[Mitworld] New: Evelyn Hu on Nanophotonics, John Romano on Storytelling

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[NANOPHOTONICS: DISCOVERING THE MAGIC OF LIGHT IN NANOSTRUCTURES]

Evelyn Hu meticulously describes designing and building a new generation
of optical materials from nano-sized elements.

SPEAKER:
Evelyn Hu
Scientific Director, California Nanosystems Institute
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, U.C. Santa Barbara

PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/561/>

[QUOTE]
"I take material we find in nature, and superimpose another pattern on
it, creating a different optical material. I'm sculpting out a
particular environment for photons."
-- Evelyn Hu


EVENT HOST: The Research Laboratory of Electronics at MIT
<http://rleweb.mit.edu/>

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[PRIME TIME IN TRANSITION]

A veteran of some of TV's finest cop dramas sees wrenching changes in
his business, but reassures his audience that "TV will always be a place
for storytelling."

SPEAKER:
John Romano
Television and film writer and producer


PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/562/>

[QUOTE]
"Bad shows let the widget solve the problems; good shows allow the
widget to be factored into the thinking process. That element of human
fallibility and doubt makes good TV."
-- John Romano


EVENT HOST: MIT Communications Forum <http://web.mit.edu/comm-forum/>

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MIT Museum
Soap Box Spring 2008 Series on Creativity and Innovation presents

Dave Berry
Principal, Flagship Ventures

Building Microbe Refineries

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