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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Oct 19 09
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Speaker:
Henry Holtzman
Aurora 09—Infosys
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Oct 14 09 - Oct 16 09
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Speaker:
Chris Csikszentmihályi Ever wanted to learn how social technology can thwart drug cartels? The U.S. State Department is partnering on Oct. 14-16 for a technology delegation—the 2009 Alliance of Youth Movements Summit featuring everyone from Google to MTV—to discuss methods for using technology to enhance grassroots efforts at social change. "Online technology has unprecedented potential to help us work together to address some of the world's most urgent problems," said Megan J. Smith, vice president of new business development and general manager of Google.org.view more ›
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Oct 13 09 - Oct 15 09
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Oct 08 09
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Host/Chair:
Center for Civic Media
The election of an African-American president in November 2008 has been hailed as a transforming event. But has Obama's ascension transformed anything? Many people’s answer to that question changed this summer when a famous Harvard professor was arrested at his home in Cambridge. Are the harsh realities of race and class in the U.S. clearer now or murkier, following the media tsunami of Gatesgate? And has this polarizing event given greater visibility to racial minorities in the media's coverage of politics?view more ›
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Oct 03 09
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Oct 02 09
Smith Recital Hall, SDSU
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San Diego State University
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Sep 26 09
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 Host/Chair:
MIT Museum
Television, as good as it is—high definition, vivid and bright—is viewed in two dimensions, but for years futurists have wanted to bring three dimensional life to viewers through a television set. Solutions to this challenge have remained elusive, but research at MIT has now put a consumer friendly system of 3D TV within reach. The exhibit at the MIT Museum will include a demonstration of the new system. This installation is a part of the MIT Museum's new ongoing "Sampling MIT" exhibit.view more ›
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Sep 22 09
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Despite the rapid progress and the recent renaissance that we have beenview more ›
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Sep 21 09
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Host/Chair:
Ramesh Raskar
The mouse celebrated its 40th birthday last year. This little device has achieved so much in a short lifetime. Indeed its mainly because of this device that we have the Graphical User Interface (GUI), comprising windows, icons, menus, and pointer (WIMP). The mouse and WIMP are an integral part of our daily interactions with computers, but what’s next? In this talk, Izadi will give examples of novel computing devices being built at Microsoft Research, which allow users to shift away from the traditional mouse and WIMP-based interactions.view more ›
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Sep 15 09 - Sep 16 09
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On September 15-16, 2009, the MIT Media Laboratory will host a first-of-its-kind workshop to explore how the latest digital technologies can be applied to better understand and preserve our natural environment, locally, regionally, and on a global scale.view more ›
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