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“Big City 1980” (1961) — MIT Centennial Film

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MIT professor and architectural engineer John E. Burchard '23 accompanies the program host, Garry Moore, as they consider together what the urban future holds: how and where we will live in 1980, twenty years ahead? T...

MIT Project Athena: A Computer-Aided Teaching System (1984)

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Project Athena was a pioneering experiment in education developed at MIT in the 1980s to integrate computers into the university system and provide access to powerful software to the community at all levels. This 1984...

“EDM A Magic Slate” (1962) — Science Reporter TV Series

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Norman Taylor of ITEK Corp. (previously with MIT's Lincoln Lab) demonstrates an innovative electronic drafting machine (EDM) that allows engineers to produce computer-based graphic images using a "light pen". He is in...

Rescuing Hubble: Introduction

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To commemorate the 20th anniversary of STS-61, the first Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission, MIT’s Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics presented the symposium Rescuing Hubble, on Wednesday, November 13, 2...

MIT OpenCourseWare Press Conference (April 4, 2001)

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On April 4, 2001, MIT President Charles Vest leads a press conference to announce the establishment of MIT's OpenCourseWare (OCW), the web-based program to provide free access to MIT course content, including lecture ...

Amar G. Bose: 6.312 Lecture 17—Transformers and Magnetic Circuits

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Topics include: magnetic circuits; transformers; Lenz's Law; leakage flux. Recorded: Nov. 7, 1995.

Amar G. Bose: 6.312 Lecture 18—Permanent Magnets

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Topics include: permanent magnets; omni vs. cardioid; first transatlantic cable; Norbert Wiener and first use of network synthesis; Kirchhoff's laws; magnetic materials and Alnico; future of electrical systems in auto...

1993 MIT Commencement Address — President Carlos Salinas de Gortari

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Dr. Carlos Salinas de Gortari, Constitutional President of the United Mexican States, gives the 1993 MIT Commencement Address on May 28, 1993.

Rescuing Hubble: Space Servicing History, Analysis

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To commemorate the 20th anniversary of STS-61, the first Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission, MIT’s Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics presented the symposium Rescuing Hubble, on Wednesday, November 13, 2...