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Technology Day 1993 — “Riding the Wave of Innovation: The Ocean and MIT”

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MIT's 1993 Technology Day, on the theme "Riding the Wave of Innovation: The Ocean and MIT," takes place June 4, 1993. Speakers featured in the morning symposium include Sylvia Earle, "Exploring the Ocean with Unmanned...

“Returning From the Moon” (1966) — Science Reporter TV Series

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This 1966 "Science Reporter" television program tackles the challenges of getting the Apollo Command Module safely back from space through the atmosphere to Earth—one of the most forbidding hurdles of the Apollo progr...

“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...

Nanoelectronics with Atomically Layered Materials, Hugh Churchill

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The 12th Annual Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics Symposium: May 10, 2013 Dr. Hugh Churchill, 2012--15 Pappalardo Fellow

MIT Laser Spectroscopy Laboratory: Laser Angiosurgery (1987)

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The MIT George R. Harrison Spectroscopy Laboratory featured in this 1987 video presentation discusses cutting-edge research conducted in conjunction with the Cleveland Clinic Foundation on the applications of laser an...

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 ...

“The Eye of a Robot: Studies in Machine Vision at MIT” and “TX-O Computer” (1959)

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The first of two films shown here, "Eye of a Robot" (to 18:30) summarizes computer vision research being carried out in the 1950s at the MIT Laboratory for Artificial Intelligence, under the direction of Marvin Minsky...