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Dissectible Capacitor Channel: MIT TechTV Length: 175 Date: December 11, 2009 Leyden Jars, an early style of capacitor, can be connected to the two electrodes of the Wimshurst Machine. They will store charge as it is generat...

The Wimshurst Machine Channel: MIT TechTV Length: 151 Date: December 11, 2009 A Wimshurst electrostatic generator, working on the principle of induction, generates high voltage differences and sparks between two movable elec...

The Cloud Channel: MIT TechTV Length: 187 Date: December 11, 2009 An organic sculptural landmark that responds to human interaction and expresses context awareness using hundreds of sensors and over 15,000 individ...

SoE Dean Suresh Speech Channel: MIT TechTV Length: 1892 Date: December 11, 2009 School of Engineering Dean Subra Suresh speaks at the MIT Alumni Leadership Conference on September 20, 2008.

Rubber and Glass Rods with Tinsel and Balloon Channel: MIT TechTV Length: 123 Date: December 11, 2009 A plexiglass rod rubbed with fur picks up a positive electric charge, while a rubber rod rubbed with fur picks up a negative electric charge. When...

Design Tips: To-Do List Channel: MIT TechTV Length: 145 Date: December 11, 2009 This is what happens when I clean out my camera’s hard drive...  Not all of the video from this summer's project makes it ...

Dr. William Widnall on Apollo’s guidance, navigation, and control Channel: MIT TechTV Length: 3274 Date: December 11, 2009 (Dec 10, 2008) Dr. William Widnall speaks to Aero-Astro students about heading the MIT/Draper team in the ‘60s that developed Apollo’s guidance, n...

Design Tips: Priorities Channel: MIT TechTV Length: 145 Date: December 11, 2009 This is what happens when I clean out my camera’s hard drive...  Some more video left over from our summer project that didn&#0...

Robotic Theater - Highlight Reel Channel: MIT TechTV Length: 70 Date: December 11, 2009 Highlight reel from a unique human-robot stage performance including two human actors and AUR, the robotic desk lamp.

Confetti and the Van de Graaff Generator Channel: MIT TechTV Length: 0 Date: December 11, 2009 Paper confetti is placed atop a Van de Graaff generator and flies off when the grounding rod is removed.  When turned on, ...

Balloons in Liquid Nitrogen Channel: MIT TechTV Length: 79 Date: December 11, 2009 This demonstrates the ideal gas law (PV=nRT) which states that a drop in temperature with fixed mass and external pressure will result in a smaller...

Potential Energy to Kinetic Energy Channel: MIT TechTV Length: 72 Date: December 11, 2009 Two identical metal balls are dropped from the same height using an electromagnetic release.  One ball is dropped freely, while th...

SoE Distinguished Lecture Series - Irwin Jacobs (highlights - short) Channel: MIT TechTV Length: 314 Date: December 11, 2009 On Feb. 19th, 2009, Dr. Irwin Jacobs '57 '59, co-founder and CEO of Qualcomm, gave the inaugural talk for the School of Engineer...

RLE Investigator Profile Series: Jeffrey H. Shapiro and Franco N.C. Wong Channel: MIT TechTV Length: 504 Date: December 11, 2009 Professor Jeffrey H. Shapiro and Dr. Franco N.C. Wong of MIT discuss research and education in their group, and the intellectual challenges facing...

Inducing Dipoles with a Van de Graaff Generator Channel: MIT TechTV Length: 172 Date: December 11, 2009 First, a dipole consisting of two conducting balls connected by an insulating rod swings at the end of a long plexiglass rod. The two balls are ch...

SoE Distinguished Lecture Series - Irwin Jacobs (highlights - long) Channel: MIT TechTV Length: 699 Date: December 11, 2009 On Feb. 19th, 2009, Dr. Irwin Jacobs '57 '59, co-founder and CEO of Qualcomm, gave the inaugural talk for the School of Engineer...

Temperature Effect on Resistance Channel: MIT TechTV Length: 71 Date: December 11, 2009 A light bulb is connected in series with a coil of very fine copper wire and a DC power supply. The voltage is adjusted so that the bulb glows diml...

A Case Study of Lean Transformation at Rockwell Collins: Part II Channel: MIT TechTV Length: 686 Date: December 11, 2009 A Case Study of Lean Enterprise Change at Rockwell Collins: Part II 21:06-32:20

RLE Investigator Profile Video Series: Rajeev J. Ram and CIPS Channel: MIT TechTV Length: 469 Date: December 11, 2009 The Center for Integrated Photonic Systems (CIPS) is a major MIT initiative to engage industry. CIPS was created to meet 3 goals: to provide leader...

Codes Defined on Graphs and Iterative Decoding Algorithms: The Race Toward the Channel Capacity with Practical Coding Schemes Channel: MIT TechTV Length: 4382 Date: December 11, 2009 Dr. Igal Sason, Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, TECHNION.  Videoconference with Technion held on January 21, 2009.

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