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  Holiday Gifts, MIT Style Some unique products from MIT people.

  

  For many, holiday time is the season of giving. While on this blog I ... , I figured the holiday season would be as good a time as any to ... ? Nanda told the Boston Globe: "I like my sleep," said Nanda, a research

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Putting The Pieces Together: Hacking at MakeMIT in which four biological engineers spend 16 straight hours making something

  

  engineers (Cathy, Katherine, Tara, and I) embarked on a daring journey into ... provide a few proprietary products for use (i.e. Nvidia Jetsons or ... allotted. At MIT, there is a proud culture of making things (i.e. robotics

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 12, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  The Other CPW CPW guest entry by Sam Range '13

  

  : they are many, well attended, and thoroughly documented. However, I ... , I'll instead attempt to demonstrate the part of MIT that can't be ... Conner 2's TV lounge for the night, just down the hall from where I was

  • by Bryan
  • May 1, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  welding 1000 digits of pi nom nom buzz buzz

  

  On pi day, campus was buzzing with events.  That morning, I even planned out all my pie stops: a Project Manus makerspace mentor social ... social. The pies were oh-so delicious. I want to share with you some

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 23, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to train your sticking-together rock I am so happy that "computer" is not a no-no word today

  

  onto your cold-making box. I like to think about sticking-together rocks ... ! How does a computer work? I like to think of a computer as a big house ... about these for now. I still don't quite understand how these kinds of

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 17, 2024
• Blog / Blog Projects

  For the next two weeks we will all use fewer words here

  

  It is a New Year now and I hope it is good for you. Ten years ago this time we had a thing where the students who write for us, and also ... the ten hundred most used words. I told them they can write about

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 15, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a not-so-cruel summer this one's for the girlies

  

  production, the music video for ‘I Can See You,’ everything // screamed to ... // cry and cry //    i love being a girl // let me be // 

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / Residential Life

  who started the fire? (not clickbait) playing detective

  

  For the last few years, I've been living off-campus in a house full ... ="aligncenter" width="1000"] a news headline about what happened[/caption] I wasn ... few weeks ago, a friend and I decided to figure out what had happened

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 28, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Sneak peek at the new admissions and SFS sites what we've been working on all summer

  

  As I've mentioned here, here, and here, I've been spending my summer ... .mit.edu. We're coming up to launch on both sites and so I wanted to take this ... . Most of that will happen post-launch, but I think this website will be a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 16, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Case of the Considerate Robbers and other winter adventures

  

  called from the back. “I’m missing my DSLR camera!” called another. The ... cash, an iPhone, a set of keys tagged with the apartment address, and a ... have gone smoothly and wonderfully. I got my first taste of working on

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • August 3, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Lost Art of Hand-Lettering Lives at MIT hidden in plain sight

  

  Silva. He's painted my name at least five times since I've been here as we ... not more, important than doing the same for innovators, I wanted to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Matt Damon’s Commencement Speech to the Class of 2016 Turn towards the problems you see

  

  Matt Damon? The actor? I thought MIT Commencement speakers were ... like I'm being harsh, but I wasn't the only one thinking those questions ... ’s just put that out there. I mean, I’ve seen the list of previous

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 6, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Institute of Contemporary Art College Night #2 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  the event. Several commented on the fact that I have (almost ... developments, I will soon gain access to the front of my cerebral cortex, where ... special solar car t-shirt. The day continued to be delightful. I got more

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 27, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s the middle of November. Do YOU know where your Early Action application components are? How to tell if they are missing, and what to do about it

  

  't get it, I'm reposting the email in its entirey below. This is also good ... tracking page then. Some frequently asked questions: Can I send missing documents to you via postal mail?No — it won't get here in time. I know

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Collection of Curious Creatures at the MIT Zoo terrasaurs, quetzals, and portal cows, oh my!

  

  student groups. I'm happy to report that -- arguably unlike regular zoos ... ;             I also like that the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 26, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introducing Amino: Desktop Bioengineering for Everyone an MIT alumna makes a counter-top sized biolab that enables anyone to grow living cells…

  

  One of the most mindblowingly awesome people I've met in my six years ... public.     Here's what Julie told me about Amino: I've always wanted to make my own little world and I think bioengineering cells

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 13, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is my spork.

  

  . Today I used it to pry a Simmons window shut when the handle failed. My ... hundreds of disposable plastic utensils I'm not throwing into landfills

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 20, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Late-Night Juggler In which I spend about twenty minutes trying to transcribe the Mass Ave cross signal…

  

  Note: The following is adapted from an article I wrote for CMS.350 ... awesome people like Smyly, and I figured you might want to hear about him ... during World War I. If people try to disrespect the environment, Smyly

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 3, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Here Comes the Sun @ MIT A Photographic Journey

  

  On sunny days, I like to wander through MIT's gorgeous campus. Below are some images I've collected over the course of the month. Enjoy! :) Messages in the Sky over Kresge Auditorium: The Light between Building 18

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 27, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Happy Birthday, ‘Murica! (Even though Boston celebrated Independence Day Eve)

  

  set up camp (and by that, I mean laid out a couple of bed sheets) across ... , and the Beach Boys (who started performing over 50 years ago… I felt so ... amazing; I can’t help but marvel at how much skill the pyrotechnicians must

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 4, 2014