tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/185305720 2008-09-19 13:26:54 -0400 Compton Lecture Series <p>On September 18, 2008, President Paul Kagame of Rwanda delivered a lecture<br />entitled, "Imperative of Science and Technology in Accelerating African and<br />Rwandan Development." After the lecture, President Kagame took questions from the audience pertaining to this subject.</p><p>Read more about this event <a href="http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/compton-0919.html">here</a>. </p> 4287 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/185264040 2008-03-07 18:35:04 -0500 The David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research @MIT The Big Impact of (Very) Small Science Speakers: Robert Langer, Scott Manalis, Phillip Sharp 2715 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/185240420 2008-01-30 13:13:25 -0500 MIT Video Productions <p>During June 5th’s Tech Day symposium, a beaming President Chuck Vest had the rare opportunity to interview MIT alumnus and astronaut, Lt. Col. Mike Fincke, at his current residence aboard the International Space Station. Lt. Col. Fincke has been on board since April, and didn't want to miss the chance to briefly join his classmates during their 15 year reunion at MIT.</p><p>This remarkable connection with the space station was made possible by AMPS technology and personnel, most notably Craig Milanesi and Kevin Kirwin. As Astronaut and Alum Mike Fincke told the 1,100 in attendance at Kresge, "When we were setting this (videoconference) up with NASA, they were wondering if we would be able to get good audio and video... I said that if anyone can do great audio and video, it's MIT!"</p> 948 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/185205880 2008-06-19 13:47:13 -0400 School of Engineering <p>MIT Institute Professor Robert Langer has won the Millennium Technology Prize, the world's largest award for technology innovation.</p><p>Langer was chosen "for his inventions and development of innovative biomaterials for controlled drug release and tissue regeneration that have saved and improved the lives of millions of people," according to Technology Academy Finland, which gives the award every other year.</p><p><a href="http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/langer-millennium-0611.html" target="_blank">More info</a></p> 523 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/185134280 2008-04-17 12:46:54 -0400 TDP MIT's Technology and Development Program (TDP) is participating in a new program to assist the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) to establish a graduate science and engineering program in Abu Dhabi, UAE, focused on renewable energy and sustainable technology. This video shows the plans for the green city which would house the MIST campus. 478 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/185062780 2008-08-06 12:26:30 -0400 School of Engineering <p> Tim Berners-Lee, an MIT senior research scientist credited with inventing the World Wide Web, has been awarded the first Millennium Technology Prize. The award of 1 million euros ($1.2 million) was established in 2002 and backed by the Finnish government.</p><p> The prize committee said Berners-Lee's contribution strongly embodied the spirit of the award, given "for an innovation that directly promotes people's quality of life, is based on humane values and encourages sustainable economic development."</p><p><a href="http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2004/berners-lee.html"> More info</a></p> 340 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/191033540 2008-08-13 15:09:10 -0400 MIT News Office <p>Using a bicycle wheel to thresh millet, making LEGO-like bricks from dirt, or hooking up an electric generator to an irrigation pump may not save the world, but such simple projects could go a long way toward improving the lives of millions of people living in the world's developing countries. That's the guiding principle behind a month-long summer workshop at MIT. <a href="http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/idds-0808.html">More</a></p><p>Video: MIT News Office/AMPS </p> 178 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/189721960 2008-09-02 15:54:18 -0400 MIT Department of Physics Technical Services Group A ball is dropped in front of a meter stick and lit by a strobe light. A long exposure photograph captures the position of the ball at each evenly spaced flash of light. The acceleration of the ball can then be measured from the photo. <br><br> Note that the frame rate of the video capture (30fps) is quite close to the strobe rate (15Hz). This is why the strobe flashes in the slow motion video don't appear to be exactly evenly timed. <br><br> See the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/physicsdemos/3174207211">final image</a> on Flickr. 42 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/189223660 2008-10-23 13:01:19 -0400 RLE Professor Joel Voldman of MIT discusses research and education in his group, and the intellectual challenges facing engineers at the frontiers of applying microtechnology to cell biology. 457 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/188818000 2008-11-14 14:10:32 -0500 MIT's Engineering Systems Division ESD PhD student Brandon Owens shares his research on using the mathematical notion of phase space attractors to evaluate and re-engineer the system structures to prevent accidents. Click <a href="http://esd.mit.edu/phd/poster/owens.pdf" target="_blank">here</a> to view associated content. 99