The Coldest Place in the Universe
The Coldest Place in the Universe
A short documentary on the Bose-Einstein Condensate work done in Wolfgang Ketterle's lab.
Space Shuttle Endeavour Lifts Off
Space Shuttle Endeavour Lifts Off
The youngest of the space shuttles blasted off from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida at 8:56 AM EDT on May 16. It is headed to the International Space Station for its final 16-day mission.
Remembering Ron McNair
Remembering Ron McNair - 25th Anniversary of Challenger disaster
Twenty-five years ago today, on Jan. 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing the seven crew members on board — including Ronald McNair PhD ’77. In this video — filmed in the lobby of the Ronald McNair Building — ...
Leadership in a Complex, Technology-Driven World
Leadership in a Complex, Technology-Driven World
Rosalind H. Williams, HM, Bern Dibner Professor of the History of Science and Technology; Robert S. Langer, Jr., ScD '74, Institute Professor, Kenneth J. Germeshausen Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering and Harvard-MIT ...
History of the Hudson 8/9 Slide Rule - MIT Museum
History of the Hudson 8/9 Slide Rule - MIT Museum
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 ...
Finding articles in engineering and physics using Compendex ...
Finding articles in engineering and physics using Compendex and Inspec
This video shows how to search two engineering and science literature databases: Compendex and Inspec. Compendex covers literature in all aspects of engineering, while Inspec focuses on electronics, computing, control, robotics, and physics literature. Both databases ...
Darcy Wanger's Personal Story
Darcy Wanger's Personal Story
Darcy describes her realization that science is not something "done — in the past tense" by people long ago, but rather an exciting pursuit that requires social interactions to solve current real-world questions.
Consumer-Driven Disruptions
Consumer-Driven Disruptions
A look at some of the small-scale innovations that went on to upend entire industries.(Licensed under the Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0. Wikimedia images from: Infrogmation, Priwo, Grm wnr, Atreyu, Rajkumar1220, Ericd, Crazy Louco. Other images courtesy
Back-Button to the Future
Back-Button to the Future
Mira Dontcheva, a researcher at Adobe Systems, explains how Zoetrope can be used to browse back through a Web page's history. She demonstrates a few advanced techniques for looking at historic data and shows how to compare several Web pages over time.
Underwater Photography
"Underwater Photography" (1964) - Science Reporter
This black-and white film features Harold "Doc" Edgerton interviewed by John Fitch about the technology and scientific applications of underwater photography for the MIT Science Reporter.
"Pop Bland wrote the book...literally" - MIT Museum
"Pop Bland wrote the book...literally" - MIT Museum
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 ...
"Pop Bland and the Hudson 8/9 Slide Rule" - MIT Museum
"Pop Bland and the Hudson 8/9 Slide Rule" - MIT Museum
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 ...
"Development of the Hudson 9 Slide Rule" - MIT Museum
"Development of the Hudson 9 Slide Rule" - MIT Museum
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 ...