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SPHERES on the Space Station Channel: MIT TechTV Length: 288 Date: December 11, 2009 MIT AeroAstro Space Systems Lab’s SPHERES microsatellites are tested on the International Space Station.

MIT Physics Demo — Galvanometer Principle Channel: MIT TechTV Length: 47 Date: December 11, 2009 Two large coils of wire ("Helmoholz coils") are connected to 125V DC power, and produce a uniform magnetic field between the coils. &#...

MIT Physics Demo — Low Friction Atwood Machine Channel: MIT TechTV Length: 46 Date: December 11, 2009 A string carrying two weights is hung over a low friction bearing mounted pulley.  The weights have slightly different mass...

Paula Hammond - Koch Institute at MIT Channel: MIT TechTV Length: 1374 Date: December 11, 2009 2008 Koch Institute Symposium:Nanoscale Self-Assembly and Modular Design Approaches to Cancer Drug Delivery

MSRP 2008 7/31/08 Student Presentation Channel: MIT TechTV Length: 2434 Date: December 11, 2009 Students present a paper by Kimberly Hamad-Schifferli Department of Mechanical Engineering, Assistant Professor

MIT Physics Demo — Centrifugal versus Centripetal Motion Channel: MIT TechTV Length: 79 Date: December 11, 2009 A wooden ball is attached to the rim of a spinning wheel.  The ball is held in place by a string. When the spring is cut, the bal...

MIT Physics Demo — No-Win Tug of War Channel: MIT TechTV Length: 35 Date: December 11, 2009 Two people on carts pull on a long rope, demonstrating that the center of mass does not move.

Speed of a Bullet Channel: MIT TechTV Length: 22 Date: December 11, 2009 A pair of spinning wheels 1.5 meters apart is placed in the path of a bullet. A bullet is fired with the wheels stationary for reference position, ...

Strobe of a Falling Ball Channel: MIT TechTV Length: 42 Date: December 11, 2009 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 ...

Cap Kart Speed Controller Testing Channel: MIT TechTV Length: 48 Date: December 11, 2009 Ramp input testing of the custom speed controller we are developing for the cap kart. ( control is done by rapidly switching voltage on to and off ...

MSRP 2008 7/31/08 Kimberly Hamad-Schifferli Channel: MIT TechTV Length: 3569 Date: December 11, 2009 A talk by Kimberly Hamad-Schifferli Department of Mechanical Engineering, Assistant Professor

The Cap Kart is coming... Channel: MIT TechTV Length: 21 Date: December 11, 2009 The team of high school students and MIT undergraduates that created a DIY self-balancing scooter during the summer of 2007 is back at work. This s...

Blisplinghoff on 1979 Chicago DC10 crash Channel: MIT TechTV Length: 6125 Date: December 11, 2009 Raymond Blisplinghoff (1917-1985) chaired the FAA commitee that investigated the May 1979 crash of an AA DC10 at O’Hare, killing all aboard. In th...

AUR Robotic Desk Lamp - Autonomous Desktop Assistance Channel: MIT TechTV Length: 126 Date: December 11, 2009 This video shows AUR, a robotic desk lamp, autonomously assisting a user working in a desk environment. This is a follow-up to the previous concep...

More Electric Go-Kart Testing Channel: MIT TechTV Length: 151 Date: December 11, 2009 This time with a guinea pig - I mean - driver. The custom motor controller is limited to to 33% of its maximum power so as not to damage anything.

Robert Seamans and Neil Armstrong on the Apollo Program Channel: MIT TechTV Length: 4720 Date: December 11, 2009 Robert Seamans Jr. was associate and deputy NASA administrator from 1960-68 where he was instrumental in development of manned spaceflight. He woul...

Spray Paint Oscillator Channel: MIT TechTV Length: 51 Date: December 11, 2009 A can of spray paint is attached to a spring oscillator. A roll of paper is run past the oscillating can. The result is a sine wave on the paper.

Dean Suresh presents the 2008 Lemelson Prize Channel: MIT TechTV Length: 419 Date: December 11, 2009 Dean Suresh presents the 2008 Lemelson Prize

Electric Go-Kart: First Test-Drive Channel: MIT TechTV Length: 376 Date: December 11, 2009 The maiden voyage of our electric go-kart. Our field controller (the only piece of off-the-shelf electronics on the kart) broke, so it is limited ...

Fire Extinguisher on a Tricycle Channel: MIT TechTV Length: 53 Date: December 11, 2009 A CO2 fire extinguisher is mounted on the back of a tricycle. When the CO2 is released, the tricycle is propelled forward. Watch Professor Lewin p...

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