Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
MIT Quest for Intelligence Launch: Opening Remarks
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- MIT Quest for Intelligence Launch: Opening Remarks
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- 8 years ago
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- Anantha P. Chandrakasan, dean of the MIT School of Engineering and the Vannevar Bush Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, offers opening remarks for the launch event of the MIT Intelligence Quest, an Institute-wide initiative on human and machine intelligence research, its applications, and its bearing on society.
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is an independent, coeducational, privately endowed university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Our mission is to advance knowledge; to educate students in science, engineering, and technology; and to tackle the most pressing problems facing the world today. We are a community of hands-on problem-solvers in love with fundamental science and eager to make the world a better place.
The MIT YouTube channel features videos about all types of MIT research, including the robot cheetah, LIGO, gravi...
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- MIT Quest for Intelligence Launch: Teaching Machines to See and Hear
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- 8 years ago
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- Antonio Torralba, MIT director of the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab and professor of electrical engineering and computer science, describes research in teaching machines to see and hear, at the launch event for the MIT Intelligence Quest, an Institute-wide initiative on human and machine intelligence research, its applications, and its bearing on society.
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is an independent, coeducational, privately endowed university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Our mission is to advance knowledge; to educate students in science, engineering, and technology; and to tackle the most pressing problems facing the world today. We are a community of hands-on problem-solvers in love with fundamental science and eager to make the world a better place.
The MIT YouTube channel features videos about all types of MIT research, including the robot cheetah...
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- MIT Quest for Intelligence Launch: Building a Social Brain
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- 8 years ago
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- Rebecca Saxe, MIT professor of cognitive neuroscience, describes her research in cognitive neuroscience at the launch event for the MIT Intelligence Quest, an Institute-wide initiative on human and machine intelligence research, its applications, and its bearing on society.
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is an independent, coeducational, privately endowed university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Our mission is to advance knowledge; to educate students in science, engineering, and technology; and to tackle the most pressing problems facing the world today. We are a community of hands-on problem-solvers in love with fundamental science and eager to make the world a better place.
The MIT YouTube channel features videos about all types of MIT research, including the robot cheetah, LIGO, gravitational waves, mathematics, and bombardier beetles, as well ...
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- MIT Quest for Intelligence Launch: Scaling AI the Human Way
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- 8 years ago
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- Joshua B. Tenenbaum MIT professor of computational cognitive science, describes his research in computational cognitive science at the launch event for the MIT Intelligence Quest, an Institute-wide initiative on human and machine intelligence research, its applications, and its bearing on society.
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is an independent, coeducational, privately endowed university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Our mission is to advance knowledge; to educate students in science, engineering, and technology; and to tackle the most pressing problems facing the world today. We are a community of hands-on problem-solvers in love with fundamental science and eager to make the world a better place.
The MIT YouTube channel features videos about all types of MIT research, including the robot cheetah, LIGO, gravitational waves, mathematics, and bomba...
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- MIT Quest for Intelligence Launch: The Bridge – Applying the Tools of Augmented Intelligence
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- 8 years ago
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- W. Eric L. Grimson, chancellor for academic advancement and the Bernard M. Gordon Professor of Medical Engineering at MIT, offers an introduction to The Bridge, one of two principal entities that will be established at MIT by the Intelligence Quest, an Institute-wide initiative on human and machine intelligence research, its applications, and its bearing on society.
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is an independent, coeducational, privately endowed university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Our mission is to advance knowledge; to educate students in science, engineering, and technology; and to tackle the most pressing problems facing the world today. We are a community of hands-on problem-solvers in love with fundamental science and eager to make the world a better place.
The MIT YouTube channel features videos about all types of MIT research, includin...
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- MIT Quest for Intelligence Launch: Social and Emotional Intelligence for Human-AI Collaboration
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- 8 years ago
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- Cynthia Breazeal, MIT associate professor of media arts and sciences, describes her research on social and emotional intelligence for human-AI collaboration at the launch event for the MIT Intelligence Quest, an Institute-wide initiative on human and machine intelligence research, its applications, and its bearing on society.
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is an independent, coeducational, privately endowed university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Our mission is to advance knowledge; to educate students in science, engineering, and technology; and to tackle the most pressing problems facing the world today. We are a community of hands-on problem-solvers in love with fundamental science and eager to make the world a better place.
The MIT YouTube channel features videos about all types of MIT research, including the robot cheetah, LIGO, gravitational...
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- MIT Quest for Intelligence Launch: Learning to Cure Cancer
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- 8 years ago
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- Regina Barzilay, the Delta Electronics Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT, describes her research on cancer diagnostics and machine learning at the launch event for the MIT Intelligence Quest, an Institute-wide initiative on human and machine intelligence research, its applications, and its bearing on society.
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is an independent, coeducational, privately endowed university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Our mission is to advance knowledge; to educate students in science, engineering, and technology; and to tackle the most pressing problems facing the world today. We are a community of hands-on problem-solvers in love with fundamental science and eager to make the world a better place.
The MIT YouTube channel features videos about all types of MIT research, including the robot cheetah, LIGO, ...
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- MIT Quest for Intelligence Launch: How AI Enables the Home to Monitor Our Physical and Mental Health
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Dina Katabi, the Andrew and Erna Viterbi Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT, describes her research on artificial intelligence and sensing technologies at the launch event for the MIT Intelligence Quest, an Institute-wide initiative on human and machine intelligence research, its applications, and its bearing on society.
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is an independent, coeducational, privately endowed university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Our mission is to advance knowledge; to educate students in science, engineering, and technology; and to tackle the most pressing problems facing the world today. We are a community of hands-on problem-solvers in love with fundamental science and eager to make the world a better place.
The MIT YouTube channel features videos about all types of MIT research, including the robot chee...
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- MIT Quest for Intelligence Launch: AI, Artificial Stupidity, and Financial Markets
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- 8 years ago
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- Andrew W. Lo, director of the MIT Laboratory for Financial Engineering and the Charles E. and Susan T. Harris Professor at MIT, describes his research on artificial intelligence and financial markets at the launch event for the MIT Intelligence Quest, an Institute-wide initiative on human and machine intelligence research, its applications, and its bearing on society.
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is an independent, coeducational, privately endowed university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Our mission is to advance knowledge; to educate students in science, engineering, and technology; and to tackle the most pressing problems facing the world today. We are a community of hands-on problem-solvers in love with fundamental science and eager to make the world a better place.
The MIT YouTube channel features videos about all types of MIT research, includ...
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- MIT Quest for Intelligence Launch: Announcing the 2018 Solve Global Challenges
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Alex Amouyel, executive director of Solve, announces the 2018 Solve global challenges at the launch event for the MIT Intelligence Quest, an Institute-wide initiative on human and machine intelligence research, its applications, and its bearing on society.
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is an independent, coeducational, privately endowed university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Our mission is to advance knowledge; to educate students in science, engineering, and technology; and to tackle the most pressing problems facing the world today. We are a community of hands-on problem-solvers in love with fundamental science and eager to make the world a better place.
The MIT YouTube channel features videos about all types of MIT research, including the robot cheetah, LIGO, gravitational waves, mathematics, and bombardier beetles, as well as videos on origam...
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- MIT Quest for Intelligence Launch: The Impact – Bringing Intelligence to Market
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- 8 years ago
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- Katie Rae, CEO and managing partner of The Engine, describes the challenges and opportunities of bringing AI products to market at the launch event for the MIT Intelligence Quest, an Institute-wide initiative on human and machine intelligence research, its applications, and its bearing on society.
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is an independent, coeducational, privately endowed university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Our mission is to advance knowledge; to educate students in science, engineering, and technology; and to tackle the most pressing problems facing the world today. We are a community of hands-on problem-solvers in love with fundamental science and eager to make the world a better place.
The MIT YouTube channel features videos about all types of MIT research, including the robot cheetah, LIGO, gravitational waves, mathematics, and bomba...
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- MIT Quest for Intelligence Launch: AI-Driven Drug Discovery
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Leila Pirhaji, founder and CEO of ReviveMed, describes her startup at the launch event for the MIT Intelligence Quest, an Institute-wide initiative on human and machine intelligence research, its applications, and its bearing on society.
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is an independent, coeducational, privately endowed university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Our mission is to advance knowledge; to educate students in science, engineering, and technology; and to tackle the most pressing problems facing the world today. We are a community of hands-on problem-solvers in love with fundamental science and eager to make the world a better place.
The MIT YouTube channel features videos about all types of MIT research, including the robot cheetah, LIGO, gravitational waves, mathematics, and bombardier beetles, as well as videos on origami, time capsules, a...
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- MIT Quest for Intelligence Launch: Engineering Common Sense
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- 8 years ago
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- Yibiao Zhao, co-founder and CEO of iSee AI, describes his startup at the launch event for the MIT Intelligence Quest, an Institute-wide initiative on human and machine intelligence research, its applications, and its bearing on society.
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is an independent, coeducational, privately endowed university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Our mission is to advance knowledge; to educate students in science, engineering, and technology; and to tackle the most pressing problems facing the world today. We are a community of hands-on problem-solvers in love with fundamental science and eager to make the world a better place.
The MIT YouTube channel features videos about all types of MIT research, including the robot cheetah, LIGO, gravitational waves, mathematics, and bombardier beetles, as well as videos on origami, time capsules, an...
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- MIT Quest for Intelligence Launch: Featured Innovator
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- 8 years ago
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- Xiao'ou Tang, Founder of SenseTime and professor of information engineering at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, describes his research and its commercial applications at the launch event for the MIT Intelligence Quest, an Institute-wide initiative on human and machine intelligence research, its applications, and its bearing on society. Introduction by W. Eric L. Grimson, chancellor for academic advancement and the Bernard M. Gordon Professor of Medical Engineering at MIT.
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- MIT Quest for Intelligence Launch: The Consequences – Intelligence and Society
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Led by session chair Melissa Nobles, the Kenan Sahin Dean of the MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences and professor of political science at MIT, and moderator Gideon Lichfield, editor-in-chief of MIT Technology Review, a panel discussion of the social and ethical consequences of artificial intelligence at the launch event for the MIT Intelligence Quest, an Institute-wide initiative on human and machine intelligence research, its applications, and its bearing on society. Panelists: K. Daron Acemoglu, the Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics; Rodney Brooks, the Panasonic Professor of Robotics Emeritus at MIT; Dario Gil, vice president of AI and quantum computing at IBM; Joichi "Joi" Ito, director of the MIT Media Lab; and Megan J. Smith, founder and CEO of shift7 and former U.S. chief technology officer.
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- MIT Quest for Intelligence Launch: Fireside Chat
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- 8 years ago
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- MIT President L. Rafael Reif and Eric Schmidt, former executive chairman of Alphabet, MIT visiting innovation fellow, and a founding advisor of the MIT Intelligence Quest Advisory Board, have an open-ended discussion of the future of human and machine intelligence at the launch event for the MIT Intelligence Quest, an Institute-wide initiative on human and machine intelligence research, its applications, and its bearing on society.
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is an independent, coeducational, privately endowed university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Our mission is to advance knowledge; to educate students in science, engineering, and technology; and to tackle the most pressing problems facing the world today. We are a community of hands-on problem-solvers in love with fundamental science and eager to make the world a better place.
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- MIT Quest for Intelligence Launch: MIT–IBM Watson AI Lab
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Sophie V. Vandebroek, chief operating officer at IBM Research, gives an update on the research activities of the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab at the launch event for the MIT Intelligence Quest, an Institute-wide initiative on human and machine intelligence research, its applications, and its bearing on society. Introduction by Anantha P. Chandrakasan, dean of the MIT School of Engineering and the Vannevar Bush Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is an independent, coeducational, privately endowed university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Our mission is to advance knowledge; to educate students in science, engineering, and technology; and to tackle the most pressing problems facing the world today. We are a community of hands-on problem-solvers in love with fundamental science and eager to make the world a better place....
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- MIT Quest for Intelligence Launch: Student Poster Session Introduction
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- 8 years ago
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- Aude Oliva, MIT executive director of the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab and MIT principal research scientist, and Marin Soljacic, MIT professor of physics, describe the student poster session at the launch event for the MIT Intelligence Quest, an Institute-wide initiative on human and machine intelligence research, its applications, and its bearing on society.
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is an independent, coeducational, privately endowed university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Our mission is to advance knowledge; to educate students in science, engineering, and technology; and to tackle the most pressing problems facing the world today. We are a community of hands-on problem-solvers in love with fundamental science and eager to make the world a better place.
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- MIT Quest for Intelligence Launch: Closing remarks
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- 8 years ago
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- Martin A. Schmidt, MIT provost and the Ray and Maria Stata Professor of Electrical Engineering, offers closing remarks at the launch event for the MIT Intelligence Quest, an Institute-wide initiative on human and machine intelligence research, its applications, and its bearing on society.
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is an independent, coeducational, privately endowed university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Our mission is to advance knowledge; to educate students in science, engineering, and technology; and to tackle the most pressing problems facing the world today. We are a community of hands-on problem-solvers in love with fundamental science and eager to make the world a better place.
The MIT YouTube channel features videos about all types of MIT research, including the robot cheetah, LIGO, gravitational waves, mathematics, and bombardier bee...
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- MIT Quest for Intelligence Launch: Introduction
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- David Siegel, co-chairman of Two Sigma Investments and a founding advisor of the MIT Intelligence Quest Advisory Board, presents an introduction to the MIT Intelligence Quest, an Institute-wide initiative on human and machine intelligence research, its applications, and its bearing on society. Introduction by Martin A. Schmidt, MIT provost and the Ray and Maria Stata Professor of Electrical Engineering.
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- Robo-picker grasps and packs
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- 8 years ago
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- A team of engineers from MIT and Princeton University has developed a robotic system that can successfully localize and pick up any item, amid clutter, and move it to another location. This technology earned them a first place spot at the 2017 Amazon Robotics Challenge. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2018/robo-picker-grasps-and-packs-0220)
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The MIT YouTube channel features videos about all types of MIT research, including the robot cheetah, LIGO...
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- Lab on a LEGO
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- A team of MIT engineers turned to LEGO bricks as the basis of their new microfluidic design because of their precision and consistency. No matter where in the world they are found, LEGO bricks are guaranteed to line up, and snap seamlessly and securely in place. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2018/microfluidics-lego-bricks-0131)
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The MIT YouTube channel features videos about all types of MIT research, including the robot cheetah, LIGO, gravitati...
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- Scaffolding of the Galaxies
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- In the Center for Theoretical Physics at MIT, researchers develop ideas for describing the fundamental physical laws governing our universe, from perspectives spanning nuclear and particle physics, string theory, gravity, and quantum information. (Learn more: http://ctp.mit.edu/)
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is an independent, coeducational, privately endowed university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Our mission is to advance knowledge; to educate students in science, engineering, and technology; and to tackle the most pressing problems facing the world today. We are a community of hands-on problem-solvers in love with fundamental science and eager to make the world a better place.
The MIT YouTube channel features videos about all types of MIT research, including the robot cheetah, LIGO, gravitational waves, mathematics, and bombardier beetles, as ...
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- Bach Cello Suite No. 1 - Prelude - Performed by Janelle Sands
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- 8 years ago
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- Janelle Sands is an accomplished cellist and an undergraduate student in the School of Engineering at MIT. Watch Janelle perform the Prelude from Bach's Cello Suite No. 1.
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is an independent, coeducational, privately endowed university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Our mission is to advance knowledge; to educate students in science, engineering, and technology; and to tackle the most pressing problems facing the world today. We are a community of hands-on problem-solvers in love with fundamental science and eager to make the world a better place.
The MIT YouTube channel features videos about all types of MIT research, including the robot cheetah, LIGO, gravitational waves, mathematics, and bombardier beetles, as well as videos on origami, time capsules, and other aspects of life and culture on the MIT campus. Our goal i...
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- A Holiday Tradition
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- 9 years ago
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- Each year the MIT Women's League designs and decorates three large holiday wreaths to hang above the main entrance to the Institute. Since the 1930s, League members have come together at the beginning of December to make the large evergreen wreaths.
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is an independent, coeducational, privately endowed university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Our mission is to advance knowledge; to educate students in science, engineering, and technology; and to tackle the most pressing problems facing the world today. We are a community of hands-on problem-solvers in love with fundamental science and eager to make the world a better place.
The MIT YouTube channel features videos about all types of MIT research, including the robot cheetah, LIGO, gravitational waves, mathematics, and bombardier beetles, as well as videos on origami, time...
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- Glowing plants
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- MIT engineers have been able to induce plants to give off a dim light for nearly four hours. And they believe that, with further optimization, such plants will one day be bright enough to illuminate an entire workspace. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2017/engineers-create-nanobionic-plants-that-glow-1213)
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The MIT YouTube channel features videos about all types of MIT research, including the robot cheetah, LIGO, gravitational waves, mathematics,...
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- Happy Thanksgiving
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Bringing it way back with this nostalgic craft. Happy Thanksgiving!
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The MIT YouTube channel features videos about all types of MIT research, including the robot cheetah, LIGO, gravitational waves, mathematics, and bombardier beetles, as well as videos on origami, time capsules, and other aspects of life and culture on the MIT campus. Our goal is to open the doors of MIT and bring the Institute to the world through video.
Video: Mela...
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- Goodbye Fall
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- The seasons are a changing around MIT. As the temperature drops and the winds pick up, we say goodbye to fall.
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is an independent, coeducational, privately endowed university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Our mission is to advance knowledge; to educate students in science, engineering, and technology; and to tackle the most pressing problems facing the world today. We are a community of hands-on problem-solvers in love with fundamental science and eager to make the world a better place.
The MIT YouTube channel features videos about all types of MIT research, including the robot cheetah, LIGO, gravitational waves, mathematics, and bombardier beetles, as well as videos on origami, time capsules, and other aspects of life and culture on the MIT campus. Our goal is to open the doors of MIT and bring the Institute to the wor...
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- Meet Boston Jedi
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Meet Boston Jedi, a Boston-based lightsaber stage combat club that meets weekly to practice on MIT's campus. Members of the club, which include MIT students and alumni, use lightsaber props to create visually engaging battle sequences to perform for audiences. Learn more about the club: www.bostonjedi.org
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The MIT YouTube channel features videos about all types of MIT research, including the robot cheetah, LIGO, gravitational waves, mathematics, a...
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- A new way to mix oil and water
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- A team of researchers in the Varanasi Lab at MIT has developed a way to create nanoscale emulsions, of oil and water, stable enough to last indefinitely, and with no mixing required. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2017/new-way-mix-oil-and-water-1108)
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is an independent, coeducational, privately endowed university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Our mission is to advance knowledge; to educate students in science, engineering, and technology; and to tackle the most pressing problems facing the world today. We are a community of hands-on problem-solvers in love with fundamental science and eager to make the world a better place.
The MIT YouTube channel features videos about all types of MIT research, including the robot cheetah, LIGO, gravitational waves, mathematics, and bombardier beetles, as well as videos on origami, t...
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- Neutron stars collide
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- For the first time, scientists have directly detected gravitational waves – ripples in space-time – in addition to light from the spectacular collision of two neutron stars. This marks the first time that a cosmic event has been viewed in both gravitational waves and light. Learn more about this discovery: http://news.mit.edu/2017/ligo-virgo-first-detection-gravitational-waves-colliding-neutron-stars-1016)
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- Nobel Prize in Physics: Rainer Weiss (FULL PRESS CONFERENCE)
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Rainer Weiss ’55, PhD ’62, professor emeritus of physics at MIT, has won the Nobel Prize in physics for 2017. Weiss won half of the prize, with the other half of the award shared by Kip S. Thorne, professor emeritus of theoretical physics at Caltech, and Barry C. Barish, professor emeritus of physics at Caltech.
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is an independent, coeducational, privately endowed university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Our mission is to advance knowledge; to educate students in science, engineering, and technology; and to tackle the most pressing problems facing the world today. We are a community of hands-on problem-solvers in love with fundamental science and eager to make the world a better place.
The MIT YouTube channel features videos about all types of MIT research, including the robot cheetah, LIGO, gravitational waves, mat...
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- Rainer Weiss wins Nobel Prize in physics
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Rainer Weiss, professor emeritus of physics at MIT, has won the Nobel Prize in physics for 2017. Weiss shares the award with Caltech professors emeritus of physics Barry Barish and Kip Thorne. In this video Weiss describes learning of the first detection of gravitational waves.
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The MIT YouTube channel features videos about all types of MIT research, including the robot cheetah, LIGO, gravitational waves, mathematics, and bombardier beetles, as w...
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- The language of color
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Cognitive scientists from MIT and elsewhere have found that people can more easily communicate warmer colors than cool ones. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2017/analyzing-language-color-0918)
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- Blood testing via sound waves
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- A multi-disciplinary team of researchers from MIT, Duke University, Magee-Women's Research Institute, and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore has developed a novel way to analyze blood, for signatures of cancer and other diseases, using sound waves. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2017/blood-testing-sound-waves-tissue-biopsies-0918)
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- Self-folding printable structures
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- 9 years ago
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- A team of researchers from MIT and Umass Amherst have designed 3-D printed structures that can fold themselves up without any outside stimulus, and the folding begins the instant it is peeled off the printing platform. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2017/peel-and-go-printable-structures-fold-themselves-0913)
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- I'm Peter Hicks, and I've worked at MIT for 47 years
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- 9 years ago
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- With over four decades of dedicated service to the Institute, Peter Hicks has the longest tenure within the Department of Facilities. This Labor Day we honor him, and all those who work hard each day to keep MIT running.
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- Time-lapse of the partial solar eclipse 2017
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- 9 years ago
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- A view of the partial solar eclipse, shot through a Celestron C6 telescope, from MIT's campus in Cambridge, MA.
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- Thousands flock to MIT's campus to view the partial solar eclipse
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- 9 years ago
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- On Aug. 21, 2017 several thousand people gathered on MIT's campus to view the partial solar eclipse. Here are some shots from the day including a time-lapse of the eclipse. Read more: http://news.mit.edu/2017/experiencing-great-american-solar-eclipse-mit-0829
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The MIT YouTube channel features videos about all types of MIT research, including the robot cheetah, LIGO, gravitational waves, mathematics, and bombardier beetles, as well as videos on ori...
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- Tunnel Vision: The Borderline Mural Project at MIT
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- During the 2017 spring semester a group of students organized to design and paint interactive murals covering a 200-foot long stretch of wall in the tunnel system located under the campus of MIT. The interactive portion comes in the form of augmented reality where passersby can use their phone to see secret animations within each mural.
The Borderline Mural Project: http://arts.mit.edu/artists/the-borderline
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- President Reif's Charge to 2017 Graduates
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Read the charge to the graduates by MIT President L. Rafael Reif for the Institute's 2017 Commencement, held June 9, 2017:
http://news.mit.edu/2017/president-rafael-reifs-charge-class-2017-0609
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- Tim Cook's MIT Commencement Address 2017
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Apple CEO Tim Cook delivers the 2017 MIT Commencement Address on June 9, 2017.
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- Making Medallions at MIT
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Each year, the Department of Materials Science and Engineering gives its graduating students a bronze medallion of the MIT seal. These medallions are entirely prepared, cast, and finished by students in the Merton C. Flemings Materials Processing Laboratory using the lost-wax/investment casting process. All are welcome, no experience necessary. (Learn more: http://www.technologyreview.com/s/526246/a-labor-of-love/)
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- Secrets of the conch shell and its toughness
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- The shells of marine organisms take a beating from impacts due to storms and tides, rocky shores, and sharp-toothed predators. But as recent research has demonstrated, one type of shell stands out above all the others in its toughness: the conch. Now, researchers at MIT have shown that the conch shell’s superior strength can be reproduced in engineered materials. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2017/conch-shells-better-helmets-body-armor-0526)
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- New method removes micropollutants from water
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- A team of MIT researchers has developed a new way to clear pollutants from water, even when present in extremely low concentrations. (Learn more about their novel method: http://news.mit.edu/2017/electrochemical-clear-pollutants-water-0510)
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- Snowy Campus
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- January 6, 2017 was a very snowy morning here on campus. Here are a few shots from around the Institute.
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- Breezy Spring Morning
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Things are starting to bloom here on campus. Happy Spring!
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is an independent, coeducational, privately endowed university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Our mission is to advance knowledge; to educate students in science, engineering, and technology; and to tackle the most pressing problems facing the world today. We are a community of hands-on problem-solvers in love with fundamental science and eager to make the world a better place.
The MIT YouTube channel features videos about all types of MIT research, including the robot cheetah, LIGO, gravitational waves, mathematics, and bombardier beetles, as well as videos on origami, time capsules, and other aspects of life and culture on the MIT campus. Our goal is to open the doors of MIT and bring the Institute to the world through video.
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- OneWorld @ MIT Multicultural Festival and Dance Parties
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- The MIT community came out in full force Saturday, April 29 for a spirited festival celebrating the Institute’s diverse cultures. Early on, a stage show showcased dance, music, poetry and dress from around the world. Later, a crown comprising of MIT students, faculty, staff, and friends got their groove on in four tent dance parties on campus. (Read more: http://news.mit.edu/2017/oneworld-multicultural-festival-dance-parties-0503)
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- System can 3-D print an entire building
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- The list of materials that can be produced by 3-D printing has grown to include not just plastics but also metal, glass, and even food. Now, MIT researchers are expanding the list further, with the design of a system that can 3-D print the basic structure of an entire building. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2017/3-d-printing-buildings-0426)
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- New coating could prevent pipeline clogging
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Researchers at MIT have developed a coating that could stop the buildup of hydrate ices that slow or block oil and gas flow. These hydrates are potentially explosive and are largely responsible for the initial failure to contain the oil spill that rocked the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. (Learn more about this coating method: http://news.mit.edu/2017/researchers-design-coatings-prevent-pipeline-blowouts-0414)
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