Category: Science Reporter TV Series
“Sailing by Computer” (1966) – Science Reporter TV Series
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Novel approaches to ship design using state-of-the-art computers are presented in a 1966 interview of Halsey Herreshoff, instructor at the MIT Department of Naval Architecture in charge of research in ship model testi...
“Big Magnets” (1961) — Science Reporter TV Series
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Dr. Benjamin Lax discusses the future of the nascent National Magnetic Laboratory at MIT (of which he is the director) in fields such as biomagnetics, along with MIT professor Francis Bitter, research biologist Dr. H....
“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...