Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Material may offer cheaper alternative to smart windows
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- Material may offer cheaper alternative to smart windows
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- MIT scientists have come up with a theory to predict exactly how much light is transmitted through a material, given its thickness and degree of stretch. Using this theory, they accurately predicted the changing transparency of a rubber-like polymer structure as it was stretched like a spring and inflated like a balloon. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2016/tune-polymer-material-transparency-smart-windows-0122)
Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT
Music sampled from, "The Zeppelin" by Blue Dot Sessions
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/Aeronaut/The_Zeppelin_1908
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- One step closer to fusion power
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- For the first time, researchers show two types of turbulence within plasma that cause significant heat loss. Solving this problem could take the world a step closer to fusion power which has the promise of limitless and relatively clean energy. (Learn more: http://mitsha.re/XmrC3)
Video produced and edited: Melanie Gonick/MIT
Plasma simulations and Alcator C-Mod footage: Nathan Howard/MIT PSFC and J. Candy/General Atomics
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Music sampled from "Rewound" by Chris Zabriskie
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- A Life-Saving Discovery at MIT MechE
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- A “failed experiment” became a life-saving discovery by MIT Professor Ioannis V. Yannas and his colleague Dr. John Burke when their search for a better way to treat severe burn victims led to the discovery of organ regeneration — thought impossible by the scientific and medical communities at the time — as well as a brand new field of medicine.
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- Tracing a cellular family tree
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- By combining sophisticated RNA sequencing technology with a new device that isolates single cells and their progeny, MIT researchers can now trace detailed family histories for several generations of cells descended from one “ancestor.” This technique could shed light on how cancer develops. (Learn more: http://mitsha.re/Whrsu)
Video produced and edited by Melanie Gonick/MIT
Device videos courtesy of Robert Kimmerling/Manalis Lab
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Music sampled from, "Forgotten Stars" by Sergey Cheremisinov
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ser...
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- Microscope creates near-real-time videos of nanoscale processes
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Engineers at MIT have designed an atomic force microscope that scans images 2,000 times faster than existing commercial models. With this new high-speed instrument, the team produced images of chemical processes taking place at the nano-scale at the rate close to real-time video. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2015/new-microscope-real-time-videos-nanoscale-1214).
Video produced and edited by Melanie Gonick/MIT
Atomic force microscope videos courtesy of the researchers
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- A more inclusive MIT
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Student leaders from the MIT Black Students' Union and the MIT Black Graduate Student Association recently presented recommendations, to MIT's Academic Council, to make MIT more welcoming and inclusive for all. Watch a few of those leaders discuss issues surrounding diversity and how they suggest these issues be addressed. (Learn more:http://news.mit.edu/2015/black-studen...)
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Music sampled from, "Summer Days" by Kai Engel
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- Stretchable hydrogel electronics
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Previously, MIT engineers developed a hydrogel made of over 90% water. Now, they've developed a way to incorporate electronics into the hydrogel which could bridge the gap between the human body and electronics. (Learn more: http://mitsha.re/VzEqF)
Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT
Hydrogel demo clips: Shaoting Lin and Hyunwoo Yuk
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- Imaging brain proteins
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Researchers at MIT have developed a new way to classify neurons by labeling and imaging the proteins found in each cell. This type of imaging offers clues to each neuron's function and should help in mapping the human brain. (Learn more: http://mitsha.re/VruYI)
Video produced and edited by: Melanie Gonick/MIT
Protein imaging renderings courtesy of Kwanghun Chung and Evan Murray
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- Ingestible sensor can measure heart and breathing rates
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Using technology invented at MIT, doctors may one day be able to monitor patients’ vital signs by having them swallow an ingestible electronic device that measures heart rate and breathing rate from within the gastrointestinal tract. (Learn more about the sensor: http://news.mit.edu/2015/ingestible-sensor-measures-heart-breathing-rates-1118)
Video produced and edited by Melanie Gonick/MIT
Device animation: Diana Saville, Albert Swinston and Giovanni Traverso
Device photo courtesy of Albert Swinston/MIT Lincoln Laboratory
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- A Moment in Time: Time capsule found during construction at MIT
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Back in the early stages of construction for MIT.nano, members of the crew stumbled upon something that clearly didn't belong: A time capsule buried in 1957 as part of the dedication to the Compton Laboratories. (Learn more about the time capsule: http://mitsha.re/UNSpl)
Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT
MIT.nano site footage: Lillie Paquette/MIT School of Engineering
Historic time capsule footage: Harold E. Edgerton Collection, MIT Museum ©2010
Additional archival documents and photos: MIT Museum
Killian Court image: Brian Keegan
Music sampled from, "Endless Story About Sun and Moon" by Kai Engel
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Idea/Kai_Engel_-_Idea_-_02_Endless_Story_About_Sun_and_Moon
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- Gordon-MIT Engineering Leadership Program
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Launched in 2007 through a $20 million gift by The Bernard M. Gordon Foundation - the largest gift made to MIT's School of Engineering for curriculum development - the Gordon-MIT Engineering Leadership Program is creating a national model for preparing the engineering leaders of the 21st century. (Learn more: https://gelp.mit.edu/)
Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT
Additional footage courtesy of: Joel Schindell
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Music sampled from “Revelation” by James Joshua Otto
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- New Earth-like exoplanet discovered
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Scientists have discovered a new exoplanet that is located 39 light-years from Earth, making it the closest Earth-sized exoplanet yet discovered. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2015/new-earth-sized-exoplanet-1111)
Video produced and edited by Melanie Gonick/MIT
Additional imagery courtesy of Emily Heisted, Zach Berta-Thompson, Jonathan Irwin, Dana Berry and Chris Gunn/NASA
Music sampled from, "Far Away" by Lost Radiance
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lost_Radiance/The_Light_Side_Of_The_Blue/03_-_Los_Radiance_-_Far_Away
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- Newly engineered water superglue
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- MIT engineers have developed a method to make synthetic, sticky hydrogel that is more than 90 percent water. The hydrogel, which is a transparent, rubber-like material, can adhere to surfaces with a toughness comparable to the bond between tendon and cartilage on bone. (Learn more: http://mitsha.re/UqdR3)
Video produced and edited by Melanie Gonick/MIT
Demo clips courtesy of: Hyunwook Yuk, Teng Zhang, Shaoting Lin, German Alberto Parada and Xuanhe Zhao
Thumbnail image: Felice Frankel
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- Bedrock weathering based on topography
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Buried just beneath the Earth's surface, beneath roots and soil, is the solid bedrock of Earth's crust. Weathering of bedrock is essential to life on Earth. Now scientists have found a way to predict the depth and extent of bedrock weathering given a location's topography. (Learn more: http://mitsha.re/U0OX2)
Video produced and edited by Melanie Gonick/MIT
Additional imagery and videos: Stephen Martel, Seulgi Moon and Taylor Perron
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Music sampled from "After Midnight" by Maxim Komyshev
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- Controlling the bubbles of boiling water
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- For the first time, researchers at MIT have found a way to control the boiling process. The system could improve the efficiency of electric power generation and other processes. (Learn more: http://mitsha.re/TRIQl)
Turning boiling on and off on a surface with separately addressable electrodes to the tune of Ode to Joy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pf8gpFb_sE
Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT
Additional imagery courtesy of the researchers
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- Climate change could bring deadly heat to Persian Gulf
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- According to the results of a new study by researchers at MIT and Loyola Marymount University, parts of the Persian Gulf region could have periods of unprecedented deadly heat, within this century, as a result of climate change. (Learn more: http://mitsha.re/TR1xy)
Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT
Additional imagery: Eltahir Group/MIT and ©Google 2015
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Music sampled from "Ray Ives" by Tony Higgins
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WATCH: Future Temperature in Southwest Asia Projected to Exceed a Threshold for Human Adaptability: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI-Kk...
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- Ultrasound drug delivery
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Using ultrasound waves, researchers have found a way to enable rapid delivery of drugs to the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. This approach could make it easier to deliver drugs to patients suffering from GI disorders. (Learn more: http://mitsha.re/TGzKW)
Video produced and edited by Melanie Gonick/MIT
Animation courtesy of the researchers
Music sampled from "Water & Spirit" by James Joshua Otto
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/James_Joshua_Otto/And_then_the_mountains_moved/Water__Spirit
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- Strengthening metal at the nanoscale and eliminating defects
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- For the first time, researchers have achieved defect healing and marked strengthening through cyclic deformation in nanoscale structures. The novel method is called "cyclic healing." (Learn more: http://mitsha.re/TGuIP)
Video produced and edited by Melanie Gonick/MIT
Additional footage courtesy of the researchers
Music sampled from "Curious by Jon Luc Hefferman
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jon_Luc_Hefferman/Production_Music_1841/Curious_1577
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- Engineering viruses to produce enhanced photoelectrics
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Engineers at MIT and in Italy have genetically modified a virus so that it harnesses the odd behaviors of quantum physics to carry the energy from light much more efficiently than ordinary photovoltaic systems. (Learn more: http://mitsha.re/TqXtc)
Video and animation by Lauren Aleza Kaye
Scientific direction by Professor Angela Belcher and Dr. Heechul Park
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- Using solar power to purify water
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- For nearly two years now, members of the remote Mexican village of La Mancalona, have operated and maintained a solar-powered water purification system engineered by researchers at MIT. (Learn more: http://mitsha.re/T8IgE)
Video: The team of MIT researchers/Fondo Para la Paz
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- How the brain encodes time and place
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- MIT researchers have now identified a brain circuit that processes the "when" and "where" components of memory. (Learn more: http://mitsha.re/SzDmW)
Video produced and edited by Melanie Gonick/MIT
Additional images courtesy of the McGovern Institute and Takashi Kitamura
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Music sampled from "Out" by Ryan Cross
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- Siberian Traps likely triggered end-Permian mass extinction
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Around 252 millions years ago life on Earth collapsed in a unprecedented fashion as more than 96 percent of marine species and 70 percent of land species disappeared. The cause of this severe extinction has been a mystery, until now. (Learn more: http://bit.ly/1McanIw)
MIT researchers have now determined the Siberian Traps erupted at the right time and for the right duration to have been a likely trigger for the end-Permian extinction.
Video produced and edited by Melanie Gonick/MIT
Additional footage and stills: Henrik Svensen, Scott Simper and Seth Burgess
Music sampled from "Out" by Ryan Cross
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan_Cross/Dah_Gunk/Out
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- Untangling the mechanics of knots
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Researchers at MIT and Pierre et Marie Curie University in Paris have come up with a new theory that describes how a knot's configuration, or "topology," determines its mechanical forces. (Learn more: http://mitsha.re/RVIRY )
Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT
Additional footage: Stock imagery from Pond5.com
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- Better boiling
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- The details of what happens on a hot surface as water boils have been poorly understood, so unexpected hotspots can sometimes occur, damaging expensive equipment and disabling power plants. Now researchers at MIT have developed an understanding of what causes this extreme heating and how to prevent it using surfaces nano-textured with tiny posts. (Learn more: http://mitsha.re/RVEsR)
In this video, developing hotspots are revealed by infrared imaging of the heated surface. A comparison of how liquid gets distributed over the surface by capillary action, with different spacings between the posts, helps to demonstrate that there is an optimum level of texturing beyond which the benefits actually diminish.
Video: Navdeep Singh Dhillon
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- Self-driving golf carts
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Members of the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) are developing technology for self-driving vehicles that could pick you up, drive along a designated path and bring you safely to your destination. (Learn more: http://mitne.ws/1Kplnor)
Video produced and edited by Melanie Gonick/MIT
Additional footage courtesy of SMART
Autonomous Vehicles Group, SMART 2010-2015:
Marcelo H. Ang Jr., James Fu Guo Ming, Emilio Frazzoli, Daniela Rus, David Hsu, Lui Wei, Shen Xiaotong, Scott Pendleton, Chen Min, Hands Andersen, Feng Mengdan, Chong Zhuang Jie, Baoxing Qin, Tawit Uthaicharoenpong, Cody Kamin, Wenig Zhiyong, Daniel Morton, Diluka Moratuwage and Sertac Karaman.
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- Women's Technology Program at MIT
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- The MIT Women's Technology Program (WTP) is a rigorous four-week summer academic and residential experience where female high school students explore engineering through hands-on classes, labs, and team-based projects. (For more information on WTP: http://wtp.mit.edu)
Students attend WTP in either Electrical Engineering and Computer Science or Mechanical Engineering. WTP is designed for students who excel in and have a passion for math and science, but who have little or no experience. Students who are not yet certain about their future college majors are encouraged to apply.
Applications are available in late November and the application deadline is January 1.
Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT
Music sample from "Candlepower" by Chris Zabriskie
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- Robot with human reflexes
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Researchers from MIT's Department of Mechanical Engineering have designed an interface that takes advantage of a human's split-second reflexes allowing a humanoid to maintain its balance and complete tasks. (Learn more: http://mitne.ws/1WyzOtq)
Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT
Additional footage courtesy of the researchers
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- Improving robot dexterity
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- MIT engineers have devised a way to give more dexterity to simple robotic grippers using the environment as a helping hand. Their model predicts the force with which a robotic gripper must push against surrounding fixtures in order to adjust its grasp. (Learn more about the system: http://mitne.ws/1ONlwzt)
Video produced and edited by Melanie Gonick/MIT
Robotic footage and additional editing courtesy of Nikhil Chavan-Dafle and Alberto Rodriguez
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- Rocket into space with MIT professor and astronaut Jeff Hoffman
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Spaceflight is exciting, and you don’t have to be a “Rocket Scientist” to share in the excitement! 16.00x makes the basics of spaceflight accessible to everyone. Join MIT Professor Jeffrey Hoffman, a former NASA astronaut who made five spaceflights and was the first astronaut to log 1000 hours on the Space Shuttle, as he teaches you the core principles behind space travel and exploration in his first online course: Introduction to Aerospace Engineering: Astronautics and Human Spaceflight.
Free online courses from MIT: https://www.edx.org/school/mitx
Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT
Additional footage courtesy of MITx, New Horizons and NASA
Music sampled from "What Is Whispered In Your Ear Proclaim It From The Rooftops" by James Joshua Otto
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- LiquiGlide: Nonstick coatings leave zero waste behind
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- The days of wasting condiments — and other products — that stick stubbornly to the sides of their bottles may be gone, thanks to MIT spinout LiquiGlide, which has licensed its nonstick coating to a major consumer-goods company. (Learn more about LiquiGlide: http://mitne.ws/1BTLIqK)
Developed in 2009 by MIT’s Kripa Varanasi and David Smith, LiquiGlide is a liquid-impregnated coating that acts as a slippery barrier between a surface and a viscous liquid. Applied inside a condiment bottle, for instance, the coating clings permanently to its sides, while allowing the condiment to glide off completely, with no residue. They can also design the coatings to be made entirely of food so it's edible and safe for consumer packaging of food-based products
Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT
Additional footage courtesy of LiquiGlide™
Music sampled from "Candlepower" by Chris Zabriskie
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- How air transportation connects the world
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Every time you’ve seen a plane take off or land at a hub airport, you’ve seen the world growing more connected, according to a new model developed by researchers at MIT. (Learn more about their model: http://mitne.ws/1fy6Bhl)
Video produced and edited by Melanie Gonick/MIT
Stock media provided by Pond5.com and iStock.com
Computer model simulations courtesy of the researchers.
Music sampled from "One Step Enough" by James Joshua Otto
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- Explained: Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD)
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- The process of chemical vapor deposition, or CVD, is explained.
Video produced and edited by Melanie Gonick/MIT
Computer graphics courtesy of Karen Gleason
Music sampled from "Nesting" by Blue Dot Sessions
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/Origami_1726/Nesting_1044
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- Robot Origami: Robot self-folds, walks, and completes tasks
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- A team of MIT researchers have developed a printable origami robot that folds itself up from a flat sheet of plastic when heated and measures about a centimeter from front to back. (Learn more: http://mitne.ws/1HwBZro)
Weighing only a third of a gram, the robot can swim, climb an incline, traverse rough terrain, and carry a load twice its weight.
Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT
Additional footage: Shuhei Miyashita
Music sampled from "Master" by Blue Dot Sessions
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/Modul_Kalimba/Master_1659
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- Vanishing friction
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Physicists at MIT have developed an experimental technique to simulate friction at the nanoscale. (Learn more about this technique: http://mitne.ws/1SYO90t)
Using their technique, the researchers are able to directly observe individual atoms at the interface of two surfaces and manipulate their arrangement, tuning the amount of friction between the surfaces. By changing the spacing of atoms on one surface, they observed a point at which friction disappears.
Video produced and edited by Melanie Gonick/MIT
Computer simulations courtesy of Alexei Bylinkskii
Music sampled from "Insatiable Toad" by Blue Dot Sessions
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/Origami_1726/Insatiable_Toad
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- Thank you MIT: Members of The Class of 2015 say goodbye
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Over the 2013-14 academic year, MIT News profiled several graduating seniors. Here, watch as four of them discuss their time at MIT and what they look forward to in the future.
Read the full profiles:
Anisha Gururaj: http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2014/student-profile-anisha-gururaj-1218
Sheldon Trotman: http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2015/student-profile-sheldon-trotman-0227
Sofia Essayan-Perez: http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2014/student-profile-sofia-essayan-perez-0925
Walter Menendez: http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2015/student-profile-walter-menendez-0424
Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT
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- The Costume Shop at MIT
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- The MIT Costume Shop is where creativity flourishes at the Institute. Courses in both costume design and figure drawing are only a couple of the examples of what is offered. The Costume Shop also designs, constructs and assists in all theater art productions on campus often creating all the costumes in house.
This video shows how students can take a simple medium like paper and transform them into incredible, and functional garments.
Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT
Music sampled from "Keep the Car Running" by Alex Fitch
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- MIT cheetah robot lands the running jump
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- In a leap for robotic development, the MIT researchers who built a robotic cheetah have now trained it to see and jump over hurdles as it runs — making this the first four-legged robot to run and jump over obstacles autonomously. (Learn more: http://bit.ly/1JYy1bD)
Watch the MIT cheetah run outside: http://youtu.be/XMKQbqnXXhQ
Video: Haewon Park, Patrick Wensing and Sangbae Kim
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- MIT.nano: Education
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- MIT.nano will be a 200,000-square-foot research facility for nanoscale research constructed at the very heart of the MIT campus. (Learn more about MIT.nano: http://bit.ly/1mZ8CUV)
The building will house state-of-the-art cleanroom, imaging, and prototyping facilities supporting research with nanoscale materials and processes — in fields including energy, health, life sciences, quantum sciences, electronics, and manufacturing.
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- MIT.nano: An Overview
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- MIT.nano will be a 200,000-square-foot research facility for nanoscale research constructed at the very heart of the MIT campus. (Learn more about MIT.nano: http://bit.ly/1mZ8CUV)
The building will house state-of-the-art cleanroom, imaging, and prototyping facilities supporting research with nanoscale materials and processes — in fields including energy, health, life sciences, quantum sciences, electronics, and manufacturing.
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- Observe@MIT: Observing the sky at MIT
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Observe@MIT is a series of astronomical observation sessions led by astronomer and planetary science lecturer Amanda Bosh. Members of the MIT community are encouraged to come and observe the sky above and learn about space and what there is to see on that particular day or night. Everyone is welcome to participate by looking through one of the telescopes and having a conversation with peers and astronomy enthusiasts alike up on the roof of building 37, on MIT's campus in Cambridge, MA.
To be alerted when there is an Observe session, join their mailing list: http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listin...
Special thanks to the Alumni Class Funds for their contribution to Observe@MIT.
Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT
Images in order of appearance: MIT Wallace Astrophysical Observatory, Ryuga Hatano, Amanda Bosh and Amanda Bosh
Notebook sketches in order of appearance: Sophia Tigges, Nilu Zhao, Nilu Zhao, Yuqi Song and Jesse Thornburg
Stoc...
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- How bombardier beetles bomb
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- For as long as researchers have been studying the bombardier beetle they have been baffled by their ability to produce an internal explosion in their abdomen and then expel a jet of boiling, irritating liquid towards their attackers while avoiding any physical damage. Now a team of researchers at MIT, the University of Arizona, and Brookhaven Laboratory have solved the conundrum. (Learn more: http://bit.ly/1GJygo0)
Using high-speed synchrotron X-ray imaging the researchers were able to "see" the inside of the abdomens of living bombardier beetles during explosions.
Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT
X-ray imagery: Ortiz Lab
External high-speed footage: "Bombardier Beetles," ©2012 MIT Harold E. Edgerton Collection, Courtesy of MIT Museum
Still image: Charles Hedgcock and Wendy Moore
Stock media provided by Pond5.com
Music sampled from "Union Hall Melody" by Blue Dot Sessions
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- Magnifying motion
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- MIT researchers have now developed a technique to "see" vibrations that would otherwise be invisible to the naked eye, combining high-speed video with computer vision techniques. (Learn more about the technique: http://bit.ly/1K8t4en)
Video produced and edited: Melanie Gonick/MIT
Crane footage: Wadhwa, Rubinstein, Durand, and Freeman
Pipe and column footage: Justin Chen
Music sampled from "Zero" by Steve Combs
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Steve_Combs_1437/20_Zero
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- NailO: A thumbnail-mounted wireless trackpad
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Researchers at the MIT Media Lab are developing a new, wearable device that turns the user's thumbnail into a miniature, wireless track pad. NailO was inspired by the colorful stickers that people apply to their nails as a form of self-expression and style. The researchers envision the device could be extremely personable and therefore feel more like an extension of your body. Learn more: http://mitne.ws/1Jb57SE
Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT
Additional footage and images courtesy of Cindy Hsin-Liu Kao and Artem Dementyev
Music: "Red City Theme" by Blue Dot Sessions
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/none_given_2132/Red_City_Theme
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- Detecting rare cancer cells with sound waves
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- A team of engineers from MIT, Penn State University, and Carnegie Mellon University is developing a novel way to isolate rare circulating tumor cells using sound waves to separate them from blood cells. (Learn more: http://bit.ly/19Z5eoq)
Video produced and edited by Melanie Gonick/MIT
Additional imagery courtesy of the researchers
Music: Sampled from "Music for Manatees" by Kevin MacLeod
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- Parkinson's diagnosis by typing on a keyboard
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- In a new study from MIT, researchers show how analyzing people's keystrokes as they type can reveal a great deal of information about the state of their motor function. (Learn more: http://bit.ly/1Inaj5u)
Using the researchers' algorithm for analyzing keystroke patterns could lead to the diagnosis of diseases that impair motor function, such as Parkinson's disease, much earlier than is now possible.
Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT
Stock media provided by Pond5.com
Music sampled from "Air Hockey Season" by Chris Zabriskie
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- Wireless brain stimulation
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Calcium-dependent fluorescence recording of neurons that have not (left) or have been (right) heat-sensitized with the capsaicin receptor TRPV1. (Learn more: http://bit.ly/19eVoPY)
When neurons are excited with an alternating magnetic field ('ON'), evoked activity captured by fluorescence spiking in the video is observed. As neural activity diminishes between 'ON' cycles, another magnetic field pulse is applied for re-excitation. Movie is 5.4 times faster than real-time.
Clip provided by the researchers.
- Title
- Mega Menger: Building a Menger Sponge at MIT
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- MIT's origami club, OrigaMIT, led the effort to build a Level 3 Menger Sponge out of folded business cards. This was part of a larger, global project sponsored by Queen Mary University of London.
A Menger Sponge is a three-dimensional fractal, which can be made by taking a cube and cutting out a square section through the center in each of the three directions; then each of the resulting smaller cubes is cut out in the same way, and so on until you've removed infinitely many pieces. The Mega Menger Project aimed to construct the largest Menger Sponge ever built using only business cards.
Mega Menger: http://www.megamenger.com/
OrigaMIT: http://origamit.scripts.mit.edu/
Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT
Music sampled from "Anders" by Blue Dot Sessions
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/Macrame/Anders
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
- Title
- Marine shells may help develop responsive, transparent displays
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Scientists at MIT and Harvard University have identified two optical structures within the blue-rayed limpet's shell that give its blue-striped appearance. Such natural optical structures may serve as a design guid for engineering color-selective, controllable, transparent displays. (Learn more: http://bit.ly/181DKNV)
Video produced and edited by Melanie Gonick
Additional footage and imagery courtesy of the researchers
Music sampled from "Hallon" by Christian Bjoerklund
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Christian_Bjoerklund/Skapmat/christian_bjoerklund_-_skpmat_ep_-_01_-_hallon
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
- Title
- A simple way to make and reconfigure complex emulsions
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- MIT researchers have devised a new way to make complex liquid mixtures, known as emulsions, that could have many applications in drug delivery, sensing, cleaning up pollutants, and performing chemical reactions. (Learn more about these complex emulsions: http://bit.ly/1akhMHC)
Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT
Additional imagery courtesy of Lauren Zarzar/Vishnu Sresht/Nature
Music sampled from "Treppe 3" by Rod Hamilton
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rod_Hamilton/Atitlan/Rod_Hamilton_-_Atitlan_-_01_Treppe_3
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/
- Title
- In the Snow: MIT Winter 2015
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- It's been an historic winter here in Boston/Cambridge, with record snowfalls and freezing cold temperatures. Watch MIT's Norm Magnuson discusses the challenges him and his crew face during such weather and how they've been able to keep the campus up and running.
Video: Melanie Gonick, MIT News
Additional images: Dominick Reuter
Music sampled from "Backed Vibes Clean"
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/kevin_macleod/jazz_sampler/backed_vibes_clean_1973
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
