Basic Research with Real-World Impact
Basic Research with Real-World Impact
With Dara EntekhabiAbout the event With its daylong MIT Environmental Research Forum held on December 15, 2011, the Environmental Research Council (ERC) fulfilled its charge from Provost L. Rafael Reif to "provide a detailed blueprint for building a strong environmental initiative" at MIT. ...
Big Data: The Management Revolution
Big Data: The Management Revolution
Andrew McAfee, ’88, ’89, LGO ’90, Associate Director and Principal Research Scientist, The MIT Center for Digital Business Andrew McAfee is the associate director and principal research scientist at The MIT Center for Digital Business. He studies the ways that information ...
Bokode
Bokode
The Camera Culture group presents Bokodes, tiny imperceptible barcodes that can be read by a standard camera positioned up to four meters away to decode identity, and six-degree-of-freedom pose (angle and distance). Detailed info at: http://web.media.mit.edu/~ankit/bokode/
Bounce Imaging: Company of the Week
Bounce Imaging: Company of the Week
Time Magazine has awarded Bounce Imaging for creating one of the most inventive technologies for 2012.
Braille labelmaker demonstration
Braille labelmaker demonstration
A device that started out as a class project last fall is moving rapidly toward becoming a commercial product that could make the lives of millions of visually impaired people a bit easier. Karina Pikhart, '09, demonstrates the 6-dot braille labelmaker.
British P.M. David Cameron visits the MIT Media Lab
British P.M. David Cameron visits the MIT Media Lab
In a visit to the MIT campus on May 14, 2013, British Prime Minister David Cameron met with President L. Rafael Reif and Media Lab director Joichi Ito, faculty members and students, and a group of young MIT entrepreneurs.
Building the solar car
Building the solar car
Used with permission from "Chronicle" (WCVB-Boston).
C'Mon and Ride the Elevator [MIT $100K Entrepreneurship ...
C'Mon and Ride the Elevator [MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition]
http://www.mit100k.org | Are you a current student? Then pitch your idea in the 2010 MIT $100K Elevator Pitch Contest. Registration is open until 10/18, 6PM EST... register here: http://register.mit100k.org. Whether you pitch or not, come to the MIT $100K Elevator ...
C3E: Morning Keynote - Women as Energy Decision Makers in ...
C3E: Morning Keynote - Women as Energy Decision Makers in Africa
Elizabeth Dipuo Peters - Minister of Energy, South Africa
Career Growth
Career Growth
Why do successful executives join the MIT EMBA? How does it advance their careers? MIT Executive MBA Director Jonathan Lehrich discusses the program's impact. More info at http://emba.mit.edu/