Mapping a building, automatically
Automatic building mapping could help emergency responders
MIT researchers describe a wearable sensor system that automatically creates a digital map of the environment through which the wearer is moving.
Close Approach to Earth by Asteroid 2012 KT42
Close Approach to Earth by Asteroid 2012 KT42
The May 29 near-miss by the object catalogued as “2012 KT42” was the sixth closest asteroid encounter on record, and triggered a preplanned “Rapid Response Program."
How Can We Improve Disaster Response?
Drawing Lessons from Hurricane Katrina: How Can We Improve Disaster ...
Even if the U.S. draws the right lessons from Hurricane Katrina, panelists suggest, the nation may still be caught short in the next disaster. Moderator: Kenneth Oye, Associate Professor of Political Science and Engineering Systems and Director of the MIT-CIS Program ...
How Can We Plan for Safe and Sustainable Regions?
New Orleans: How Can We Plan for Safe and Sustainable Regions?
As various plans emerge for the recovery of New Orleans, these panelists offer some pointed lessons in flood prevention and reconstruction, from overseas, from our own history, and from other parts of the U.S. Moderated by Andrew J. Whittle, ScD '87, Professor, ...
TalkBack 360: Science on Trial
TalkBack 360: Science on Trial
Rebuilding Credibility in the Face of Natural Disaster : After the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake struck the Italian region of Abruzzo, killing more than 300 people, six seismologists were convicted of manslaughter. Nearly three years later, the city is still rebuilding. In this event ...
Turning Flood Water into Drinking Water
Turning Flood Water into Drinking Water
A Thai company called SOS has developed a mobile unit that can purify contaminated water in the aftermath of a flood.