tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/185330420 2008-01-03 17:04:06 -0500 MIT Video Productions Elizabeth Goldring is an artist, poet and Senior Fellow at MIT's Center for Advanced Visual Studies. Her collaborative research at CAVS includes visualizing her own vision loss and developing both a visual language and "seeing machine" for people who are blind or visually challenged. This video was produced in collaboration with the MIT News Office in April 2006 as a video news release about Goldring's Seeing Machine Prototype.The video includes excerpts from an earlier documentary produced by Goldring and Ellen Sebring, as well as video art collaborations with Vin Grabill. 270 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/185280380 2008-01-27 14:29:02 -0500 chosetec This video describes a small project by Brian Chan and Theresa Guo at the Hatsopoulos Microfluids Laboratory (Building 3, 2nd floor). It is a machine that flaps its wings and indicates the amount of lift generated. The data will be useful to determine how the force varies with a changing wing stroke angle, and thus help us design better flying machines. <p>Music by Seth Friedman </p><p>Advisor: Anette Hosoi </p><p> Animator, Director, Writer, Brian Chan <br />Engineers/Researchers: Brian Chan, Theresa Guo <br />The Hoverbot designed by Brian Chan, <br />built by Theresa Guo and Brian Chan. </p><p>To learn more about fluid dynamics research at MIT, please visit: </p><p>http://web.mit.edu/fluids/www/ <br />http://scripts.mit.edu/~pekowiki/blaise/index.php?title=Main_Page </p> 277 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/185253220 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/185219440 2008-11-14 14:22:54 -0500 MIT's Engineering Systems Division ESD PhD student Yves Boussemart shares his research on predictive models of supervisory team behavior in time-critical systems. Click <a href="http://esd.mit.edu/phd/poster/boussemart.pdf" target="_blank">here</a> to view associated content. 184 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/185195080 2009-01-22 11:22:35 -0500 Lemelson-MIT Program The <a href="http://web.mit.edu/inventeams/teams/2008/thomas.html" target="_blank">Saint Thomas Academy</a> from Mendota Heights, Minn., received a 2008 <a href="http://web.mit.edu/inventeams/" target="_blank">InvenTeam</a> grant from the Lemelson-MIT Program to invent an electric motorcycle with compressible "crush zones" for urban commuter safety. The InvenTeam presented its invention at EurekaFest at MIT in June 2008. 569