And now for something completely different. Piano arrangement on hand-punched paper. A dynamic piano roll rendition of the Liberty Bell March, as played on the comedy show Monty Python's Flying Circus. Performed and interpreted on a player piano from the 1920s.
Piano arrangement on hand-punched paper by arranger extraordinaire Hi Babit. A dynamic, comedy piano roll rendition of Where Do You Work-a John, as sung by cartoon character Betty Boop circa 1930s. Performed and interpreted on a player piano from the 1920s.
Ooooooooo. Piano arrangement on hand-punched paper by Eric D. Bernhoft. A dynamic, mesmerizing piano roll rendition of Spooky Spooks. Performed and interpreted on a player piano from the 1920s.
This is a demo of the march, Blaze Away by Abraham Holzman, played by Raymond and His Banjo Band. We hope this inspires the MIT Band to perform it. It was often played as a tribute to President Theodore Roosevelt. AND lest we forget, decades ago, MIT had a number of Banjo ...
MIT Dance Concert - Choreography Extravaganza. This video shows the last set called, Serious Science - robotic, sensuous, draw-dropping, a Latin Hip Hop Medley. Introduction by MIT Logs alums plus 15 other sets of choreography (not shown). Produced and directed by Vicky ...
Sorcerer's Apprentice by Dukas. Piano arrangement on hand-punched paper. A dynamic, magical, mesmerizing piano roll rendition. Performed and interpreted on a player piano from the 1920s. We also performed this music roll on a player organ for a ...
The Aquarium from Carnival of the Animals by Saint Saens. A dynamic, mesmerizing piano roll rendition. Close your eyes, and you can easily imagine the fluid dynamics mathematical expressions. Performed and interpreted on a player piano from the ...
The Lions from Carnival of the Animals by Saint Saens. Piano arrangement on hand-punched paper. A dynamic, roaring piano roll rendition. Performed and interpreted on a player piano from the 1920s.
Piano arrangement on hand-punched paper by Frank Milne. A dynamic, mesmerizing piano roll rendition of Jalousie, a tango. Performed and interpreted on a player piano from the 1920s. A Tribute to 'Finding Empathy' at the MIT Saxe Lab. Note the fitting lyrics.
ARTCRAFT piano arrangement on hand-punched paper. A very bubbly, healthful piano roll rendition of Just Make It Moxie for Mine. Douglas Henderson is the arranger cum laude. Performed and interpreted on a player piano from the 1920s. Note: Permission granted to me from ...
Big brother Michael is a guest on his brother Wayne's TV Show. Michael shows two items of an acoustic nature. We hear an entire 78 rpm record on a phonograph he just restored, showcasing a variety of instruments and sound effects. Behold. It sounds excellent. Then we hear ...
Not for the faint-hearted. A Ragtime Nervous Breakdown. ARTCRAFT piano arrangement on hand-punched paper. A dynamic, jarring, mesmerizing piano roll rendition of Going To Pieces. Douglas Henderson is the arranger cum laude. Performed and ...
Player piano technology employed data holes punched on paper starting with automatic player organs in the 1880's or earlier. ARTCRAFT piano arrangement on hand-punched paper. A dynamic medley of melodies, including Tom Lehrer's Fight Fiercely ...
"The Creation" by Joseph Haydn, biblically inspired and breathtakingly performed by the MIT Symphony Orchestra, Chorus, and soloists. Bravo. Behold Maxwell's equations. After this two hour musical gem, we all felt that we needed a day of rest. Kresge Auditorium, May, 2011
MIT Symphony and Orchestra, a world class quality performance of Haydn's Creation. Molto Breve. Bravo! Kresge Auditorium, May, 2011.
The MIT Logarhythms alums on the go - OTG. The Logs have some fun rehearsing a 1950's favourite Goodnight Sweetheart. Note the profusion of mobile devices, including the Flip Video used to record this video snap shot. See them live at Tech Night at the POPS, 2011.
Warning: The beauty and passion of this performance may be too overwhelming for some viewers. MIT student and violinist Ari Umans plays the Brahms Violin Sonata No.1 in G Major, movements I and II. Bravi to Ari and his piano accompanist Colin ...
Moto Perpetuo designed by Novacek and implemented by violinist and MIT student Ari Umans. When will it all end? Bravo to Ari and brava to his gleeful 'accompianist' Amanda Mok. MIT Chamber Music Society, Killian Hall, April 23, 2011
Sarate's Romanza Anduluza has an essence of 'I Feel Pretty'. Could this piece have inspired Leonard Bernstein when he composed it? Bravo to Ari Umans, who performs this piece with infinite zest. Thanks to Amanda Mok for keeping up with him on the ...
Dvorak Cello Concerto, second movement, played by MIT student and cellist Sae Kyoung Jang with orchestra synthesized by pianist Yilin You. Brava Sae Kyoung Jang. A sonorous, hypnotic, peak experience. Thanks to teacher Rafael Popper-Keizer and to Marcus Thompson of the MIT ...
On May 15, 2013, 3dim earned the grand prize at this year’s MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition.
The MIT Glass Lab is administratively co-sponsored by the Materials Processing Center and the Department of Materials Science and Engineering.
Learning the difference between kinetic and static friction.
Jesper Juul offered this lecture on Nov. 28, 2006. Juul is a video game theorist and assistant professor in video game theory and design at the Centre for Computer Game Research Copenhagen, where he also earned his PhD.
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.
Speakers: Stephen Van Evera, Elizabeth Wood, Carol Saivetz, Bakyt Beshimov, Peter Krause, Jeanne Guillemin and Silvia Dominguez. Moderator: Richard Samuels
What message is your brain sending?
You can create your own mini flashlight.
Scenes from MIT's campus during the memorial ceremony for Officer Sean Collier on April 24, 2013.
On April 24, 2013 in Briggs Field, thousands of law enforcement officials joined the MIT community in honoring fallen MIT Police Officer Sean Collier.
After an extensive renovation project, the Barker Library reading room has reopened to reveal the grandeur of the restored oculus atop the Great Dome, and the beauty of the rotunda’s original architecture.
Natural selection at work.
An interesting feature on the MIT Professor Emeritus of Physics by LaInformacion.com.
An undergraduate helps MIT's Brain and Cognitive Science Department find a cure for Huntington's disease.
An MIT undergraduate models a new class of material: the photonic crystal.
Used with permission from "Chronicle" (WCVB-Boston).
MIT Sloan Professor of Management Thomas Kochan discusses how financial analysts have pressured businesses to perform financially.
What makes a glow stick glow?
Alberto Cavallo, the Cecil and Ida Green Career Development Assistant Professor of Applied Economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management, discusses how Argentina has lied about its inflation rate.
A small amount of water is placed inside an airtight copper tube, with the end sealed by a rubber stopper. The tube is heated using a blowtorch, causing the water inside to boil. As the water changes from a liquid to a gas the pressure inside the tube increases. Eventually the pressure blows ...
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