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“Take Me Back To Tech” (1976)

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This film, which takes its title from a popular MIT song featured at the beginning of the piece, offers a narrative history of MIT from its Back Bay beginnings to the mid-1970s, compiled from a range of vintage film c...

“The Eye of a Robot: Studies in Machine Vision at MIT” and “TX-O Computer” (1959)

Teaching Excellence at MIT 11 years ago

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The first of two films shown here, "Eye of a Robot" (to 18:30) summarizes computer vision research being carried out in the 1950s at the MIT Laboratory for Artificial Intelligence, under the direction of Marvin Minsky...

“The Social Beaver” (1956)

Teaching Excellence at MIT 11 years ago

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A promotional film for prospective students and visitors to MIT, "The Social Beaver" focuses on the community living and range of social and cultural activities that round out a student's life at MIT, from music group...