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Cutting-edge technologies, amazing holograms, and the beauty of Harold Edgerton's strobe photography entertain, educate, and enlighten at the MIT Museum. Robotics, underwater exploration, kinetic sculptures, and the variety of interactive programs and historic collections attract visitors and researchers from around the world. This unique museum recently opened the Mark Epstein Innovation Gallery featuring some of the latest work of selected research groups at MIT.Featured Videos
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Luminescent Solar Concentrators Explained
Marc Baldo
May 19, 2009
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Next Generation Solar Cells
Tonio Buonassisi
May 5, 2009
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Do-It-Yourself Biology
Natalie Kuldell and Reshma Shetty
January 14, 2009
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Technologies Changing Communities, Communities Innovating Technology
Dayna Cunningham and Alexa Mills
November 5, 2008
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Technologies and Emerging Democracies: Building a Better Gatekeeper
Ethan Zuckerman
October 8, 2008
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Human Augmentation
John Hockenberry and Hugh Herr
April 9, 2008
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- Engineering
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The City Car
William Mitchell and Ryan Chin MA
March 19, 2008
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New Lessons in Cancer Research
Jacqueline Lees
October 24, 2007
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Global Warming, Up Close and Local
Richard Primack
February 21, 2007
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One Laptop per Child
Walter Bender
January 17, 2007
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- International Affairs
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Growing Pains - Transitioning to a Sustainable Energy Economy
John Heywood and Stephen Ansolabehere
November 1, 2006
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The Role of New Technologies in a Sustainable Energy Economy
Angela Belcher and Daniel Nocera
October 25, 2006
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Sowing the Seeds for a More Creative Society
Mitchel Resnick
May 22, 2006
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The Implications of Synthetic Biology
Andrew (Drew) Endy
March 21, 2006
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Robotics in Space Exploration
Rodney Brooks
January 10, 2006
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The Wonders of Electricity and Magnetism
Walter Lewin
September 25, 2005
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First Flight, First Fabric—Aviation's Most Precious Relic
Deborah Douglas
December 17, 2003
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- History
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Polarization: Light Waves, Rainbows, and Cheap Sunglasses
Walter Lewin
January 26, 2003
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Flight: The Next 100 Years
Joseph Corn, Jane Garvey and Allen Haggerty
November 19, 2003
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Nanoscale Engineering for High Performance Solar Cells
Vladimir Bulovic
May 12, 2009
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The Future of Science Journalism
Jill Abramson, Philip Hilts, Cristine Russell, Andrew Revkin, Ivan Oransky and Evan Hadingham
April 28, 2009
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The Future of the News
Ellen Hume
November 18, 2008
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The Role of Civic Media in the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election
Henry Jenkins
October 22, 2008
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Sociable Robots
Cynthia Breazeal and Sherry Turkle
April 29, 2008
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Building Microbe Refineries
David Berry
April 2, 2008
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Advancements in Underwater Vehicles
James Morash
November 14, 2007
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A Genius for Change, and the Passion to Do It
Jules Walter, Kendra Johnson and Amos Winter
October 10, 2007
- International Affairs
- Innovation/Invention
- Economics
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Geothermal - An Undervalued Primary U.S. Energy Source
Jefferson Tester
February 7, 2007
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The Invisible Forest: Microbes in the Sea
Sallie (Penny) Chisholm
November 15, 2006
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The Challenge: Meeting Global Energy Demands Sustainably
Kerry Emanuel and Ernest Moniz
October 18, 2006
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Zebrafish and Cancer: What's the Connection?
Nancy Hopkins
September 19, 2006
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The Brain Basis of Human Vision
Nancy Kanwisher
April 26, 2006
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Fuel Cells and Portable Power Solutions
Donald Sadoway
February 21, 2006
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Human Genetics: Our Past and Our Future
David Altshuler
November 15, 2005
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The Art of Structural Design: A Swiss Legacy
David Billington
September 17, 2004
- History
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The Sounds of Music
Walter Lewin
September 28, 2003
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Reminiscences of McKinley, the Matterhorn and Everest
Bradford and Barbara Washburn
April 5, 2002
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2005 Innovation Forum
Daniel DiLorenzo, Amy Smith, James McLurkin, David Berry and Dick Gordon
March 8, 2005
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- Engineering