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Publisher: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Hurricanes Growing Fiercer With Global Warming 
 This July 2005 press release describes a study that concludes that "hurricanes have grown significantly more powerful and destructive over the last three decades due in part to global warming." Includes a link to the website of the MIT meteorology professor "who warns that this trend could continue." The professor's site includes a link to the article about the study and to related material. From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2005/hurricanes.html Topics: Environment, Hurricane Katrina, Pollution, Weather Last updated Sep 2, 2005 Building With Books
This site offers an alternative for disposing of undesirable books: build them into furniture. The site documents the exhibition of lamps, umbrella stands, picture frames, and related objects, along with "photographs of the process, [and] publicity posters." The project was the result of a classroom and library collaboration at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). http://courses.csail.mit.edu/iap/bookbuild/art.html Topics: Crafts, Environment, Home & Housing, Librarianship, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts, Technology Last updated Jul 11, 2007 Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)
This laboratory conducts "research in both computation and artificial intelligence." The site contains abstracts of research projects (topics include computer architecture and networks, computer science and artificial intelligence theory, and robotics); publications; and related links. From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). http://www.csail.mit.edu/ Topics: Computers, Technology Last updated Oct 15, 2005 MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
The Web site for a Massachusetts Institute of Technology organization "that conducts research, independent policy analysis, and public communication on issues of global environmental change." Includes numerous publications on topics such as climate change and greenhouses gases, a description of the Integrated Global System Model (IGSM) that simulates global environmental changes, and information about projects such as the "greenhouse gamble" roulette wheel depicting the uncertainty of climate change predictions. Searchable. http://web.mit.edu/globalchange/ Topics: Education, Environment, Pollution, Weather Last updated Aug 25, 2004 Black Ships & Samurai
This exhibit features "some 200 Japanese and American graphics depicting the 1853-1854 mission by Commodore Matthew Perry that led to the opening of Japan to the outside world." It also includes related visual narratives and "an innovative recreation of a 30-foot-long Japanese 'Black Ship Scroll' painted in 1854." Developed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professors. http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/21f/21f.027/home/ Topics: Art by Region, Communications, International Governments Last updated Nov 25, 2008 A Heat Transfer Textbook
The full text of the third edition (2000) of this introductory text about "heat and mass transfer" is available for download as a PDF (Acrobat Reader) file. http://web.mit.edu/lienhard/www/ahtt.html Topics: Literature & Books Last updated May 29, 2001 Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies
Background about this research institute whose work focuses on "how technology can make soldiers less vulnerable to enemy and environmental threats. The ultimate goal is to create a 21st century battlesuit that combines high-tech capabilities with light weight and comfort." Provides overviews of research areas, news, and related material about this Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) research center. http://web.mit.edu/isn/ Topics: Military, Technology Last updated Apr 24, 2008 MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW)
"MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) is a web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content. OCW is open and available to the world and is a permanent MIT activity." It provides course materials (such as lecture notes, reading lists, and problems sets) for hundreds of MIT courses in dozens of academic disciplines, such as chemistry, engineering, physics, and urban planning. From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/ Topics: Technology Last updated Sep 2, 2008 Inventor of the Week Archive: George Ferris
Profile of George Ferris, who "conceived, designed and built an engineering marvel [the Ferris wheel], which astonished the world at its debut and became a mainstay of American recreation." Topics include the design, which was based on a bicycle wheel, and the debut of the Ferris wheel at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. From the MIT School of Engineering. http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/ferris.html Topics: Notable People, Recreation, Technology Last updated Jun 27, 2006 MIT Cascon System for Analyzing International Conflict
Cascon is a "conflict analysis and decision-support system" that includes information on 85 post-World War II conflict cases, and was most recently updated in 2000. "Cascon is based on the Bloomfield-Leiss conflict model, which represents conflict as a dynamic process" in which conflicts pass through distinctive stages. Features maps and brief descriptions of stages for events such as the Lebanon and Greek civil wars. From Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). http://web.mit.edu/cascon/ Topics: Wars & Conflicts Last updated Sep 11, 2006 Inventions of Note: Sheet Music Collection
"This sheet music collection consists of popular songs and piano compositions that portray technologies (old and new alike) as revealed through song texts and/or cover art." Technologies include automobile, airplane, radio, and telephone, and most items date from 1890-1920. A small number of entries include sound files (such as "Kissing Papa through the Telephone"). Browsable by title. From the Lewis Music Library, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). http://libraries.mit.edu/music/sheetmusic/ Topics: Music Last updated Sep 28, 2006 Inventor's Handbook
"This handbook was created by the Lemelson-MIT Program to address the independent inventor's and aspiring entrepreneur's most frequently asked questions regarding United States patents." Topics include what is intellectual property, what can be patented, how to conduct a patent search, how to license an invention, and how to raise capital. From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). http://web.mit.edu/invent/h-main.html Topics: Technology Last updated Mar 7, 2007 MIT Museum: Holography Collection
Overview of this museum collection that claims to be "the largest and most comprehensive collection of holograms in the world." Find and view hundreds of two-dimensional holographic images by searching "hologram" in the online database. Also includes a glossary defining different types of holograms -- such as computer-generated stereograms, embossed mylar foil holograms, and laser transmissions -- and support options such as film, hard plastic, and metal. From the MIT Museum. http://web.mit.edu/museum/collections/holography.html Topics: Physics Last updated Feb 13, 2008 Edward Lorenz, Father of Chaos Theory and Butterfly Effect, Dies at 90
April 2008 obituary for Edward Lorenz, "an MIT meteorologist who tried to explain why it is so hard to make good weather forecasts and wound up unleashing a scientific revolution called chaos theory [in the 1960s]." His observations "that small differences in a dynamic system such as the atmosphere ... could trigger vast and often unsuspected results" led him to formulate what became known as the butterfly effect. From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/obit-lorenz-0416.html Topics: Notable People, Physics, Weather Last updated Apr 30, 2008 Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)
J-PAL "serves as a focal point for development and poverty research based on randomized trials. The objective is to improve the effectiveness of poverty programs by providing policy makers with clear scientific results. ... J-PAL works with NGOs, international organizations, and others." Its website features descriptions of research projects and selected associated papers on topics such as AIDS education in Kenya and charitable giving. From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). http://www.povertyactionlab.org/ Topics: Poverty Last updated Jun 26, 2008 The Future of Nuclear Power
This 2003 report "discusses the interrelated technical, economic, environmental, and political challenges facing a significant increase in global nuclear power utilization." The report finds "prospects for nuclear energy as an option are limited, by four unresolved problems: high relative costs; perceived adverse safety, environmental, and health effects; potential security risks stemming from proliferation; and unresolved challenges in long-term management of nuclear wastes." From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). http://web.mit.edu/nuclearpower/ Topics: Energy Last updated Feb 3, 2009 |
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