[Mitworld] New: Mitchell and Chin on The City Car, Panel on Global TV

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MIT World - Newsletter - Volume 7 | Number 46 | June 12, 2008
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[THE CITY CAR]

William Mitchell and Ryan Chin propose The City Car -- an attractive
alternative to the carbon-belching, gas-guzzling autos currently
clogging our thoroughfares, a vision that is as much about transforming
cities as about remaking cars.

SPEAKERS:
William J. Mitchell
Alexander W. Dreyfoos Professor of Architecture and Media Arts and
Sciences
Director, Smart Cities research group, MIT Media Lab

Ryan Chin MA '00, SM '04
Ph.D. Candidate, and Research Assistant, Smart Cities Group, Media Lab


PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/564/>

[QUOTE]
"The point is how to use the concept of urban mobility to transform
cities for the better."
-- William J. Mitchell


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

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[GLOBAL TELEVISION]

There's a lot that seems familiar on TV in other countries, and indeed,
as these panelists recount, there's been a flow across borders of TV
content and style nearly as long as the medium's been around.

MODERATOR:
David Thorburn
MIT Professor of Literature
MacVicar Faculty Fellow
Director, MIT Communications Forum

PANELISTS:
William C. Uricchio
Co-Director, Comparative Media Studies Program and Professor of
Comparative Media Studies, MIT

Roberta Pearson
Professor of Film Studies, School of American &Canadian Studies, Faculty
of Arts, University of Nottingham

Eggo Müller
Visiting Professor, Department of Screen Arts and Cultures, University
of Michigan


PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/563/>

[QUOTE]
"It's important to recognize that while quality television does come out
of America there's plenty of dreck produced here as well."
-- Roberta Pearson


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

John Hockenberry
Distinguished Fellow
MIT Media Lab

Hugh Herr
Associate Professor
MIT Media Lab

Human Augmentation

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