Category: From the Vault
“Computer For Apollo” (1965) — Science Reporter TV Series
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This 1965 "Science Reporter" television program features the Apollo guidance computer and navigation equipment, which involve less than 60 lbs of microcircuits and memory cores. Scientists and engineers Eldon Hall, Ra...
“Quicker ‘n a Wink” (1940) — Prof. Harold E. Edgerton
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Directed by George Sidney, Quicker 'n a Wink introduces MIT Professor Harold "Doc" Edgerton who demonstrates strobe photography. This film allows us to see what happens at speeds too fast to be discerned by the naked ...
17th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Celebration (1991)
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The Seventeenth Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Celebration takes place January 18, 1991, and features Dr. Benjamin Hooks as keynote speaker. Four students also present a youth perspective on the significance of t...
“The Birth of Time-Shared Computing” (1985) — Prof. Robert Fano
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The history of time-sharing is the subject of this lecture by Robert Fano, delivered on April 30, 1985. Fano joined the MIT faculty in 1947 and from 1950 to 1953 he led the Radar Techniques Group at Lincoln Laboratory...
“Artificial Intelligence: Learning and the TEIRESIAS Program” (1981) — Prof. Randall Davis
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Professor Randall Davis of the MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, a seminal contributor in the field of knowledge-based systems, gives a talk titled "Artificial Intelligence: Learning and ...
16th Killlian Award Lecture No. 1 (1988) — Jay W. Forrester, “The Common Foundation…”
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Jay W. Forrester delivers the first of two talks for the James R. Killian, Jr., Faculty Achievement Award, titled "The Common Foundation Underlying Physical and Social Systems: Information Sources and Methods for Mod...
Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics: Dr. Paola Rebusco
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9th Annual Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics Symposium May 14, 2010 Astronomers-to-be at MIT Dr. Paola Rebusco, 2007-10 Fellow (Theoretical Astrophysics) During my time at MIT, I had the good luck to mentor three ta...
Dynamics at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) with Effective Field Theories, Dr. Duff Neill
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The 12th Annual Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics Symposium: May 10, 2013 Dr. Duff Neill, 2012--15 Pappalardo Fellow (Quantum Field Theory)
“Full Day” (1958) — Kevin Lynch
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Professor Kevin Lynch BCP '47 produced this time-lapse film showing 24 hours as viewed from the Memorial Drive side of the MIT campus, looking across the Charles River towards the city of Boston, in 1958, as part of h...
Ethics in Engineering and Science Forum (1988) — Sylvia Robins, Doug Ross and Ralph Nader
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Panel discussion at the Ethics in Engineering and Science Forum addressing issues of whistle-blowing and ethics with Sylvia Robins, Doug Ross, and Ralph Nader. Caroline Whitbeck, moderator. Held April 14, 1988.
