Vietnam Remembered
Vietnam Remembered
In this bitter commemoration of the end of the Vietnam War, the speakers dispel any comforting notion that Americans have absorbed lessons from that bloody time, much less sought the truth.
Unlock Your Social Media Potential - MIT Club of Northern ...
Unlock Your Social Media Potential - MIT Club of Northern California
Ever wonder how to set up your personal and corporate social media strategy? How do you leverage social media to build your start-up's presence? What's the technology that enables it and what are the differences between various platforms? What is the ...
TR Sept/Oct 2011 Letter from the Editor
TR Sept/Oct 2011 Letter from the Editor
Technology Review features the TR35, 35 innovators under the age of 35, in its September/October 2011 issue.
Letter from the Editor
TR Nov/Dec Letter from the Editor
Our November/December 2011 issue features new technology for eavesdropping on the hive mind, an essay on the evolution of privacy, and much more.
The bicilavadora in Peru
The bicilavadora in Peru
MIT students and residents of an orphanage in Peru work on, and try out, the bicilavadora — a cheap, reliable washing machine powered by bicycle parts.
Telling Stories about Technology in an Asian Century
Telling Stories about Technology in an Asian Century
Morison Prize LectureRecorded on 5/11/12Gregory Clancey - Associate Professor, Department of History, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, National University of Singapore; Master, Tembusu College Gregory Clancey is concurrently an ...
Amos Winter: The cheap all-terrain wheelchair
TEDx Talks: Amos Winter — The cheap all-terrain wheelchair
How do you build a wheelchair ready to blaze through mud and sand, all for under $200?
TED Talks 2012: Sherry Turkle - Connected, but alone?
TED Talks 2012: Sherry Turkle - Connected, but alone?
Sherry Turkle studies how our devices and online personas are redefining human connection and communication -- and asks us to think deeply about the new kinds of connection we want to have.
STS Symposium: Session 3 Legacies of 'Structure' in History ...
STS Symposium: Session 3 Legacies of 'Structure' in History of Science
Paul Erickson, David Hollinger, Recorded 12/7/12
STS Symposium: Session 2 Legacies of 'Structure' in ...
STS Symposium: Session 2 Legacies of 'Structure' in Philosophy of Science
Sherrilyn Roush, Helen Longino, Recorded 12/7/12
STS Symposium: Session 1 Legacies of 'Structure' in ...
STS Symposium: Session 1 Legacies of 'Structure' in Sociology of Science
Cyrus Mody, Steven Shapin, Recorded 12/7/12
Standards and Strategy: Competing in Increasingly Open ...
Standards and Strategy: Competing in Increasingly Open Worlds
Rebecca M. Henderson, '81, Eastman Kodak LFM Professor of Management Let's assume, says Rebecca Henderson, that the eagerly awaited convergence in technology has begun, enabling our PCs, phones, cars and appliances to communicate with each other transparently. "Who," ...
Future of the Office Internet
Seeing the Future of the Office Internet
Cisco's chief futurist predicts digital avatar assistants--and more.
Science Policy, Politics and Human Rights
Science Policy, Politics and Human Rights
Kurt Gottfried, PhD '55, Co-Founder and Chair, Union of Concerned Scientists; Emeritus Professor of Physics, Cornell University; Sheila Jasanoff, Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology Studies, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University In this ...
Schuyler Towne, "Lost In Space"
Schuyler Towne, "Lost In Space"
Civic Media Lunch - Schuyler Towne, "Lost in Space"Everyone has a strong physical and emotional connection to the divisions of private and public space, though few ever have the chance to explore the consequences of crossing those lines. This talk will reveal the whispered conversation ...
Open Networks and Open Society: The Relationship between ...
Open Networks and Open Society: The Relationship between Freedom, Law, and ...
Hal Abelson, PhD '73, Class of 1922 Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, MIT School of Engineering; John Wilbanks, Vice President, Science Commons Hal Abelson wants to deliver a one-two punch against the privatization of academic discourse. His weapons of ...
On the P.A.R.A.S.I.T.E. Museum of Contemporary Art
On the P.A.R.A.S.I.T.E. Museum of Contemporary Art
Tadej Pogačar has examined indeterminacy and transformation within social systems since 1993 when he established the P.A.R.A.S.I.T.E. Museum of Contemporary Art. In his art practice, he engages in interventionist logic, institutional critique and ...