Why Bad Things Happen to Good Technologies
Why Bad Things Happen to Good Technologies
01/30/2008 9:00 AM 32"123John Sterman, PhD '82, Forrester Professor of Management and Engineering Systems, and; Director, System Dynamics Group, MIT Description: John Sterman pokes holes through some popular proposals for addressing climate change, with sobering case ...
Where the Wired Things Are: A Day in the Life of a Modern ...
Where the Wired Things Are: A Day in the Life of a Modern Family
04/28/2011 11:30 AM Vanessa Van Petten, Youthologist and AuthorDescription: Vanessa Van Petten bears witness to a strange new future rapidly becoming reality: devices and apps available for every aspect of family life. Her Radical Parenting website draws on the ...
Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Why Chemomechanical Design ...
Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Why Chemomechanical Design of Materials ...
03/30/2010 4:00 PM 3"270Krystyn Van Vliet, Ph.D. '02, Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science and EngineeringDescription: Our conversations on sustainable transportation typically begin with a review of vehicle efficiencies, and end with the ...
Where Morals Come From (And Why it Matters)
Where Morals Come From (And Why it Matters)
09/20/2007 5:30 PM Wong AuditoriumBeatriz Luna, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Dept. of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh; John Mikhail, Associate Professor, Law Center and Philosophy Department, Georgetown University; Patrick Byrne, ...
When to Seed, When to Harvest: The Four Quads of ...
When to Seed, When to Harvest: The Four Quads of Innovation, Growth
02/20/2002, 4:00 PM, Wong Auditorium Michael L. Eskew Under Michael Eskew's direction, UPS is expanding its emphasis on developing new lines of business that complement the company's core package operations. Driving this initiative, he oversees efforts to integrate ...
When I'm 64: Discounting, Time Preference, and Personal ...
When I'm 64: Discounting, Time Preference, and Personal Identity
06/09/2007 9:00 AM Shane Frederick, Sarofim Family Career Development Professor, and Associate Professor of Management Science, MIT Sloan School of ManagementDescription: Neither philosophers nor economists can satisfactorily explain some quirky aspects of ...
Whats all the matter? Atoms and Molecules
Whats all the matter? Atoms and Molecules
Atoms, elements and molecules. Understanding the building blocks of matter.
What's So Natural About Natural Disasters?
What's So Natural About Natural Disasters?
11/15/2005 5:00 PM Kirsch 32-123Rosalind H. Williams, HM, Bern Dibner Professor of the History of Science and Technology; David A. Mindell, PhD '96, Frances and David Dibner Associate Professor of the History of Engineering and Manufacturing; ; David S. Jones, ...
What's New at the Media Lab?
What's New at the Media Lab?
03/01/2007 5:00 PM 3"270Henry Jenkins, Provost's Professor of Communication, Journalism, and Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California; ; Frank Moss, Director, MIT Media Lab; Professor of the Practice of Media Arts and Sciences; Jerome B. Wiesner Professorship of Media ...
What is MISTI like?
What is MISTI like? Students discuss their 2012 experiences
Students discuss their experiences with the MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI).
What is Cold?
What is Cold?
MIT-Harvard Center for Ultra-Cold Atoms Kids Day 2012, 2/3: Local youth visit the Harvard-MIT Center for Ultra-Cold Atoms for demos, lab tours, and talks as part of the Cambridge Science Festival. Researchers demonstrate key ideas behind heat anhd cold using liquid nitrogen, balloons, ...
What is Civic Media?
What is Civic Media?
09/20/2007 5:00 PM Bartos TheaterChris Csikszentmihalyi, Director, Center for Future Civic Media; Research Scientist; Henry Jenkins, Provost's Professor of Communication, Journalism, and Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California; ; Beth Noveck, Professor of Law, New York Law ...
What Harm Does Pathological Synchronization in Parkinson's ...
What Harm Does Pathological Synchronization in Parkinson's Disease Do?
05/07/2009 11:15 AM 46"3002Peter Brown, Institute of Neurology, LondonDescription: Like tuning in a station on the FM band of a radio, neuroscientists can detect the particular frequencies of our brains in action. And just as on the radio, a little noise and static is ...
What Does Re-Engineering Mean for Real Estate?
What Does Re-Engineering Mean for Real Estate?
10/01/2010 2:00 PM e14"633Dr. Ray Torto, Global Chief Economist, CBRE; ; Joseph Azrack, Managing Director, Apollo Commercial Real Estate; Brad Case, Vice President " Research & Industry Information, NAREIT; Tom Garbutt, Managing Director, TIAA"CREF Global Real Estate; ...
What Do Computer Scientists Do?
What Do Computer Scientists Do?
This section contains a lecture video and the associated slides.
What Can We Learn From Related Industries?
What Can We Learn From Related Industries?
08/12/2004 3:15PM Wong AuditoriumScott Sarazen, Senior Vice President, Life Sciences, MassDevelopment; Andrew Parece, Vice President, Analysis Group/Economics Analysis Group, Inc; Tamsin S. Randlett, Senior Director, Government Affairs, Gap Inc. ; Stephen M. Sammut, ...
What (if Anything) Should Be Done About Improving the ...
What (if Anything) Should Be Done About Improving the System of Electing a ...
10/17/2008 11:00 AM Bartos theaterArnold Barnett, PhD '73, George Eastman Professor of Management Science, MIT Sloan; Dr. Alexander S. Belenky, Visiting Scholar, MIT Center for Engineering Systems Fundamentals; David C. King, Lecturer in Public Policy, JFKennedy ...
What (if Anything) Should Be Done About Improving the ...
What (if Anything) Should Be Done About Improving the System of Electing a ...
10/17/2008 9:15 AM Bartos theaterAkhil Amar, Professor of Law at Yale Law School; Vikram Amar, Professor of Law UC Davis Law School; Robert Bennett, Nathaniel L. Nathanson Professor of Law, Northwestern Law; Alexander Keyssar, Professor of History and Social Policy, ...