[Mitworld] New: Neil Pappalardo on an MIT Education, Cynthia Breazeal and Sherry Turkle on Sociable Robots

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MIT World - Newsletter - Volume 7 | Number 58 | August, 2008
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[REFLECTIONS ON AN MIT EDUCATION]

In a neat series of time capsules tagged to his MIT experience, Neil
Pappalardo shares his story with MIT graduates in the hope that it will
give them "an idea of the possibilities that lie ahead."

SPEAKER:
A. Neil Pappalardo '64
Founder, Chairman and CEO, Meditech


PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/587/>

[QUOTE]
"Some simple lessons I learned: Engage your creative talents and
capacity for discovery; Follow your passion and make it your life's
work; Remain confident in your abilities -- do not waiver in the face of
skepticism or adversity. Above all, should you come to be rewarded for
your hard work and dedication, never forget your obligations to your
family, university and to society."
-- A. Neil Pappalardo


EVENT HOST: MIT School of Engineering <http://web.mit.edu/engineering/>

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[SOCIABLE ROBOTS]

Cynthia Breazeal makes social robots, machines with the capacity to
interact with people on psychological terms. She says they "open up a
new world of questions." But these increasingly sophisticated devices
make Sherry Turkle uneasy, since they challenge the idea of human
relationships and the very "purpose, importance, of living things."

MODERATOR:
Bruce Gellerman
Producer and Reporter, Living on Earth, Public Radio International

PANELISTS:
Cynthia Breazeal SM '93, SCD '00
LG Career Development Professor of Media Arts and Sciences
Director, Personal Robots Group, MIT Media Laboratory

Sherry Turkle
Professor, Program in Science, Technology, and Society
Abby Rockefeller Mauze Professor of the Social Studies of Science and
Technology
Director, MIT Initiative on Technology and Self


PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/588/>

[QUOTE]
"This is part of a larger story of people's new experience of intimacy
and solitude, as they confront life increasingly lived by, with, and
through machines, both online and in the company of interactive programs
and robotic creatures. We've become confused by cyber intimacies and
solitudes."
-- Sherry Turkle


EVENT HOST: MIT Museum <http://web.mit.edu/museum/>

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With this newsletter, MIT World completes its 7th year of publication
with a record 116 new lectures published since September -- reaching a
total of 563 videos in the collection. We will take our annual hiatus to
get ready for the new year, and will resume publication on September 8,
2008.

When we return we'll have lectures from Clayton Christensen on health
care and disruptive technology, Roberto Rigobon on the world economy,
Chantal Akerman on moving through time and space, Max Tegmark on
precision cosmology, and many more.

Later in the fall, we will release a newly designed MIT World. We are
busy now redesigning the site, and converting the entire video library
to Flash. This will indeed be the most exciting development in MIT
World's history, as we look forward to presenting new videos in a more
elegant and modern environment. Watch this space for updates, as we
look forward to our mid-fall launch.

We thank the more than 80 content producing hosts -- from MIT's schools,
labs, centers, departments, programs and offices -- whose lectures,
panels and symposia are published on MIT World.

Thanks to the entire MIT World virtual production team: MIT Libraries'
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See you in September.

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