TIMTalks: Noam Angrist
TIMTalks: Noam Angrist — Do Now
TIMtalks, or "Think. Inspire. Motivate." talks, was envisioned as a platform to promote students who have invented, implemented, succeeded, and even failed at a wide range of ideas, both large and small.
TIMTalks: Maggie Lloyd
TIMTalks: Maggie Lloyd — comMITment
TIMtalks, or "Think. Inspire. Motivate." talks, was envisioned as a platform to promote students who have invented, implemented, succeeded, and even failed at a wide range of ideas, both large and small.
TIMTalks: Kanjun Qiu
TIMTalks: Kanjun Qiu — Expanding the Culture of Computing
TIMtalks, or "Think. Inspire. Motivate." talks, was envisioned as a platform to promote students who have invented, implemented, succeeded, and even failed at a wide range of ideas, both large and small.
TIMTalks: Closing remarks
TIMTalks: Closing Remarks
TIMtalks, or "Think. Inspire. Motivate." talks, was envisioned as a platform to promote students who have invented, implemented, succeeded, and even failed at a wide range of ideas, both large and small.
TIMTalks: Anjali Thakkar
TIMTalks: Anjali Thakkar — Conquering the Imposter Syndrome: The ...
TIMtalks, or "Think. Inspire. Motivate." talks, was envisioned as a platform to promote students who have invented, implemented, succeeded, and even failed at a wide range of ideas, both large and small.
Why do leaves change color?
Time for Me to Leaf: Tree Chlorophyll Chromatography
Do this experiment to learn about different pigments in leaves.
Thoughts on the Future of Engineering Education
Thoughts on the Future of Engineering Education
Ian Waitz, MacVicar Faculty Fellow and dean of MIT's School of Engineering, shares his perspectives on current trends in engineering education.
The Physics of Unicycling
The Physics of Unicycling
How does anyone balance on a unicycle? Just keep pedaling!
The MIT Science Fiction Society
The MIT Science Fiction Society
MIT’s Science Fiction Society curates an enormous library containing more than 90 percent of all English language science fiction ever published.
Introducing The Listening Room
The Listening Room and music at MIT
The School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences' Web-based collection showcases the Institute’s longstanding engagement with music.
The Invention of the Battery
The Invention of the Battery
How does a battery work? Allow Alessandro Volta and Luigi Galvani to explain.
The Heart of the Matter: An Introduction to Engineering ...
The Heart of the Matter: An Introduction to Engineering Heart Tissue
What is the best way to repair a heart after a heart attack? Maybe a tissue engineered blood vessel will work.
The Forces on an Airplane
The Forces on an Airplane
How do airplanes fly? It's not magic. Learn about the forces that help (and hinder) airplane flight.
Terrascope - Mission 2016
Terrascope - Mission 2016
Solving Complex Problems (12.000) is designed to provide students the opportunity to work as part of a team to propose solutions to a complex or “unsolveable” problem that requires a strongly interdisciplinary approach. Over the past four years we have focused on large problems ...
Teaching robots to adapt
Teaching robots to adapt
Students show how household robots could use a little lateral thinking to compensate for their physical shortcomings.
From Robots to Pageantry
Student profile: Jaqueline Durazo
Jacqueline Durazo, a mechanical engineering major, discusses her work building robots and participating in pageants.
Student Film by the PEACE Programming Board
Student Film by the PEACE Programming Board
MIT’s third annual Diversity Summit addressed the complexities of meritocracy on Jan. 30, 2013.
Steel Ball Dropped in a Viscous Fluid
Steel Ball Dropped in a Viscous Fluid
Five steel balls of different sizes are dropped into corn syrup. The balls reach a constant velocity shortly after entering the fluid. The velocity is constrained due to the drag balancing the force of gravity in the fluid. This demonstrates the relationship between the size of the ball and ...
Spring Paradox
Spring Paradox
A mass hangs from two identical springs. First, the springs are attached in series by a short string between them. The springs are also connected in parallel by two peripheral strings that are initially slack. The center string is cut, changing the system from series to parallel. The mass ...