Past Talks and Colloquia
Frequent and varied events—such as lectures, colloquia, symposia, and workshops—play an active role in the continuing vitality and momentum of the Media Lab.
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Dec 11 09
Host/Chair:
MIT Museum
Think you’ve seen holograms in the movies and on TV? Michael Bove from the MIT Media Lab will prove you wrong. See "holograms" in clips from Star Wars, CNN, and elsewhere, compare those special effects with what real holograms are, then learn about the moving holograms being developed right now in MIT labs. In conjunction with the Sampling MIT exhibit.view more ›
Dec 11 09
Host/Chair:
MIT Museum
Glowdoodle lets you paint with light... or paint with anything! Play with a collection of light-up toys, glowsticks, transparent and reflective materials to create light paintings. If you've got a computer with a webcam, you can continue the fun at home. Drop-in activity. Appropriate for all ages.view more ›
Dec 10 09
Host/Chair:
Lifelong Kindergarten
Dec 09 09
Dr. C. Otto Scharmer is a senior lecturer at MIT, the founding chair of the Presencing Institute, and a founding member of the MIT Green Hub. Scharmer has consulted with global companies, international institutions, and governments in North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. He has co-designed and delivered award-winning business leadership programs for client firms including Daimler, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Fujitsu, and Google.view more ›
Dec 07 09
Kirsch Auditorium (Room 123), MIT Stata Center
Dec 04 09
The Community Innovators Lab will host the launch of the Urban Lab, a project of MIT Mel King Fellow Malia Lazu. The Urban Lab being incubated at The Co-Lab is a study of the effectiveness of community organizing through new media and mobile platforms. Experts from the worlds of communications/marketing and social media will share their insights and discuss the challenges and opportunities of bringing community organizing into the 21st century. Doors open at 3:30pm and dinner will be served at 5:30pm. Space is limited, please RSVP to mlazu [at] mit [dot] edu.view more ›
Dec 02 09
The MIT Media Laboratory is launching a Social Health Initiative, and a series of inaugural keynote lectures. Our goal is to create a network of organizations and tools that help people thrive, staying healthy and happy during their entire lives. Because social health is intimately intertwined with social support, adequate wealth, self-determination, and security, a successful social health system must take a holistic view of life. This initiative is supported by Humana, Telmex, P&G, BT, and Best Buy, as well as grants from the US and Canadian governments.view more ›
Nov 19 09
Social network sites such as Facebook and MySpace have become increasingly important Internet destinations. Their reliance on the concept of "friend" has raised questions about what that term really means in this context. This talk offers an overview of the emerging research on the interpersonal dynamics of social networking sites and focuses in particular on a survey study of friendship in Last.fm, an international site focused on music listening.view more ›
Nov 19 09
Marco Monti will present two talks at the next Center for Future Banking event. (1) Trust Formation and Risk Communication in Finance and Health Care: An Empirical Survey on Investor-Advisor and Patient-Doctor Interactionsview more ›
Nov 18 09
Host/Chair:
Ramesh Raskar
"Dynamic Reconstruction" is the term for computational imaging methods that generalize CT, MRI and CA and provide for imaging using moving detectors and moving radiation-blocking elements. Applications include detecting IEDs at a distance using back-scattered X-rays, detecting SNM at a distance by imaging gamma rays, CA imaging with non-ideal apertures, and a new approach to cone-beam CT.view more ›