historical inventions at MIT, such as RADAR.
Challenges in Nation Building
Challenges in Nation Building
09/29/2009 2:30 PM 10"250President José Ramos"Horta, President, East Timor, 1996 Nobel Peace Prize LaureateDescription: At times humorous and defiant, JoséRamos"Horta describes nurturing the 21st century's first sovereign state through its formative years. The journey of East ...
Cheap, Efficient Solar
Cheap, Efficient Solar
Harry Atwater, the founder of a new startup called Alta Devices, outlines his plans to make solar affordable.
Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities for Business ...
Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities for Business and Society
09/19/2008 9:00 AM KresgeDavid Schmittlein, John C Head III, Dean, MIT Sloan School of Managment; Richard M. Locke, PhD '89, Alvin J. Siteman Professor of Entrepreneurship and Political Science; John Sterman, PhD '82, Forrester Professor of Management and Engineering ...
Energy Efficiency Technologies Panel
Energy Efficiency Technologies Panel
Highlights of technologies and approaches to to building energy efficiency featuring: John Sterman, Jay W. Forrester Professor of Management and Engineering Systems Director, System Dynamics Group Nicholas Gayeski, Building Technology Program Walt Henry, Department of Facilities Harvey ...
Innovation Through Design Thinking
Innovation Through Design Thinking
03/16/2006 12:00 PM WongTimothy Brown, CEO, IDEODescription: Not so long ago, Tim Brown recounts, designers belonged to a "priesthood." Given an assignment, a designer would disappear into a back room, "bring the result out under a black sheet and present it to the client." Brown and his ...
Leveraging Science, Developing Innovation: The MIT Center ...
Leveraging Science, Developing Innovation: The MIT Center for Real Estate
The MIT Center for Real Estate celebrates its 25th anniversary.
Liberty by Design
Liberty by Design
Alan Davidson returns to the questions of the impact of public policy on the way technology is evolving in the Internet space.
Luminescent Solar Concentrators Explained
Luminescent Solar Concentrators Explained
05/19/2009 6:00 PM MuseumMarc Baldo, Esther and Harold E. Edgerton Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceDescription: Researchers are well along in designing a highly efficient, inexpensive solar cell, ...
Windows as solar concentrators?
Mark Baldo discusses MIT's solar concentrator
Imagine windows that not only provide a clear view and illuminate rooms, but also use sunlight to efficiently help power the building they are part of. MIT engineers report a new approach to harnessing the sun's energy that could allow just that. Full storyVideo/MIT ...
MARK WEST: Heavy Light - Finding Biomimetic Construction
MARK WEST: Heavy Light - Finding Biomimetic Construction
Feb 9, 2012Concrete has been formed in rigid molds since its invention in Ancient Rome. Very recently however, the possibility of a new architectural and structural language has emerged based on the use of flexible fabric formworks that are shaped by an internal ...
MechE Building 35 Lab
MechE Building 35 Lab
A video tour of the Building 35 Lab, which is used for manufacturing in MechE coursework and research.
How Can We Plan for Safe and Sustainable Regions?
New Orleans: How Can We Plan for Safe and Sustainable Regions?
As various plans emerge for the recovery of New Orleans, these panelists offer some pointed lessons in flood prevention and reconstruction, from overseas, from our own history, and from other parts of the U.S. Moderated by Andrew J. Whittle, ScD '87, Professor, ...
Re-Engineering Buildings: Innovations in Building Technology
Re-Engineering Buildings: Innovations in Building Technology
10/01/2010 11:00 AM e14"633Tony Ciochetti, Chairman, MIT Center for Real Estate; John Ochsendorf, Associate Professor, Department of Architecture; Alex (Sandy) Pentland, PhD '82, Toshiba Professor of Media Arts and Sciences, and Director of Human Dynamics Research, ...