tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/189909660 2007-11-27 11:45:59 -0500 MIT Video Productions <p><em>Alcator C-Mod and The Plasma Science and Fusion Center</em></p><p>MIT graduate students, faculty, and staff prepare for the next generation of fusion reactors. </p> 517 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/189454280 2007-04-23 14:06:01 -0400 MIT Video Productions "Hello, Kismet," said Cynthia Breazeal in a sing-song voice. Leaning closer to the object of her attention, she asked, "Are you going to talk to me?" This exchange would be familiar to any parent, but Kismet is not a child. It's a robotic head that is able to interact with humans in a human-like way through myriad facial expressions, head positions, and tones of voice. "The goal is to build a socially intelligent machine that learns things as we learn them, through social interactions," said Dr. Breazeal, a postdoctoral associate at MIT's Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and leader of the Kismet team. <p>Building a sociable machine, she believes, is also key to building a smarter machine. Most current robots are programmed to be very good at a specific task, such as navigating a room, but they can't do much more. "Can we build a much more open-ended learning system?" Dr. Breazeal asks. "I'm building a robot that can use the social structure that people already use to help each other learn. If we can build a robot that can tap into that system, then we might not have to program every piece of its behavior."</p> 205 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/189007380 2007-04-27 16:56:24 -0400 MIT Video Productions Test drive the future of automotive transportation with the ultra-efficient <a href="http://web.mit.edu/erc/spotlights/small_engine.html">ethanol boosted gasoline engine</a>. An excerpt from MIT ZigZag Episode #13 produced by MIT Video Productions. 148 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/188278040 2007-04-20 11:50:35 -0400 MIT Video Productions Watch as this robocopter flies around campus and gives you and eagle-eye view. 96 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/187922400 2007-04-20 17:20:47 -0400 revrev An overview video for the project I've been working on for two years under Professor Tod Machover.<br /> 215 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/187599220 2007-04-24 15:44:44 -0400 revrev A large-scale robotic musical instrument, designed as part of <em>Death and the Powers.</em><br /> 158 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/187333860 2007-05-09 21:17:01 -0400 spheres The MIT Space Systems Laboratory developed the SPHERES laboratory environment to provide DARPA, NASA, and other researchers with a long term, replenishable, and upgradable testbed for the validation of high risk metrology, control, and autonomy technologies for use in formation flight and autnomous docking, rendezvous and reconfiguration algorithms. These technologies are critical to the operation of distributed satellite and docking missions such as Terrestrial Planet Finder and Orbital Express. The laboratory includes three satellites operating aboard the International Space Station, as well as other satellites for ground operations before flight tests.<br /> 288 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/187121520 2009-09-23 23:06:36 -0400 spheres <p>On 2009-08-15 the MIT SPHERES Team held is 18th Test Session with astronauts Michael Barratt and Timothy Kopra operating our satellites aboard the International Space Station. The SPHERES program (<a href="http://ssl.mit.edu/spheres">http://ssl.mit.edu/spheres</a>) operates nano-satellites aboard the ISS in order to help mature control algorithms.</p> <p>In this specific test (which is slightly sped up in the video), the two satellites are performing "Formation Flight" tests. They start close to each other, and slowly spiral out creating a larger circle. They did this staying within 13mm of the target path. The peacefulness of the spiral motion reminded everyone in the room of "2001 A Space Odyssey", so we gave this video the same score from "An der schönen blauen Donau" (On The Beautiful Blue Danube) by Johann Strauss II.</p> <p>Formation Flight will be useful for future space telescopes. If we can get two or more small telescope satellites to fly in formation, and keep their mirrors aligned to within a few nano-meters (we're getting started, but have a long way to go), then the formation flying satellites would simulate a large telescope, giving us images of distant planets far beyond the great things that the Hubble Space Telescope can do today. </p> 102 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/186880300 2008-03-11 11:54:31 -0400 chosetec An introduction to some flow visualization techniques used at MIT. These methods help us understand the fluid dynamics of natural and manmade systems. <p> I made this video to compile the sweet videos we've taken over the years. Otherwise they would just be sitting there, you know. </p><p> For more information visit: <br /><a href="http://www-math.mit.edu/~bush/fish.htm">Math Fluids Lab</a><br /><a href="http://scripts.mit.edu/~pekowiki/blaise/">Peko Hosoi's Group</a><br /><a href="http://web.mit.edu/fluids/www/">Hatsopoulos Microfluids Lab</a></p> 316 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/186777760 2008-04-28 15:46:45 -0400 MIT Sloan After over two decades in front of the classroom, Sloan Distinguished Professor of Management JoAnne Yates is spending some time in the dean’s office. Long known for her research on organizational communications -- particularly how it is impacted by technology -- Deputy Dean Yates is taking advantage of her opportunity to champion another issue close to her heart: diversity. Believing that diversity has real educational value, Yates has made advancing gender equity a priority. Through this work, Yates hopes to provide role models for women in b-school and expose all students to a wide range of points of view. 1594