Category: From the Vault
Technology Day 1997 — “Technology At Play: The World of Sports, Games and Toys”
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MIT's 1997 Technology Day takes place on June 7, 1997 on the theme "Technology At Play: The World of Sports, Games and Toys." Speakers include Stephen C. Jacobsen ME '73, "On the Design and Manufacture of Some Interes...
Technology Day 2000 — “The Future of Atoms in an Age of Bits”
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MIT Technology Day 2000, on the theme "The Future of Atoms in an Age of Bits," features speakers Rodney A. Brooks ("Flash, Machines and the Physical World"), William J. Mitchell ("E-Topia: Digital Communications and t...
Victor Weisskopf & Philip Morrison, “Forty Years after Los Alamos: MIT and the Bomb”
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Professors Victor Weisskopf and Philip Morrison deliver presentations for the 1985 Karl Taylor Compton Lecture series on the theme "Forty Years After Los Alamos: MIT and the Bomb." Moderated by Francis Lowe; April 17...
Infra-Red Dating Game (1996)
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In the mood for fun, students and faculty put a twist on the popular 1960s TV show The Dating Game during Charm School Activities in IAP 1996. Called the Infra-Red Dating Game (a.k.a. Love Lab), this MIT-inspired game...
15th Killian Award Lecture (1987) — Mildred S. Dresselhaus, “Adventures in Carbon Research”
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Institute Professor Mildred S. Dresselhaus delivers the first of two talks for James R. Killian, Jr., Faculty Achievement Award, titled "Adventures in Carbon Research", on April 1, 1987. Established in 1971 as a trib...
“Bountiful Grant of the Sea” (1972) — Prof. Athelsan Spilhaus
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Prof. Athelsan Spilhaus '33, inventor of the bathythermograph, gives the inaugural lecture, titled "Bountiful Grant of the Sea", for the MIT Sea Grant Program Convocation celebration on September 27, 1972. Introducti...
1996 MIT Commencement Address — Vice President Albert A. Gore
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Vice President Albert A. Gore gives the commencement address as Guest Speaker for the 1996 MIT Commencement Exercises, on June 7, 1996.
“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...
“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 ...
24th Killian Award Lecture (1996) — Daniel Kleppner, “Views From a Garden of Worldly Delights”
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Dr. Daniel Kleppner, Lester Wolfe Professor of Physics and associate professor in the Research Laboratory for Electronics, delivers the 1995-96 James R. Killian Faculty Achievement Award lecture entitled "Views From a...
