tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/185252000 2008-02-03 23:58:20 -0500 MIT Dept. of Blogological Engineering <p>The MIT Lab for Chocolate Science ran a whole bunch of really neat events during IAP, not least of which were their chocolate tours of Boston and Cambridge. I went on the Boston tour, learned about a number of great places to get chocolate, and acquired a stash of the stuff that I'm still working on eating as of this posting.</p> 448 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/185217500 2008-04-14 12:15:57 -0400 CPW '08 Videos <p><a href="http://web.mit.edu/2.00b/www/pages/toylab.html" target="_new">MIT Toy Lab</a>, check out some of the projects being worked on with the help of some pre-frosh visiting during CPW.</p><p><em>SC stands for "SnivelyCam" - shots taken across CPW by MIT Admissions Blogger Mike Snively.</em></p> 339 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/185015360 2008-07-30 00:54:21 -0400 Scratch Directed by Noboyuki Ueda and his team 316 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/184971500 2008-07-21 09:06:00 -0400 AeroAstro MIT AeroAstro Space Systems Lab's SPHERES microsatellites are tested on the International Space Station. 288 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/184931520 2008-07-30 02:04:58 -0400 Scratch Directed by Noboyuki Ueda 252 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/184907880 2007-04-24 13:33:03 -0400 leo <p>i always suspected that magical things happen in the medialab during the wee hours of the night - this recently uncovered evidence only confirms my worst fears</p><p>this movie was made by <a href="http://leo.media.mit.edu">leonardo bonanni</a> with music selection by <a href="http:/creativesynthesis/blog">matthew hockenberry</a></p><p>music by the <a href="http://cuttime.com">the cut time players</a></p> 184 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/184885540 2008-01-22 16:18:49 -0500 MIT Video Productions Welcome to the Laboratory for Human and Machine Haptics, less formally known as the Touch Lab, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Touch Lab was founded by Dr. Mandayam A. Srinivasan in 1990. The goals of research conducted in the "Touch Lab" are to understand human haptics, develop machine haptics, and enhance human-machine interactions in virtual reality and teleoperator systems. The image below shows the relationship between the different areas of Touch Lab research. A human senses and controls the position of the finger tip, while a robot exerts forces to simulate contact with a virtual object. Both systems have sensors (nerves, encoders), processors (brain, computer), and actuators (muscles, motors). 233 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/191656940 2008-01-22 16:19:26 -0500 MIT Video Productions <p>Humanoid intelligence requires humanoid interactions with the world, according to Professor Rodney Brooks, director of the MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab. By building a robot with a human-like form that can experience the world in the same way that humans do, Brooks and his colleagues believe that eventually someone will be able to build a robot as capable as a human being.</p><p>Meet Cog, a set of sensors and actuators that try to approximate the sensory and motor dynamics of a human body. Since the robot has humanoid form, it is both easy and natural for people to interact with it in a human-like way. And interaction with people is just what Cog needs to learn. Cog is not preprogrammed to perform tasks, but rather learns through interaction. Cog's "brain" is actually many sets of computers spread out around the robot's body and down its back. Each set of computers represents a different part of Cog's "nervous system" and confers perceptual abilities such as vision or basic motor skills such as moving its limbs. </p><p>The idea of this architecture is to allow simple interactions that will lead to simple behaviors that, in turn, will build on each other to make more complicated behaviors easier.</p> 188 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/189283240 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/188837360 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