From MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU Thu Jan 8 10:18:13 2004 From: MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU (MIT.WORLD) Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 10:18:13 -0500 Subject: [Mitworld] New" Widnall on the Columbia and Mitchell on Me++ Message-ID: Hello Friends of MIT World, Go to http://mitworld.mit.edu for the newest videos. Engineering Systems Division Brunel Lecture Series on Complex Systems presents Sheila Widnall "The Columbia Tragedy: System Level Issues for Engineering" MIT Institute Professor Widnall provides a first hand account of the process and findings of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board. She discusses failure in multiple systems as well as human communication that led to the destruction of the space shuttle Columbia. **************** authors at MIT presents William J. Mitchell "Me++ The Cyborg Self and the Networked City" Bill Mitchell discusses how digital technologies are transforming the fabric of everyday life, from smart devices that seem to know everything about us, and hand held objects that are always "in danger of being put down for something else". Me++ takes on a wide range of networking implications, as its third chapter, Wireless Bipeds concludes, "I am part of the networks, and the networks are a part of me. I show up in directories. I am visible to Google. I link, therefore I am". This is the 3rd talk from William Mitchell on MIT World. To see the others, search on "Mitchell" in the video finder. This is also the 13th authors at MIT talk on MIT World. To see the others go to the host section of the video finder and select "authors at MIT". IN THE PIPELINE The MIT Museum presents Deborah Douglas Object Lessons: First Flight, First Fabric-Aviation's Most Precious Relic The story behind a certificate bearing a one-inch square of fabric-from the Wright's 1903 flyer. ___________________________________ MIT World is a project of the School of Engineering's Professional Education Programs and is sponsored by the Office of the Provost, the Office of the Vice President for Research, the School of Architecture and Planning, the School of Engineering, the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, the Sloan School of Management, and the School of Science at MIT. Operational support and funding for the new web site was provided by the Lord Foundation of Massachusetts. -- Send comments to Project Manager MIT World Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue Bldg. 9 Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 http://mitworld.mit.edu/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/mitworld/attachments/20040108/3ac248fa/attachment.htm From MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU Wed Jan 21 11:45:13 2004 From: MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU (MIT.WORLD) Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 11:45:13 -0500 Subject: [Mitworld] Russell Banks Reading and a Panel about Weapons Message-ID: Hello Friends of MIT World, Go to http://mitworld.mit.edu for the newest videos. THe MIT Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies MIT Writers Series presents Russell Banks A Reading Banks reads a short story called The Moor and the first chapter of his new novel, The Darling in this late fall appearance at MIT. **************** The Technology and Culture Forum at MIT J. Herbert Hollomon Memorial Symposium presents Weapons of Mass Confusion: Assessing the True Risks This sobering panel discussion features some of the leading minds on the realities of weapons in the post-9/11 world and is moderated by Dr. Kosta Tsipis, research Scientist, Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT. Panelists: Owen Cote, Associate Director, MIT Securities Studies Program Jeanne Guillermin, Senior Fellow, MIT Security Studies Program and Professor of Sociology, Boston College Steven Miller, Director of the International Studies Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University Philip Morrison, Institute Professor and Professor of Physics, Emeritus This is the 12th event from the Technology and Culture Forum on MIT World. Find the others by searching on The Technology and Culture Forum under the "host" field in the video finder. **************** IN THE PIPELINE The Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research presents Dr. David Page The Evolution of Sex: Rethinking the Rotting Y Chromosome ___________________________________ MIT World is a project of the School of Engineering's Professional Education Programs and is sponsored by the Office of the Provost, the Office of the Vice President for Research, the School of Architecture and Planning, the School of Engineering, the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, the Sloan School of Management, and the School of Science at MIT. Operational support is also provided by the Lord Foundation of Massachusetts. -- Send comments to Project Manager MIT World Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue Bldg. 9 Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 http://mitworld.mit.edu/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/mitworld/attachments/20040121/a9e61dc7/attachment.htm From MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU Wed Jan 28 16:37:13 2004 From: MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU (MIT.WORLD) Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 16:37:13 -0500 Subject: [Mitworld] New: Panel on the future of flight& Nancy Seasholes' on Landmaking in Boston Message-ID: Hello Friends of MIT World, Go to http://mitworld.mit.edu for the newest videos. The Technology and Culture Forum presents part 2 of its series 100th Anniversary of Flight "Flight: The Next 100 Years" A panel discussion moderated by Laurence R. Young MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Panelists include: Joseph H. Corn: Coordinator, American Studies Program, Standford University Jane F. Garvey: Executive Vice President and Chair, Transportation Practice, APCO Worldwide, and former FAA Administrator Allen Haggerty: Senior Lecturer and former Hunsacker Visiting Professor, MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics **************** authors at MIT presents Nancy S. Seasholes Gaining Ground: A History of Landmaking in Boston Historian and historical archaeologist Nancy Seasholes shares her research on the landmaking of the city of Boston, a full 6th of which is on "made land". While everyone knows about the filling of the Back Bay, Seasholes' research takes on the whole city and its relationship to the water around (and under!) it. authors at MIT is produced by the MIT Press Bookstore and the MIT Libraries. **************** IN THE PIPELINE The Center for International Studies presents Kanan Makiya The End of Saddam and the Future of Iraq Thanks again to all for the email and feedback, and welcome to all of our new mailing list members. _________________________________ MIT World is a project of the School of Engineering's Professional Education Programs and is sponsored by the Office of the Provost, the Office of the Vice President for Research, the School of Architecture and Planning, the School of Engineering, the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, the Sloan School of Management, and the School of Science at MIT. Operational support is also provided by the Lord Foundation of Massachusetts. -- -- Send comments to Project Manager MIT World Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue Bldg. 9 Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 http://mitworld.mit.edu/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/mitworld/attachments/20040128/20751a8a/attachment.htm