boyancy w/ golf ball
boyancy w/ golf ball
increasing the density of water w/ saltfloating a golf ballMIT Physics 8.01L 2007
Sacha Yaku: Supporting community water systems by selling ...
Sacha Yaku: Supporting community water systems by selling art for water
An introduction to the work of Sacha Yaku and their work on the potable water system of an indigenous community in Ecuador. The project was started by two MIT undergraduates Kendra Johnson (Environmental Engineering '09) and Froylan Sifuentes (CHemical Engineering ...
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
A video showing the red-necked phalarope's feeding behavior.
Clean Water for 1+ Billion People
Clean Water for 1+ Billion People
Video Courtesy of The Museum of ScienceCLEAN WATER FOR BILLIONS! Safe Sanitation for 2.4 Billion People! Water and Sanitation in Developing Countries Project
First Days - First Household Drinking Water Treatment ...
First Days - First Household Drinking Water Treatment Systems in Nepal
The MIT Nepal Water Project - 1st days of first year's clean water in the developing world field study.
Sloan 50th Anniversary - the MIT Arsenic Filter
Sloan 50th Anniversary - the MIT Arsenic Filter
Session: The Next Technological Revolution: Predicting the Technical Future and its Impact on Firms, Organizations and Ourselves. Faculty leader: Rebecca Henderson
Arsenic Poisoning and the Kanchan Arsenic Filter
Arsenic Poisoning and the Kanchan Arsenic Filter
Tens of millions of people in Asia are affected by arsenic contaminated groundwater. A partnership between MIT and ENPHO, a Nepali environmental NGO, have invented and widely disseminated the Kanchan Arsenic Filter in Nepal. New work is taking this filter to ...
Flow Visualization
Flow Visualization
An introduction to some flow visualization techniques used at MIT. These methods help us understand the fluid dynamics of natural and manmade systems. I made this video to compile the sweet videos we've taken over the years. Otherwise they would just be sitting there, you know. For more ...
How Would Climate Change Influence Society in the 21st ...
How Would Climate Change Influence Society in the 21st Century?
01/29/2008 9:00 AM 32"123Rajendra K. Pachauri, Chairman, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate; Change and Director"General, The Energy and Resources Institute; Dr. Susan Hockfield, President, MITDescription: The rising public awareness of climate change, says MIT ...
The Nepal Water Project - MIT Graduation Video (2003)
The Nepal Water Project - MIT Graduation Video (2003)
In Nepal, one in ten children die before the age of five. Preventable water-borne diseases are the leading cause of childhood death. This statistic is shocking for those of us in the West who take clean water for granted. The Nepal Water Project came about when the ...
Waterproof Everything
Waterproof Everything
Just back from several rainy days in the field, soldiers at Fort Polk in Louisiana were asked what they would wish for if they had a magic wand. In less than a second they replied, "Waterproof everything!"Their wish has been taken seriously by Dr. Karen Gleason, MIT Professor of Chemical ...
Proteus, the Penguin Boat
Proteus, the Penguin Boat
The Proteus project is the challenge of pragmatically applying highly efficient natural fish propulsion technologies to conventional vessels. Just as a penguin or sea turtle are a rigid body with fish-like flapping fins, Proteus is a boat that propels itself with two oscillating foils.
Slow Motion of What Looks to be Potassium Reacting with ...
Slow Motion of What Looks to be Potassium Reacting with Water
Watch this reaction of some chemical (potassium?) as it isdropped into some fluid (water?) in this slow motion film by Doc Edgerton.
Water Piddler & Strobe Demo
Water Piddler & Strobe Demo
Watch this demo of the "water piddler" and what it looks like under a strobe in this film by Doc Edgerton.
A Genius for Change, and the Passion to Do It
A Genius for Change, and the Passion to Do It
10/10/2007 6:00 PM MuseumAmy Smith, '84, SM '95, ENG '95, Senior Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering; Jules Walter, '08, MIT '08 (Computer Science); Kendra Johnson, MIT '09; Amos Winter, SM '05, M.S. Mech Engineering, '05Description: If you live in a ...
Electrons, Life and the Evolution of the Oxygen Cycle on ...
Electrons, Life and the Evolution of the Oxygen Cycle on Earth
10/09/2007 8:30 AM 10"250Paul G. Falkowski, Board of Governors Professor of Geological and Marine Science in the Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences and Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers UniversityDescription: Peeling away billions of years of ...
From Rocks to Genes and Back: Stories about the Evolution ...
From Rocks to Genes and Back: Stories about the Evolution of Photosynthesis
10/09/2007 9:30 AM 10"250Dianne K. Newman, Professor of Geobiology; ; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; ; Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences and Division of Biology; California Institute of Technology; Description: Dianne Newman is exploring ...
Whales to Wood, Wood to Coal/Oil" What's Next?
Whales to Wood, Wood to Coal/Oil" What's Next?
10/09/2007 2:15 PM 10"250Daniel Nocera, The Henry Dreyfus Professor of Energy and Professor of Chemistry; ; ; Description: In 1845, the Dietz Company of New York introduced the sperm oil lantern, which nearly wiped out some whale species. A decade or so later, Dietz ...
The Perfect Lens: Resolution Beyond the Limits of Wavelength
The Perfect Lens: Resolution Beyond the Limits of Wavelength
03/13/2007 4:00 PM 32"123Sir John Pendry, Chair in Theoretical Solid State Physics Faculty NATURAL SCIENCES Division/Department Department of Physics, Imperial College, LondonDescription: According to 1 Corinthians, "For now, we see through a glass, darkly." But ...
Reflections on the Big Dig
Reflections on the Big Dig
03/30/2004 12:00 PM Wong AuditoriumFrederick P. Salvucci, '61, SM '62, Senior Lecturer, Center for Transportation and Logistics, MITDescription: Sometimes good projects go bad, and other times, a bad project turns out well. Few people can pass such judgments better than Fred Salvucci, who was ...