Category: From the Vault
Amar Bose: 6.312 Lecture 27—Personal Reflections
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Dr. Bose addresses students during the last class of the Fall 1995 semester. He first illustrates an experiment about sound deterioration and normal modes, using multiple re-recordings of a piece of music, a human voi...
1999 MIT Commencement Exercises — Raymond and Thomas Magliozzi, Guest Speakers
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Raymond and Thomas Magliozzi, hosts of the National Public Radio series "Car Talk", are the commencement speakers on the occasion of the 1999 MIT Commencement Exercises. Commentaries by Prof. Samuel J. Keyser, Specia...
13th Killian Award Lecture (1985) — Philip Morrison, “The Fruits of the Tree of Astronomy”
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Professor Phillip Morrison delivers the first of two lectures for the James R. Killian, Jr., Faculty Achievement Award titled "The Fruits of the Tree of Astronomy," on April 3, 1985. Established in 1971 as a tribute t...
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...
Fractal Butterflies in Moiré Superlattices, Dr. Andrea Young
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The 12th Annual Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics Symposium: May 10, 2013 Dr. Andrea Young, 2011--14 Pappalardo Fellow (Experimental Condensed Matter)
A. Neil Pappalardo — Reflections on an MIT Education (2008)
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A. Neil Pappalardo '64 shares his life story during an inspirational 2008 talk titled "Reflections on an MIT Education." Introduced by MIT President Susan Hockfield, Pappalardo explains the lessons he learned at MIT a...
MIT 2.007 Robot Competition Spring 2010
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Each spring semester, 2.007 — known as Design and Manufacturing I, a required course for mechanical engineering students — culminates in a hotly contested robot competition. A tradition for 40 years, the 2.007 Robot C...
Playing with FIRE- The Edge of the Universe as seen from Magellan, Dr. Robert Simcoe
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Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics 10th Anniversary Celebration: October 8, 2010 Dr. Robert Simcoe 2003-2006 Pappalardo Fellow
“Camp Technology” (1936)
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This vintage film from 1936 shows the daily routines of work (and play) at MIT's surveying camp for civil engineering students. It was known affectionately as "Camp Technology" and for years was held at a site on the ...
“ds = dQ/τ and YOU!” (1961) — MIT Centennial Roundtable
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A roster of luminaries including Jerome Wiesner, Jerrold Zacharias, and John Burchard of MIT discuss the significance of science and technology together with Raymond Aron of the Université de Paris-Sorbonne, Isadore R...