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November 12, 2010
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November 12, 2010
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November 12, 2010
This is the first test drive of Pneu Scooter, an electric kick scooter with 6" pneumatic wheels and a custom rear hub motor. It’s version 1.-1 because, for this test run, it's running on ...
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November 12, 2010
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November 10, 2010
The free fall of a coin and feather are compared, first in a tube full of air and then in a vacuum.  With air resistance, the feathers fall more slowly. In a vacuum, the objects ...
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November 05, 2010
A double jointed pendulum hangs from a rod.  Swinging the pendulum with high energy results in motion that cycles chaotically between normal modes. Swinging it with low energy ...
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November 04, 2010
A cutout of Massachusetts is hung in several orientations and a line is drawn straight downwards.  The lines intersect at the center of mass.
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November 03, 2010
This demonstration illustrates the earliest form of steam engine, as described by Hero of Alexandria around 150 B.C.  A small amount of water is heated to produce steam, which ...
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November 02, 2010
(00:38) The Gertler lab at the Koch Institute is studying migration of neurons and their growth cones, actin-rich structures that guide developing axons and dendrites to their targets. In this ...
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November 02, 2010
Here are two of the first test-spins of the custom pneumatic wheel-motor for my latest scooter project. The motor is a three-phase brushless outrunner, designed for about 1600rpm at 33V and a ...
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November 02, 2010
A pendulum swings from a support post and another post is added to interrupt its swing.  We desire to know the maximum height at which the pendulum will perform a full loop around ...
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October 28, 2010
Dr. John Holdren ’65 SM ’66 delivers the 2010 Rose Lecture on the Energy / Climate-Change Challenge and the Role of Nuclear Energy in Meeting It.
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October 27, 2010
On October 20, 2010 the MIT@Lawrence students held their first public meeting with city officials and community leaders in the City of Lawrence to present preliminary findings and get feedback. ...
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October 23, 2010
In a paper published in the Oct 25 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a team of neuroscientists led by Institute Professor Ann Graybiel found that untrained monkeys ...
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October 23, 2010
The song of the zebra finch lasts about 1 second, and consists of multiple syllables whose timing is almost precisely the same from one performance to the next. By studying the brain circuits ...
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October 20, 2010
In this first lecture of the class, an overview of the course structure is provided, followed by the dual definition of Computational Neuroscience as A) using a computer to study the brain, and ...
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October 19, 2010
(Description coming soon)
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October 19, 2010
In this optional lecture we review numerical methods for differential equations.
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October 19, 2010
(Description coming soon)
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October 16, 2010
In this lecture, the students give their project presentations
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