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  Uncanny Valley im gonna make you shit your pants

  

  exploit this behavior. As they say, it’s now a feature, not a bug. This is ... Uncanny valley is a phenomenon where an eerie and unsettling feeling arises when looking at something human-like. This is why humanoid robots

  • by Anika H. '26
  • January 14, 2024
• Blog / Events

  We Eat At Food Trucks A few may even start their own

  

  Lab. And this is the inside. Clover Food Lab, which grew out of a ... kitchen) -- not inside the truck! 2. The city of Boston requires food ... also amongst the more affordable and convenient options. Since Boston is

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 6, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anatomy of a college student’s life My life consists of library visits and pizza delivery, because I'm totally original and stuff.

  

  Dominos has brought the concept to a whole new level. I just think this is ... of 6:08 PM." Not only that, this system is apparently patent pending ... So the other day, I was totally out of food. Like, completely. I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF 2015 Recap researchers talking, and talking to researchers

  

  ISEF, here is a description from the Society for Science and the Public ... program of Society for Science & the Public (SSP), is the world ... million in prizes. The Intel ISEF is the premier global science competition

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  There Are No Uninteresting Things I'm taking classes. If you ask nicely, I might tell you about them.

  

  the underlying concepts of the code and not the specific implementation ... anything else, too. This class is the one that I'm most excited about ... , so when I can't, I scour the internet for a quote that's moderately

  • by Evan B. '10
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Omnibus Followup: Women in Engineering Melissa asks what the gender ratio is in engineering at MIT.

  

  know what the gender ratio is at MIT in engineering (mech ... graduation. Luckily, the situation at MIT is much better -- I spent a few hours ... & Computer Science is 38% women. And even better, women are the majority of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

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

  

  out in the world and meeting people like this little girl is what put me ... clean water to over 3 million people. The organization that is really ... solutions, not just the symptoms of it. Here he was tackling one of humanity

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 6, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The After

  

  , working in the machine that is Big Tech. My day to day involves a lot less ... is.Every year, the same group of friends I met in Maseeh gathers on ... taking those first steps through Lobby 7 as a prefrosh. The inevitable soul

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  The College Circle of Life Nance starts waxing about some deep stuff.

  

  that fine university. Here is the story of one of the very first students ... Cornell and she is responsible for some of the biggest lessons that I ... ! Fast-forward four months. Not only did she apply to the College of

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • June 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making Decisions “I don’t know”

  

  Quartet because it’s the musical we are currently obsessing over, not even realizing that the first song is LITERALLY describing how we feel. Danny ... should stay in the class or not. Allan: I was initially very opposed to

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 10, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  That’s right, you’re sick Thank you, nurse, for stating the obvious.

  

  to Medical! One drawback to the program, however, is that you don ... Mental Health Services) and the like, but it's not like when a sick ... . (For the most part, that is - I was still drugging myself with everything

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 8, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Kick to the limit! The Korean Flying Tigers! What could possibly sound more exciting than that?

  

  the Korean Flying Tigers, and since half of my floor is in the club, I ... --spaghetti against a wall. The whole thing was just fantastic--the best part is when ... acrobat double-turning flip throws most assuredly were not. In the words of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Aliens, Bitcoin, Camps now i know my ABCs

  

  Aliebn Too: A Book. everyone’s a aliebn when ur a aliebn too is the ... —based on the enormously popular Twitter account, @jonnysun. Here is the ... see ourselves for who we truly are. This is what the book looks like

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 19, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Art? It's late, but not too late.

  

  pathway. I'm not sure what that thing is, exactly, but I sure learned a lot ... rate. Just playin'. Fact is, I was utterly entranced by the fountain, and ... Mrs. Gekas that ART IS EVERYTHING! Here are three pieces of modern art

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  it’s thanksgiving or something and other things happening in my life

  

  'm writing this post right now is the traditional, unceded territory of the ... toward indigenous people is something i'm not very familiar with, and ... people from their land, and hostility to the point of killing, is something

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 26, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  fictional coping mechanisms learning to love unapologetically

  

  ever, but I think the thing that's holding me back is just how much I ... Place is an incredible show that captures the essence of what it means to ... in love with it. Not to the point where it was what I was thinking

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 11, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Guest Post: Being Trans at MIT

  

  not everyone is very knowledgeable. While they are supportive, they may not be the most effective allies. It can be tough to feel comfortable in communities where you feel like the main educator. "Even MIT can be rough. Not

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The 12 Step Plan don't pack too much, you probably wont use half of it anyway.

  

  For a lot of you (maybe not all), interning over the summer will be ... through the Public Service Center. My roommate, Brenda,  is working through ... 're gonna need these.  The last one is a bit negotiable. You may have

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • July 25, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Onion article about Robot Hazing at MIT Robot hazing at MIT *gasp!*

  

  punishment of lifetime banishment from the MIT Media lab. This is not the ... ,000 times, and is currently in critical condition in the laboratory's emergency-repair room. The third robot, a tread-driven 38-inch-tall rover, is

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Molly Pounds Chicagoland's Molly Pounds '10.

  

  admission to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology - as a high school ... , one year early, and attend the prestigious science and technology school in the fall. "Some people are really into the high school thing," said

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 4, 2006