Series and Parallel Circuits: A Water Analogy
Series and Parallel Circuits: A Water Analogy
Understanding electrical circuits using a water analogy.
Self-oscillating gels
Self-oscillating gels
Self-oscillating gels are materials that continuously change back and forth between different states — such as color or size — without provocation from external stimuli. These changes are caused by the Belousov-Zhabotinsky chemical reaction, which was discovered during the 1950s. Without ...
Seeding Innovation: The MIT Media Lab at Aspen Ideas ...
Seeding Innovation: The MIT Media Lab at Aspen Ideas Festival
Media Lab students and Director Joi Ito provide an overview of the uniqueness, impact, and magic that goes into Media Lab research, as part of the Lab's participation in the Aspen Ideas Festival 2012.
School of Engineering Special Lecture: Sal Khan
School of Engineering Special Lecture: Sal Khan
Sal Khan gives advice about making educational videos.
Satra Ghosh: Social Engineer
Satra Ghosh: Social Engineer
Satra Ghosh is a research scientist in John Gabrieli's lab at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT. In this video, Satra talks about his research on mild traumatic brain injury in U.S. soldiers. [Stock footage/music: U.S. Department of Defense, Satra Ghosh, shockwave-sound.com]
Sara Ferry : Finding a sustainable energy source
Sara Ferry : Finding a sustainable energy source
“So what exactly could you do with a bachelor’s degree from NSE?” Read more at the Nuclear Science & Engineering website.
Robert C. Merton on the Master of Finance Program
Robert C. Merton on the Master of Finance Program
Robert C. Merton, School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance, talks about the value of the Master of Finance degree. For more information: http://mitsloan.mit.edu/mfin/
Revealing invisible changes in the world
Revealing invisible changes in the world
A CSAIL team — graduate students Michael Rubinstein and Neal Wadhwa, alumni Eugene Shih SM '01, PhD '10 and Hao-Yu Wu MNG '12, associate professor Frédo Durand, and professors William T. Freeman and John Guttag — earned honorable mention for this video at the 10th annual ...
Refraction in Gases
Refraction in Gases
Make your own mirage using a tank, fresh water, salt water, and a laser.
Putting it all together
Putting it all together: Steel Bridge Competition
Go behind the scenes as MIT sends a team to compete in a steel bridge building contest.
Pulleys are Cool
Pulleys are Cool
Ever wonder how NASA gets the space shuttle on top of a 747? They use pulleys! License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at http://k12videos.mit.edu/terms-conditions
Public service projects from MIT's Class of 2012
Public service projects from MIT's Class of 2012
Meet a few of the members of MIT's Class of 2012 who are continuing their public service projects after graduation.
Profile: Zach Hartwig
Profile: Zach Hartwig
Doctoral student Zach Hartwig applies physics, teamwork to create new tools for fusion energy science .
Profile: Miles Barr
Profile: Miles Barr, winner of the 2012 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize
Meet Miles Barr, the 2012 $30,000 winner of the Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for his inventive work with paper solar cells.
Profile: Ashley Finan
Profile: Ashley Finan
Meet Finan, a PhD candidate in MIT's Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering.
President Reif's MIT Story
President Reif's MIT Story
A clip from President's L. Rafael Reif's Inaugural Address. Video courtesy of The Office of the Vice President for Institute Affairs and MIT Video Productions.
PLAY BALL: The House that Euclid Built
PLAY BALL: The House that Euclid Built
How to make a baseball diamond with chalk, a rope, and some basic geometry.
Pixel Engineering: Long Exposure Photography
Pixel Engineering: Long Exposure Photography
Use long exposure photography to measure the speed of an airplane, observe the rotation of the earth, or create light paintings.