Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Engineering a second skin
- Title
- Engineering a second skin
- Runtime
- 2:05
- 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
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- Spotting hidden activity in cells
- Runtime
- 2:04
- 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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- Title
- Particles attract across long distances
- Runtime
- 1:49
- 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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- Title
- Chocolate-inspired theory predicts thickness of coatings
- Runtime
- 2:12
- 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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- Title
- Processing emotions
- Runtime
- 1:56
- 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
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- Title
- MIT Students Write Pi
- Runtime
- 1:27
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- In honor of Pi Day we asked MIT students to write as many digits of π from memory.
Watch more videos from MIT: http://www.youtube.com/user/MITNewsOffice?sub_confirmation=1
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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- Making Creativity Visible: The MIT Museum Studio and Compton Gallery
- Runtime
- 2:42
- 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
- Runtime
- 2:46
- 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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- Title
- New prediction tool gives warning of incoming rogue waves
- Runtime
- 2:08
- 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...)
Stock media provided by Pond5.com
Music sampled from, "New England is Interesting" by BOPD
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- Title
- Sea sponge could be the first animal on Earth
- Runtime
- 2:24
- 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
Media provided by Pond5.com
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
- Runtime
- 5:27
- Date posted
- 11 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
- Title
- MIT's Independent Activities Period: A Visual Journey
- Runtime
- 2:29
- Date posted
- 11 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
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alex_Fitch/Collections_For_Film/Mile_Post_1_1758
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- Title
- Welcome to the Sandbox
- Runtime
- 1:49
- Date posted
- 11 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.
- Title
- Material may offer cheaper alternative to smart windows
- Runtime
- 1:22
- Date posted
- 11 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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- Title
- One step closer to fusion power
- Runtime
- 2:04
- Date posted
- 11 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
Stock media provided by Pond5.com
Music sampled from "Rewound" by Chris Zabriskie
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- Title
- A Life-Saving Discovery at MIT MechE
- Runtime
- 16:57
- Date posted
- 11 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.
- Title
- Tracing a cellular family tree
- Runtime
- 1:59
- Date posted
- 11 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
Stock media provided by Pond5.com
Music sampled from, "Forgotten Stars" by Sergey Cheremisinov
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ser...
- Title
- Microscope creates near-real-time videos of nanoscale processes
- Runtime
- 2:59
- 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
- Title
- A more inclusive MIT
- Runtime
- 2:41
- 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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- Title
- Stretchable hydrogel electronics
- Runtime
- 1:55
- 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
- Title
- Imaging brain proteins
- Runtime
- 1:46
- 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
- Title
- Ingestible sensor can measure heart and breathing rates
- Runtime
- 2:15
- 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
- Title
- A Moment in Time: Time capsule found during construction at MIT
- Runtime
- 6:21
- 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
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
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- Gordon-MIT Engineering Leadership Program
- Runtime
- 6:27
- 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
Stock media provided by Pond5.com
Music sampled from “Revelation” by James Joshua Otto
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- Title
- New Earth-like exoplanet discovered
- Runtime
- 2:29
- 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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- Title
- Newly engineered water superglue
- Runtime
- 2:12
- 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
- Title
- Bedrock weathering based on topography
- Runtime
- 2:57
- 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
Stock media provided by Pond5.com
Music sampled from "After Midnight" by Maxim Komyshev
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- Title
- Controlling the bubbles of boiling water
- Runtime
- 2:33
- 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
- Title
- Climate change could bring deadly heat to Persian Gulf
- Runtime
- 3:01
- 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
Stock media provided by Pond5.com
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...
- Title
- Ultrasound drug delivery
- Runtime
- 1:53
- 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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- Title
- Strengthening metal at the nanoscale and eliminating defects
- Runtime
- 1:26
- 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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- Title
- Engineering viruses to produce enhanced photoelectrics
- Runtime
- 1:29
- 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
- Title
- Using solar power to purify water
- Runtime
- 3:25
- 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
- Title
- How the brain encodes time and place
- Runtime
- 1:38
- 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
Stock media provided by Pond5.com
Music sampled from "Out" by Ryan Cross
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- Title
- Siberian Traps likely triggered end-Permian mass extinction
- Runtime
- 2:03
- 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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- Title
- Untangling the mechanics of knots
- Runtime
- 2:37
- 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
- Title
- Better boiling
- Runtime
- 0:40
- 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
- Title
- Self-driving golf carts
- Runtime
- 2:30
- 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.
- Title
- Women's Technology Program at MIT
- Runtime
- 5:34
- 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
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chris_Zabriskie/Divider/02_-_Candlepower
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- Title
- Robot with human reflexes
- Runtime
- 2:41
- 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
- Title
- Improving robot dexterity
- Runtime
- 1:02
- 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
- Title
- Rocket into space with MIT professor and astronaut Jeff Hoffman
- Runtime
- 7:13
- 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
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/James_Joshua_Otto/And_then_the_mountains_moved/What_Is_Whispered_In_Your_Ear_Proclaim_It_From_The_Rooftops
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
- Title
- LiquiGlide: Nonstick coatings leave zero waste behind
- Runtime
- 3:40
- 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
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chris_Zabriskie/Divider/02_-_...
- Title
- How air transportation connects the world
- Runtime
- 2:09
- 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
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jam...
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
- Title
- Explained: Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD)
- Runtime
- 1:18
- 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
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
- Title
- Robot Origami: Robot self-folds, walks, and completes tasks
- Runtime
- 2:44
- 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
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
- Title
- Vanishing friction
- Runtime
- 1:36
- 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
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
- Title
- Thank you MIT: Members of The Class of 2015 say goodbye
- Runtime
- 7:28
- 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
- Title
- The Costume Shop at MIT
- Runtime
- 3:32
- 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
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alex_Fitch/Eola/Keep_The_Car_Running
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
- Title
- MIT cheetah robot lands the running jump
- Runtime
- 1:48
- 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
