Category: From the Vault
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...
MIT Project Athena: A Computer-Aided Teaching System (1984)
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Project Athena was a pioneering experiment in education developed at MIT in the 1980s to integrate computers into the university system and provide access to powerful software to the community at all levels. This 1984...
Ronald E. McNair Building Dedication, Center for Space Research (1986)
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On Dec. 5, 1986, MIT dedicated Building 37, home to the Center for Space Research, and part of the aeronautics and astronautics department, to Ronald E. McNair PhD '76. During McNair's second flight in space, he lost ...
Apollo 11 Launch (1969) — Major Alexander P. de Seversky
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This short home movie taken by Major Alexander P. de Seversky, the Russian-American aviation pioneer and inventor, shows a personal view of the APOLLO 11 launch and the attending audience. MIT Museum Collections.
“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....
What Happens at the End of Inflation?, Dr. Mustafa Amin
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The 10th Annual Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics Symposium: May 13, 2011 Dr. Mustafa Amin, 2008--2011 Pappalardo Fellow (Theoretical Astrophysics) Inflation, a period of accelerated expansion in the very early Unive...
Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics: Introductory Remarks by Janet Conrad
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The 12th Annual Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics Symposium: May 10, 2013 Janet Conrad - Chair, 2013-14 Pappalardo Fellowships Executive Committee Recorded 5-10-13
Graphene Twist and Rock-n-Roll, Dr. Michael Fogler
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Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics 10th Anniversary Celebration: October 8, 2010 Dr. Michael Fogler 200-2003 Pappalardo Fellow
“EDM A Magic Slate” (1962) — Science Reporter TV Series
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Norman Taylor of ITEK Corp. (previously with MIT's Lincoln Lab) demonstrates an innovative electronic drafting machine (EDM) that allows engineers to produce computer-based graphic images using a "light pen". He is in...
Population Genetics in a Petri Dish, Dr. Kirill Korolev
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The 10th Annual Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics Symposium: May 13, 2011 Dr. Kirill Korolev, 2010--2013 Pappalardo Fellow (Soft Condensed Matter Theory & Biophysics) The evolution of natural populations involves...
