Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Working the angles of North Court
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- Working the angles of North Court
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- 9 years ago
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- Spring has sprung but there is still snow on the ground here in Cambridge. Watch this time-lapse of an early spring afternoon in North Court at MIT.
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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 ...
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- A light rain can spread soil bacteria far and wide
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- 9 years ago
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- Using high-resolution imaging, researchers from MIT's Department of Mechanical Engineering observed the effect of raindrops falling on dry soil laden with bacteria. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2017/light-rain-spread-soil-bacteria-0307)
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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...
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- Building a soft robotic cube
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- 9 years ago
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- Researchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have developed a soft robotic cube that uses a series of spring-loaded metal tongues to jump, bounce, and roll. In this video, we watch the process of building a cube in just one minute. (Learn more: http://www.csail.mit.edu/soft_robotic_jumping_cube).
In future work, the jumping mechanism will be improved in order to launch the robot higher and farther than is possible with the current design. With some lightweight payloads, such as miniature cameras and other sensors, this robot can be used for various tasks such as search and rescue, surveillance, and exploration.
The Distributed Robotics Lab at CSAIL: http://drl.csail.mit.edu/
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is an independent, coeducational, privately endowed university in Cambridge, Massachusett...
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- Puppy Love: Welcome to the MIT Puppy Lab
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- 9 years ago
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- IT'S NATIONAL PET DAY 2018!
The MIT Puppy Lab is a student-led, initiative aimed at leveraging the stress-relieving effects of animal interaction. Throughout the year the lab hosts on-campus sessions for puppy petting and playing. The lab also hosts special events and, in partnership with Dog B.O.N.E.S. of Massachusetts, offers special therapy-dog workshops on campus. All dog owners are members of the MIT community who wish to share their dogs to benefit others. (Learn more about the Puppy Lab: http://mitpuppylab.tumblr.com/about)
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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 proble...
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- Tackling science and technology together
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- 9 years ago
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- MIT comprises a diverse, international community of nearly 23,500 students, postdocs, faculty, and staff. MIT faculty alone hail from 73 countries — including the seven affected by the presidential executive order of Jan. 27. In this video, five MIT professors reflect on why international collaboration benefits science, engineering, and technology for all. (Read more on MIT News: http://mitsha.re/Xedi308XSQK)
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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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- Fast and forceful gel robots
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- 9 years ago
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- Engineers at MIT have fabricated transparent gel robots that can perform a number of fast, forceful tasks, including kicking a ball underwater, and grabbing and releasing a live fish. (Learn more:https://news.mit.edu/2017/transparent-gel-robots-catch-release-fish-0201)
Soft Active Materials Laboratory: http://web.mit.edu/zhaox/www/
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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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- MIThenge
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- 9 years ago
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- At two times during the year, the setting sun aligns with the Infinite Corridor at MIT. In mid November and in late January, when this occurs, and the atmospheric conditions are right, the light emanating from the sun streams down the entire length — 825 feet — of the corridor. This phenomenon is known as MIThenge.
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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, ...
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- MIT community responds to executive order on immigration
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- 9 years ago
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- On Sunday, January 29, MIT students, faculty, and staff gathered to support members of the Institute community who are directly affected by President Trump’s Executive Order barring citizens of seven countries from entering the United States. Once organized, the group marched to join the larger protest in Copley Square, Boston.
Read President Reif's letter to the MIT community: http://news.mit.edu/2017/letter-community-update-regarding-executive-order-0130
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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 b...
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- One of the strongest lightweight materials known
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- 9 years ago
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- A team of MIT engineers has successfully designed a new 3-D material with five percent the density of steel and ten times the strength, making it one of the strongest lightweight materials known. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2017/3-d-graphene-strongest-lightest-materials-0106)
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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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- A Holiday Chalking
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- 10 years ago
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- Happy Holidays from MIT.
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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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- Movable microplatform floating on droplets
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- 10 years ago
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- A new approach to microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), developed by a team of researchers at MIT, could offer a new way of making movable parts with no solid connections between the pieces, potentially eliminating a major source of wear and failure. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2016/movable-microplatform-floats-sea-droplets-1216)
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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, gra...
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- Light-based therapy for Alzheimer's disease
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- 10 years ago
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- *NOTE: This research has made major new strides since 2016. For a more up-to-date version, please see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W4ZdXOSXiI.
Researchers in Li-Huei Tsai's laboratory at the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory have shown that disrupted gamma waves in the brains of mice with Alzheimer’s disease can be corrected by a unique non-invasive technique using flickering light. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2016/visual-stimulation-treatment-alzheimer-1207)
Tsai Lab: http://tsailaboratory.mit.edu/
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- Study Break
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- 10 years ago
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- Imobilare is a b-boy crew at MIT that provides opportunities for students to learn how to breakdance and improve their b-boying skills. Here, two members show us how they breakdance their way toward the end of the semester. (Learn more about Imobilare: http://imobilare.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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- Muscles made of nylon
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- 10 years ago
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- MIT researchers have come up with one of the simplest and lowest-cost systems yet for developing artificial muscles, in which a material reproduces some of the bending motions that natural muscle tissues perform. The key ingredient? Nylon fiber. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2016/nylon-muscle-fibers-1123)
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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...
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- Ultra-long-term drug delivery
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- 10 years ago
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- Researchers at MIT and Brigham and Women's Hospital have developed a new drug capsule that remains in the stomach for up to two weeks after being swallowed, gradually releasing its drug payload. This type of drug delivery could potentially assist in eliminating diseases such as malaria. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2016/new-capsule-long-term-drug-delivery-malaria-1116)
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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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- Predicting the range of droplet sizes for sticky fluids
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- 10 years ago
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- A team of MIT engineers show they can predict a liquid's droplet size distribution, including the likelihood of producing very big and very small droplets, based on one main property: the liquid's viscoelasticity, or stickiness. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2016/spray-tuning-droplets-sticky-fluids-1110)
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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,...
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- Plant-to-human communication
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- 10 years ago
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- MIT engineers have transformed spinach plants into sensors that can detect explosives and wirelessly relay that information to a handheld device similar to a smartphone. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2016/nanobionic-spinach-plants-detect-explosives-1031)
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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 origa...
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- Heat-induced shrinkage
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- 10 years ago
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- Heat is a powerful force that can affect a material in many ways. For example, almost all solid materials when heated, inevitably expand. It is only in very rare instances certain materials do the opposite and actually shrink when heated. It is this class of "metamaterials" a team of engineers are interested in. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2016/3-d-printed-structures-shrink-when-heated-1025)
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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 ...
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- Bengt Holmström wins Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (full press conference)
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- 10 years ago
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- Bengt Holmström, an influential MIT economist and long-time faculty member, has been named a winner of the 2016 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, for his work on contract theory. (Learn more: http://mitsha.re/4HV73051x63)
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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 or...
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- Brain Matters
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- 10 years ago
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- How do we learn about our environment from the experiences of others? What circuits in the brain prompt us to avoid something bad, or drive us toward something good? Stephen A. Allsop PhD ’16, a student in the Harvard-MIT MD/PhD Program, studies social cognition and aims to answer these questions. (Learn more about Stephen and others at MIT who are working to build a better world: http://mitsha.re/N8vx304XsiU)
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- Furry Wetsuits
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- 10 years ago
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- Inspired by hairy, semiaquatic mammals such as beavers and sea otters, a group of MIT engineers are fabricating fur-like rubbery pelts learn how these mammals stay warm and even dry while diving underwater. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2016/beaver-inspired-wetsuits-surfers-1005)
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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, ...
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- CarbonCounter: Online app allows consumers to research low-emissions vehicles
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- 10 years ago
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- A group of MIT researchers took a detailed look at 125 U.S. auto models and found those emitting less carbon are the least expensive to drive overall. Their CarbonCounter app allows you to look up emissions rates for your vehicle or one you are considering buying or leasing. (Learn more: http://mitsha.re/oUM1304C6iZ)
Visit their online app: http://carboncounter.com/
For more information: http://pubs.acs.org.libproxy.mit.edu/doi/full/10.1021/acs.est.6b00177
Video produced and edited by: Melanie Gonick/MIT
Additional transportation footage: Pond5
Music sampled from, "Warm of Mechanical Heart," by Kai Engel
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Atlantida/Kai_Engel_-_Atlantida_-_03_Warm_of_Mechanical_Heart
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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- Ingegneria Classica (Classical Engineering)
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- 10 years ago
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- The Roman Empire was the high-tech hub of its day. In the summer of 2016, students from MIT went on a field trip to understand why — and to put that knowledge to work on the future.
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- MIT Monkey Ballers build a plane for Red Bull Flugtag 2016
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- 10 years ago
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- Red Bull Flugtag is an annual event in which competitors attempt to fly a homemade aircraft off a platform 33 feet in the air. This year, Flugtag came to Boston and the MIT Monkey Ballers entered the competition.
Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT
Additional time-lapse footage: MIT Monkey Ballers
Music sampled from, "Origin I," by Scott Holmes
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/Colossal_Stillness/Origin_l
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- Seeing the unseen: Thank you to those who keep MIT running
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- 10 years ago
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- The MIT Department of Facilities supports the Institute 24/7. Thank you to everyone who works to keep MIT running smoothly.
Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT
Campus blueprints: Branden M. Etheridge
Killian Court rendering: Branden M. Etheridge
Music sampled from, "Even when we fall" and, "The Scent of Cedars" by Philipp Weigl
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Philipp_Weigl/Sound-trax
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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- Making droplets stick
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- 10 years ago
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- When farmers spray their fields, a significant portion of the spray bounces right off the plants and lands on the ground. But now, by using a clever combination of two inexpensive, polymer additives, a team of MIT researchers has developed a way to make droplets less bouncy. (Learn more: http://mitsha.re/OEyz303JBbM)
Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT
Droplet videos: Maher Damak
Farming stock footage: Pond5.com
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- Brain imaging at multiple size scales
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- 10 years ago
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- MIT researchers have developed a new technique for imaging brain tissue at multiple scales, allowing them to peer at molecules within cells or take a wider view of the long-range connections between neurons. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2016/imaging-brain-multiple-size-scales-0725)
Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT
Microscopy imagery: Kwanghun Chung, Taeyun Ku, Justin Swaney, and Jeong Yoon Park
Stock imagery: Pond5.com
Music sampled from, "Clean Soul" by Kevin MacLeod
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Clean_Soul_1388
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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- Are musical tastes cultural or hardwired in the brain?
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- 10 years ago
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- A new study out of MIT and Brandeis University suggests musical preferences are cultural in origin and not hardwired in the brain. (Learn more: http://mitsha.re/G24M302dDA9)
Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT
Still images: Josh McDermott and Alan Schultz
Audio of Tsimane' female singing: Josh McDermott
Audio files for experiments: Josh McDermott
Stock imagery courtesy of Pond5.com adapted by Melanie Gonick
Music sampled from, "Avec Toi" by Dana Boulé
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dana_Boule/Blue_Piano_1544/Avec_Toi
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
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- New hydrogel that doesn't dry out
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Engineers at MIT have found a way to prevent hydrogels from dehydrating, with a method that binds hydrogels to elastomers such as rubber and silicone. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2016/tough-hydrogel-hybrid-artificial-skin-0627)
Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT
Additional demo footage: Hyunwoo Yuk
Skin layers animation: Pond5.com
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- MIT.nano: Innovation
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- 10 years ago
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- MIT is constructing, at the heart of the campus, a new 200,000-square-foot center for nanoscience and nanotechnology. This advanced facility will be a place for tinkering with atoms, one by one—and for constructing, from these fantastically small building blocks, the innovations of the future.
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- LIGO again detects gravitational waves
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- 10 years ago
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- For the second time, scientists have directly detected gravitational waves — ripples through the fabric of space-time, created by extreme, cataclysmic events in the distant universe (Learn more: http://mitsha.re/7qYU301i1L1). The team has determined that the incredibly faint ripple that eventually reached Earth was produced by two black holes colliding at half the speed of light, 1.4 billion light years away.
Video produced and edited by Melanie Gonick/MIT
Two Black Holes Merge into One simulation: SXS
LIGO's First Observing Run timeline image: LIGO
Ripples in Spacetime Pond animation: LIGO/T. Pyle
Black Holes withKnown Masses image: LIGO
Comparing "Chirps" from Black Holes animation: LIGO
Spiral Dance of Black Holes still image: LIGO/T. Pyle
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- Drawing the MIT seal using a CNC machine
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- 10 years ago
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- Using a CNC machine and a red pen, graduate student Victor Leung assists in the automatic drawing of the very detailed MIT seal.
Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT
Music sampled from, "Something Out Of Nothing" by Krowne
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Krowne/Just_For_Us/47_Something_Out_Of_Nothing___EXCLUSIVE
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- President Reif's Charge to 2016 Graduates
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- 10 years ago
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- Read the charge to the graduates by MIT President L. Rafael Reif for the Institute's 2016 Commencement, held June 3, 2016: http://mitsha.re/G3iz300TU9D
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- The Red Coats Are Coming: 50 Years of the Cardinal Blazer at MIT
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- 10 years ago
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- In June of 1966, the Cardinal Blazer of MIT was seen on campus for the first time. As an innovation of the MIT Class of 1916, the Cardinal Blazer of the 50th Reunion Class has since become engraved in MIT culture and is recognized as one of the Institute's most honored and treasured traditions.
Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT
Archival documents and photos: Courtesy of MIT Museum
Red coat image colorization: Christine Daniloff/MIT
Additional campus footage: Lillie Paquette/MIT School of Engineering
Additional still images: Dominick Reuter and M. Scott Brauer
Music sampled from, "Brooks" by Kai Engel
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Chapter_Two__Mild/Kai_Engel_-_Chapter_Two_-_Mild_-_03_Brooks_1014
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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- The History of Making Books: Build a Printing Press at MIT
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- A group of MIT students briefly put away their cell phones this spring to concentrate on a much older information storage and retrieval device: the book. In a hands-on humanities class — Making Books: The Renaissance and Today — students gained insights about early books and book-making technology, not least by actually making paper and building a handset printing press, the kind of press on which the great documents of the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the Scientific Revolution were printed. (Learn more about the build: http://news.mit.edu/2016/mens-et-manus-mit-history-workshop-0610)
Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT
Additional footage: Jonathan Sachs
Historical printing image: Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Music sampled from, "Beat The Burglar" by Scott Holmes
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/Music_For_Commercial_Use_Volume_2/Scott_Holmes_-_10_-_Beat_The_Burglar
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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- MIT Campaign for a Better World
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- At MIT, we pursue research, education, and innovation with a passion for serious impact. We have a record of transforming society for the better—and we are just getting started. As we look to the horizon, we see a future of important challenges and inspiring opportunities. With your help, we can build a better world. (Learn more about the MIT Campaign for a Better World: http://betterworld.mit.edu/)
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- Ingestible origami robot
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Researchers at MIT, the University of Sheffield, and the Tokyo Institute of Technology have demonstrated a tiny origami robot that can unfold itself from a swallowed capsule and, steered by external magnetic fields, crawl across the stomach wall to remove a swallowed button battery or patch a wound. (Learn more about the robot: http://mitsha.re/zeUF300969v)
This research was supported by the National Science Foundation grants IIS-1226883 and CCF-1138967.
Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT
Music sampled from, "Ray Ives" by Tony Higgins (www.tonyhiggins.org)
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Tony_Higgins/Ray_-_A_Life_Underwater/1_ray_ives
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- Engineering a second skin
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Scientists at MIT, Massachusetts General Hospital, Living Proof, and Olivo Labs have developed a new material that can temporarily protect and tighten skin, and smooth wrinkles. With further development, it could also be used to deliver drugs to help treat skin conditions such as eczema and other types of dermatitis. (Learn more: http://mitsha.re/4bKe3002OEA)
Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT
XPL face footage courtesy of: Olivo Labs, LLC.
XPL animation courtesy of: Olivo Labs, LLC.
Music sampled from, "Subdivision of the Masses" by Philipp Weigl
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Philipp_Weigl/Sound-trax/Subdivision_of_the_Masses
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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- Spotting hidden activity in cells
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Scientists at MIT, the University of Göttingen, Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, the Free University Amsterdam and Yale University have developed a noninvasive technique that can distinguish whether an organelle's random motion is actively or thermally driven at the cellular level. (Learn more about the technique: http://mitsha.re/4ncRwj)
Video produced and edited by Melanie Gonick/MIT
Cell animation: Christine Daniloff/MIT
Chlamydomonas image: Dartmouth Electron Microscope Facility, Dartmouth College
Flagella/Cilia videos courtesy of Nikta Fakhri and Christoph F. Schmidt
Music: "Aqua 1" by Rod Hamilton
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rod_Hamilton/Atitlan/Rod_Hamilton_-_Atitlan_-_02_Aqua_1
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- Particles attract across long distances
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- A team of scientists from MIT has found a new kind of long-range interaction between particles, in a liquid medium, that is based entirely on their motions. And these interactions should apply to any kind of particles that move whether they be living cells or metal particles whirled by magnetic fields. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2016/unexpected-long-range-particle-interactions-0411)
Video produced and edited by Melanie Gonick/MIT
Particle videos courtesy of Josh Steimel, Juan Aragones and Alfredo Alexander-Katz
Music sampled from, “Out” by Ryan Cross
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- Chocolate-inspired theory predicts thickness of coatings
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Inspired by the making of chocolate confections like hollow chocolate eggs and bonbons, a group of researchers at MIT in collaboration with a team from EPFL in Switzerland, have developed a rapid fabrication technique and a theory that accurately predicts the final thickness of a shell of a known material given the original rheological properties of the material and the geometry of the mold used for the coating. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2016/chocolate-co...)
Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT
Music sampled from, "Ambynt" by Steve Combs
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- Processing emotions
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- A new study from MIT reveals how two populations of neurons in the brain contribute to the process of assigning emotional associations to specific events. They hope this could shed light on mental illnesses and how to treat them best. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2016/brain-processes-emotions-mental-illness-depression-0331)
Read the paper: http://www.cell.com/neuron/abstract/S0896-6273(16)00183-5
Tye Lab: http://tyelab.org/
Picower Institute for Learning and Memory: https://picower.mit.edu/
MIT Brain and Cognitive Sciences: https://bcs.mit.edu/
Video produced and edited by Melanie Gonick/MIT
Neuron imaging: Anna Beyeler and Craig Wildes from the Laboratory of Kay Tye
Stock imagery: Pond5.com
Music sampled from, " Secret Place" by Alex Fitch
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alex_Fitch/Collections_For_Film/Secret_Place_1147
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
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- MIT Students Write Pi
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- In honor of Pi Day we asked MIT students to write as many digits of π from memory.
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- Making Creativity Visible: The MIT Museum Studio and Compton Gallery
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Located in the heart of campus under the big dome, the MIT Museum Studio and Compton Gallery is a changing exhibition space where visitors encounter a wide range of student-developed exhibitions that encompass the varied fields of science, technology, architecture, history, and art. (Learn more about the studio: https://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/STS/sp16/STS.035/)
Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT
Music sampled from, "All The Pieces Come Together" by Dave Depper
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- Title
- Mapping whale calls reveal feeding in species-specific hotspots
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Using acoustic data collected just north of Georges Bank in the fall of 2006, researchers from MIT, Northeastern University, The Institute of Marine Research in Norway, and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration have found that as multiple species of whales feast on herring, they tend to stick with their own kind. (Learn more: http://mitsha.re/YZu2v)
Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT
POAWRS imagery and whale sound files: Delin, Makris & Ratilal, Northeastern University & MIT
Humpback whale footage provided by Pond5.com
Music sampled from, "Cylinder Four" by Chris Zabriskie
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- New prediction tool gives warning of incoming rogue waves
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- A new prediction tool developed by MIT engineers may give sailors a 2-3 minute warning of an incoming rogue wave, providing them with enough time to shut down essential operations on a ship or offshore platform. (Learn more: http://mitsha.re/YIAH6)
Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT
Rogue wave simulation tool courtesy of Themis Sapsis/MIT Mechanical Engineering
Vessel at sea footage courtesy of Bigwavemaster1 (http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu26D...)
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Music sampled from, "New England is Interesting" by BOPD
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- Sea sponge could be the first animal on Earth
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- New genetic analyses led by MIT researchers confirm that sea sponges are the source of a curious molecule found in rocks that are 640 million years old. These rocks significantly predate the Cambrian explosion — the period in which most animal groups took over the planet, 540 million years ago — suggesting that sea sponges may have been the first animals to inhabit the Earth. (Learn more: http://mitsha.re/YCNZq)
Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT
Protein simulation/additional imagery: David Gold
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Comb Jelly footage courtesy of Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7WT81...)
Music sampled from, "Another Version of You" by Chris Zabriskie
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- Title
- LIGO Detects Gravitational Waves
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- After a decades-long quest, The MIT-Caltech collaboration LIGO Laboratories has detected gravitational waves, opening a new era in our exploration of the universe.
Read more: http://news.mit.edu/2016/ligo-first-detection-gravitational-waves-0211
Produced by MIT Video Productions and MIT News Office
Producer/Editor: Bill Lattanzi
Footage courtesy of: Hans Peter Bischof; California Institute of Technology; Jet Propulsion Laboratory; LIGO, A Passion for Understanding, by Kai Staats; MIT; National Science Foundation; Roger Smith; Virginia Trimble, widow of Joseph Weber; Wikipedia Commons
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- MIT's Independent Activities Period: A Visual Journey
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- The Independent Activities Period (IAP) is a special four week term at MIT that runs from the first week of January until the end of the month. (Learn more about IAP: http://web.mit.edu/iap/)
Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT
Music: "Mile Post 1" by Alex Fitch
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- Welcome to the Sandbox
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Sandbox offers every interested MIT student the opportunity to gain experience developing innovative and entrepreneurial ideas in conjunction with their education. The program will help students develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes required to be effective innovators and leaders of innovation. Students will receive financial resources and mentoring to develop their ideas.
