[Mitworld] New: Metcalfe on The Enternet, Uricchio on Design

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MIT World - Newsletter - Volume 7 | Number 43 | May 28, 2008
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[THE ENERNET]

One of telecom's living legends, Robert Metcalfe, mines the history of
the Internet for lessons on how to solve the energy crisis.

SPEAKER:
Robert Metcalfe '68
General Partner, Polaris Venture Partners
Founder, 3Com Corporation


PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/559/>

[QUOTE]
"I have a hunch that climate change is just a motivational bubble. We'll
solve it quickly, but we are still going to be stuck with the problem of
getting cheaper, cleaner energy."
-- Robert Metcalfe


EVENT HOST: The Microsystems Technology Laboratories
<http://www-mtl.mit.edu/>

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[PUTTING HUMAN AGENCY INTO THE EQUATION:
 THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF TECHNOLOGY]

While television and the Internet, among many innovations, have
powerfully transformed our lives, the idea that such technologies "like
Venus popped out of the water and did something to us" is neither
accurate nor interesting. Uricchio describes more useful alternatives to
understanding technological progress.

SPEAKER:
William C. Uricchio
Co-Director, Comparative Media Studies Program and Professor of
Comparative Media Studies, MIT
Professor of Comparative Media History, Utrecht University,
the Netherlands


PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/558/>

[QUOTE]
"Engineering or coming up with technology, is always environmentally
responsive. There are always conditions in the world you're trying to
cope with whether it's availability of certain resources, financial
constraints, or perceived social needs."
-- William Uricchio


EVENT HOST: The Materials Processing Center <http://mpc-web.mit.edu/>

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Department of Architecture
Goldstein Architecture, Engineering, and Science Lecture presents

Werner Sobek
Engineer, Werner Sobek Ingenieure
Director, Institute for Lightweight Structures and Conceptual Design

High-Eco-Tech: Building Avant la Garde

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