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“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...

MIT-EECS Colloquium Series: Prof. Eric Grimson presents Image-Guided Surgery (1995)

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Professor Eric Grimson is internationally recognized for his research in computer vision, especially in applications in medical image analysis. In 2011, Grimson, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, was name...

“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 ...

Oxide Interface: A Chance for New Electronics, Dr. Lu Li

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The 10th Annual Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics Symposium: May 13, 2011 Dr. Lu Li, 2008--2011 Pappalardo Fellow (Condensed Matter Experiment) Like silicon in computer chips, interfaces between complex oxides are po...

Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics: Introductory Remarks with Edmund Bertschinger

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Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics 10th Anniversary Celebration: October 8, 2010 Edmund Bertschinger, Head, Department of Physics

MIT Red Tailed Hawks (Spring 2004)

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In early spring 2004, a mating pair of red tailed hawks set up residence on the MIT campus in front of Building 9. These hawks were reported to have been building nests on the MIT campus for several years. They nested...

Harvard and MIT Rehabilitation Engineering Center with Prof. Robert W. Mann (1987)

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MIT biomechanics Professor Robert W. Mann introduces several reports on ongoing research being conducted at the Harvard University and MIT Rehabilitation Engineering Center. Research themes cover (1) the quantificatio...

Recent Advances in Amplitude Calculations and Their Applications, Dr. Henriette Elvang

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Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics 10th Anniversary Celebration: October 8, 2010 Dr. Henriette Elvang 2005-2008 Pappalardo Fellow

“Victory and Science” (1945)

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This vintage silent film footage shows a range of World War II ordnance developed at MIT, on display at the campus on November 10-12, 1945. More than 75,000 people attended the event, giving the Boston-area public its...

“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...

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