Cities for Sale: The Right to Housing vs Corporate Real ...
Cities for Sale: The Right to Housing vs Corporate Real Estate; Part 2 ...
Guest speaker, Professor Tom Angotti, Professor of Urban Affairs and Planning, Hunter College; Graduate Center, City University of New York with comments by Fred Salvucci, Departments Civil and Environmental Engineering; Urban Studies and Planning, MIT; Former ...
A Conversation with HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan
A Conversation with HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan
In a talk at MIT on May 7, 2013, Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan called for a new wave of creative urban planning to help cities evolve during a time of economic hardship.
MIT AgeLab Presents: An Introduction to Disruptive ...
MIT AgeLab Presents: An Introduction to Disruptive Demographics
In Part I of this series, Dr. Joseph Coughlin of the MIT AgeLab is featured in an interview conducted by Rohit Sakhuja of WMBR MIT Radio's Paradigm Shifts program. Check back soon for Part II: Envisioning Retirement Tomorrow. To learn more about the research of the MIT ...
Shannon Roberts Presents CityBrowser Voice Navigation System
Shannon Roberts Presents CityBrowser Voice Navigation System
Shannon Roberts, MIT Class of 2009, describes a joint project she worked on with the MIT AgeLab, New England University Transportation Center and MIT's CSAIL Laboratory. CityBrowser is an in-vehicle navigation system with which the user interacts with via voice ...
MIT AgeLab Presents: Envisioning Retirement Tomorrow
MIT AgeLab Presents: Envisioning Retirement Tomorrow
In Part II of this series, Dr. Joseph Coughlin of the MIT AgeLab is featured in an interview conducted by Rohit Sakhuja on WMBR MIT Radio's Paradigm Shifts program. Check back soon for Part III: The Future of Financial Services. To learn more about the research of the ...
MIT AgeLab Presents: The Future of Financial Services
MIT AgeLab Presents: The Future of Financial Services
In Part III of this series, Dr. Joseph Coughlin of the MIT AgeLab is featured in an interview conducted by Rohit Sakhuja on WMBR MIT Radio's Paradigm Shifts program. Check back soon for Part IV: The Business of Retirement Living. To learn more about the research of the ...
MIT AgeLab Presents: The Business of Retirement Living
MIT AgeLab Presents: The Business of Retirement Living
In Part IV of this series, Dr. Joseph Coughlin of the MIT AgeLab is featured in an interview conducted by Rohit Sakhuja on WMBR MIT Radio's Paradigm Shifts program. Check back soon for Part V: Saving for Greater Longevity. To learn more about the research of the MIT ...
Moving Miss Daisy: How the MIT AgeLab and New England UTC ...
Moving Miss Daisy: How the MIT AgeLab and New England UTC installed a VW ...
In 2001, the AgeLab and New England UTC endeavored to move a VW Bug, to be used as a driving simulator named Ms. Daisy, into its second story lab. Here's how it happened. Available in 480p - Click for better quality.
The MIT AgeLab and New England UTC's AwareCar
The MIT AgeLab and New England UTC's AwareCar
The MIT AgeLab and New England University Transportation Center have developed the AwareCar to better understand driver state, the role of health & wellness, and in-vehicle systems as a means to improve driver performance across the lifespan.
MIT AgeLab: Housing for a Lifetime
MIT AgeLab: Housing for a Lifetime
The MIT AgeLab and The Hartford Advance 50 Team present Shaping Life Tomorrow: A Conversation on the Future of Aging, Business and Innovation. Shaping Life Tomorrow is a forum for business leaders, advocates, practitioners and researchers in the domains of transportation, social media, housing ...
FutureCast: Joe Coughlin interviews Scott Belcher of ITS ...
FutureCast: Joe Coughlin interviews Scott Belcher of ITS America
President and CEO of ITS America Scott Belcher discusses the politics of older drivers with AgeLab's Joe Coughlin. The interview was part of the symposium Convergent Opportunities or Collision Course? Older Drivers, New Technology & Well-Being Behind the Wheel, hosted ...
FutureCast: Joe Coughlin speaks with AARP's Elinor Ginzler
FutureCast: Joe Coughlin speaks with AARP's Elinor Ginzler
AgeLab's Joe Coughlin interviews AARP's Elinor Ginzler, who discusses the changing lifestyles of baby boomers. This discussion is part of the AgeLab and New England University Transportation Center's symposium, Convergent Opportunities or Collision Course? Older ...
MIT AgeLab: Joseph Coughlin interviews Jeff Taylor of ...
MIT AgeLab: Joseph Coughlin interviews Jeff Taylor of EONS.com
The MIT AgeLab and The Hartford Advance 50 Team present Shaping Life Tomorrow: A Conversation on the Future of Aging, Business and Innovation. Shaping Life Tomorrow is a forum for business leaders, advocates, practitioners and researchers in the domains of ...
FutureCast: Donald Fisher discusses new findings in older ...
FutureCast: Donald Fisher discusses new findings in older driver behavior
Univ. Massachusetts and New England University Transportation Center researcher Donald Fisher speaks with Joe Coughlin, New England UTC Director, about his team's research into older driver behavior. The interview was part of the New England UTC and AgeLab hosted ...
FutureCast: Philipp Osl on housing options for older adults
FutureCast: Philipp Osl on housing options for older adults
AgeLab researcher Philipp Osl discusses current options in older adult housing while giving insights into trends and future needs.
Maseeh Hall (W1) Under Construction
Maseeh Hall (W1) Under Construction
W1 is a historic residence at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and the Charles river that re-opened on 8/15/2011 as Maseeh Hall, a new home for 462 MIT undergraduates, named in recognition of a generous gift from Fariborz Maseeh (ScD '90). For more information on the project, please visit ...
Rebuilding Haiti
Rebuilding Haiti
10/29/2010 4:00 PM 34"101Paul Farmer, Founder, Partners in HealthDescription: Difficult as it is to look beyond the acute misery of Haiti's current crisis, Paul Farmer proposes that aid agencies and others concerned with rebuilding focus on the nation's "old, chronic problems." There's no ...
Financial Re-Engineering
Financial Re-Engineering
10/01/2010 9:00 AM e14"633Bengt Holmstrom, Paul A. Samuelson Professor of Economics; Andrew W. Lo, Harris & Harris Group Professor, Director, MIT Laboratory for Financial Engineering; Robert C. Merton, Ph.D. '70, MIT Sloan School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance; Jiang Wang, ...
The Economic Meltdown: What Have We Learned, if Anything?
The Economic Meltdown: What Have We Learned, if Anything?
02/05/2010 4:15 PM 32"123Paul Krugman, PhD'77, Professor of Economics and International Affairs; Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton UniversityDescription: The U.S. has had more than 70 years to come to terms with the Great Depression, ...
Deploying Our Gifts for the Betterment of Humankind: What ...
Deploying Our Gifts for the Betterment of Humankind: What Would Dr. King ...
02/04/2010 7:30 AM Walker Morss HallGerry Hudson, Executive Vice President of SEIU "Service Employees International Union; Dr. Susan Hockfield, President, MITDescription: Woven into the fabric of MIT life, says Susan Hockfield, is the "perpetual striving to be ever ...