From MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU Fri Jun 9 16:26:27 2006
From: MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU (MIT.WORLD)
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 16:26:27 -0400
Subject: [Mitworld] New: IDEO on Design Thinking,
Prestowitz on India and China
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[INNOVATION THROUGH DESIGN THINKING]
Tim Brown takes us through the three stages of design thinking:
inspiration, ideation and implementation and explains why narrative is
critical to the development and expression of ideas.
SPEAKER:
Timothy Brown
CEO, IDEO
PLAY NOW:
[QUOTE]
"Insights are about getting out into the world, connecting with new
things. Designers see the world as a source of innovation, not just
validation."
--Tim Brown
EVENT HOST: MIT Sloan School of Management
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[THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN: THE IMPACT OF THE RETURN OF INDIA AND
CHINA TO THEIR HISTORICAL GLOBAL WEIGHT]
Prestowitz lays out a perfect storm scenario for the global economic
resurgence of India and China in a technology driven world.
SPEAKER:
Clyde V. Prestowitz, Jr.
President, Economic Strategy Institute (ESI)
PLAY NOW:
[QUOTE]
"Americans are having a party. We get to live above our means, consuming
more than we produce... and Asia, and the rest of world, have growth,
infusions of technology through foreign investment, and are moving
workers from the field to factory."
--Clyde V. Prestowitz, Jr.
EVENT HOST: Engineering Systems Division
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MIT Museum
Soap Box series presents
Nancy Kanwisher
Investigator, The McGovern Institute
Professor, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
[THE NEUROLOGY OF VISION]
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From MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU Fri Jun 23 17:46:23 2006
From: MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU (MIT.WORLD)
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 17:46:23 -0400
Subject: [Mitworld] New: Carlson Nelson on Global Corporations,
David Ho on AIDS Research
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[THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MANAGING THE NEW GLOBAL CORPORATION]
Carlson Nelson tells how the family-owned Carlson Companies hospitality
empire has evolved to meet the challenges of a global marketplace.
SPEAKER:
Marilyn Carlson Nelson
Chairman and CEO, Carlson Companies
PLAY NOW:
EVENT HOST: MIT Sloan School of Management
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[HIV LYMPHOCYTE DYNAMICS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THERAPY]
Dr. David Ho gives an update on the state of AIDS research and his quest
to develop a vaccine to stop the spread of the disease at its earliest
stage.
SPEAKER:
Clyde V. Prestowitz, Jr.
President, Economic Strategy Institute (ESI)
PLAY NOW:
EVENT HOST: Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology
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MIT Museum
Soap Box series presents
Nancy Kanwisher
Investigator, The McGovern Institute Professor, Department of Brain and
Cognitive Sciences
[THE NEUROLOGY OF VISION]
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From MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU Thu Jun 29 16:04:36 2006
From: MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU (MIT.WORLD)
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 16:04:36 -0400
Subject: [Mitworld] New: Sadoway on Fuel Cells,
Dyson on Inventing a Better Vacuum Cleaner
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[FUEL CELLS AND PORTABLE POWER SOLUTIONS]
Professor Don Sadoway takes on the energy problem by arguing for fuel
cells, and explains why hydrogen is not the solution to our need for
portable power. The conversation with the Museum audience is lively and
controversial and takes the concept of science salon/cafe to a new
level. A must see.
SPEAKER:
Donald R. Sadoway
John F. Elliott Professor of Materials Chemistry
Department of Materials Science Engineering
Margaret MacVicar Faculty Fellow
PLAY NOW:
[QUOTE]
"If anyone thinks the answer to the energy problem can fit on a bumper
sticker -- you're wrong. It's a complex problem requiring an elaborate
solution."
--Don Sadoway
EVENT HOST: Soap Box
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[THE ART OF ENGINEERING]
This presentation has two infomercial-like moments with James Dyson and
MIT Dean of Engineering Tom Magnanti demonstrating the innovative Dyson
Dual Cyclone vacuum cleaner-the first and only bagless cleaner. All
vacuuming aside, Dyson tells a remarkable story of inspiration and
innovation, the lessons learned from creating more than 5100 prototypes
and the challenges of bringing a new product to market.
SPEAKER:
James Dyson
Inventor and Founder, Dyson Corporation
PLAY NOW:
[QUOTE]
"Engineers like dirt."
--James Dyson
EVENT HOST: Industrial Liaison Program
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The Technology and Culture Forum presents
JON KABAT-ZINN
THE VENERABLE TENZIN LS PRIYADRSHI
The Ceaseless Society:
What Happens to Our Mind Body and Spirit
When we Just Never Stop?
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* grant MIT certificates and CEUs
in biotechnology, chemical engineering, energy, IT, mechanical
engineering,MEMS, nanotechnology, physics, technology policy, system
architecture, and other topics of vital interest to today's engineers
and scientists.
For a complete listing of 2006 courses, visit the
MIT Professional Institute
------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Education Programs.
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